This is something that should not happen. The St. Louis Blues stole a very good player in Kevin Shattenkirk when they traded Erik Johnson and Jay McClement for Shattenkirk and Chris Stewart in 2011. Unfortunately, that player will be eligible for Free Agency come the summer of 2017. Naturally this causes some to want to trade him away, so that the Blues can get something for him.
This is a bad idea for many reasons, and we are going to cover this in detail today.
No real replacement available
While the St.