Not to comment on the quality of the return the Flames received, but from the Blues' perspective, they really didn't give up anything significant for Bouw other than a bottom 10 first round pick.
They let Russell go for virtually nothing because they have too much depth on D, so Cundari wasn't likely to get a shot in St Louis. Berra wasn't going to overtake Elliott and Halak, let alone Jake Allen, who went 9-4 and played in 15 games for the Blues last year. Even the draft pick has lower value for a team in win-now mode like the Blues.
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