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CaptainCrunch · 07-31-2020, 02:20 PM

St Louis Times Dispatch Sun Herald Picayune (AP)

St Louis showed their intention of not going into the free agency field but instead decided to trade for a top pairing defenseman.

The Blues made a move with the Calgary Flames that was described by the Blues GM as rapidly developing.

The Blues bring in Erik Karlsson a 30 year top pairing defenseman and a 3rd round pick as well as 6 million dollars in cap space. In exhange the Flames receive St Louis' 2 first round draft picks in 2022.

"We identified the need for a top pairing mobile defenseman that can QB a power play and Erik certainly addresses that". We realize that the price is high, but we got him for a close to cap neutral as we could get." stated CaptainCrunch

The Blues blue line became a little bit more crowded today with Karlsson joining a blueline that features Maata, De Haan, DeMelo, Graves, Holden and Mayfield".

"We're probably going to want to make a move to stabilize things on the back end to address some of our future concerns including picking up more prospects or draft picks. But at the same time a Karlsson doesn't come along everyday and when it does you have to act.

Once again thanks to the Flames management for working with us"

07-31-2020, 02:20 PM	#1
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	St Louis adds Karlsson St Louis Times Dispatch Sun Herald Picayune (AP) St Louis showed their intention of not going into the free agency field but instead decided to trade for a top pairing defenseman. The Blues made a move with the Calgary Flames that was described by the Blues GM as rapidly developing. The Blues bring in Erik Karlsson a 30 year top pairing defenseman and a 3rd round pick as well as 6 million dollars in cap space. In exhange the Flames receive St Louis' 2 first round draft picks in 2022. "We identified the need for a top pairing mobile defenseman that can QB a power play and Erik certainly addresses that". We realize that the price is high, but we got him for a close to cap neutral as we could get." stated CaptainCrunch The Blues blue line became a little bit more crowded today with Karlsson joining a blueline that features Maata, De Haan, DeMelo, Graves, Holden and Mayfield". "We're probably going to want to make a move to stabilize things on the back end to address some of our future concerns including picking up more prospects or draft picks. But at the same time a Karlsson doesn't come along everyday and when it does you have to act. Once again thanks to the Flames management for working with us" __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!