The St. Louis Blues have made a pair of trades, buying heart Radek Faksa from the Dallas Stars and proper winger Mathieu Joseph from the Ottawa Senators, the crew introduced on Tuesday.
The Blues are giving up no gamers or belongings within the offers, offering the Stars and the Senators with “future issues.” Within the commerce for Joseph, the Blues are receiving a 2025 third-round decide. There was no wage retention in both transaction, in response to a crew supply.
Common supervisor Doug Armstrong was quiet on the primary day of free company Monday, asserting solely the return of ahead Kasperi Kapanen on a one-year, $1 million contract.
With Armstrong’s two trades Tuesday, Armstrong is making a concerted effort to shore up his group of bottom-six forwards.
Faksa, 30, has been a staple in Dallas since being drafted by the Stars at No. 13 in 2012. The 6-foot-3, 215-pound ahead performed 638 video games with the franchise, registering 89 objectives and 200 factors. He centered the fourth line this previous season, and in 74 video games had seven objectives and 19 factors.
Faksa is getting into the ultimate 12 months of his contract, which has a salary-cap hit of $3.25 million.
Joseph, 27, was a fourth-round decide by the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2015, profitable a Stanley Cup with the Lightning in 2021. He has performed 360 video games with Tampa Bay and Ottawa and has 55 objectives and 135 factors. In 2022, he was traded with a fourth-round decide to the Senators for ahead Nick Paul.
The 6-foot-1, 186-pound ahead has spent the previous 2 1/2 seasons with Ottawa and final season had 11 objectives and 35 factors in 72 video games.
Joseph has two years left on his contract with a cap hit of $2.95 million.
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