Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: (chat) The St. Louis Blues don’t need to blow it up and they can’t make a trade for the sake of making a trade.
If they are going to move someone, they need to net a good return. With many players struggling, the Blues wouldn’t be dealing from a position of strength.
They should be looking for players that would help them now and not prospects.
Trading players for futures and then flipping those futures for established players could be a complicated process.
Pending UFA defenseman Jay Bouwmeester may not bring much of return at the trade deadline.