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By STEPHEN WHYNO
Associated Press
Associated Press
Published: June 27, 2026 astatine 1:34 PM
The St. Louis Blues acquired Brandon Carlo from the Toronto Maple Leafs during the NHL draught connected Saturday, those teams' latest steps to remake their rosters during an offseason of upheaval.
St. Louis sent the Nos. 73 and 76 picks to Toronto for the 29-year-old defenseman.
Carlo lasted conscionable 88 games with the Leafs aft they sent a first-round pick, a fourth-rounder and highly regarded guardant imaginable Fraser Minten to Boston for him astatine the deadline successful March 2025. That was with the erstwhile authorities successful charge, and wide manager Brad Treliving was fired 2 months agone and replaced weeks aboriginal by John Chayka, and they lone got to support the prime this twelvemonth due to the fact that they won the lottery for the No. 1 wide pick.
This is the 3rd commercialized of the week for the Blues, who are besides successful modulation arsenic GM-in-waiting Alexander Steen is acceptable to instrumentality implicit for seasoned enforcement Doug Armstrong adjacent week. Armstrong successful his last days astatine the helm has been plentifulness busy.
On Tuesday, helium traded Jordan Kyrou to Washington for chap guardant Connor McMichael, imaginable Milton Gastrin and the No. 16 pick, accumulating a league-high 4 successful the archetypal round. On Friday night, helium sent 2 of them to Anaheim for 23-year-old Mason McTavish, who is signed done 2031.
Carlo provides immoderate dependable seasoned stableness connected the close broadside connected defense, particularly if the Blues determine to commercialized Colton Parayko oregon Justin Faulk arsenic portion of their summertime overhaul. He is going into the last twelvemonth of his declaration astatine a wage headdress deed of conscionable nether $3.5 million.
“We’re excited (Carlo has) got his size and length, his quality to termination plays, his experience,” Armstrong told reporters successful Centene, Missouri. “Getting stronger up beforehand and having beardown goaltending, we deliberation we’re going to beryllium much competitory than we were past year.”
Toronto utilized the third-round picks connected Canadian winger Zach Olsen and Swedish defenseman Mans Gudmundsson.
Predators commercialized with Rangers to get Adam Edstrom
New Nashville president of hockey operations and GM Chris MacFarland spent his archetypal fewer weeks connected the occupation mostly adding players helium was acquainted with from his clip successful Colorado. On Saturday, helium added caller humor from the East by acquiring big, Swedish winger Adam Edstrom successful a commercialized with the New York Rangers.
The Predators sent the 148th prime successful the draught (a fifth-rounder) and the rights to insignificant leaguer Massimo Rizzo to New York. The Rangers, who besides traded Brett Berard to Montreal connected Friday, are not expected to tender Rizzo a qualifying connection and would marque him an unrestricted escaped agent.
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