The St. Louis Blues seemed like they were willing to quietly return to the shadows in the St. Louis sports scene. Despite being Stanley Cup champions, much of the attention had swung to baseball over the summer.
Doug Armstrong had apparently had enough of the St. Louis Cardinals talk. While the Cardinals are looking like they are going to win their division and maybe pull off a Blues-esque turnaround, Armstrong grabbed the attention back.
In a situation that literally came out of nowhere, the Blues traded Joel Edmundson, Dominik Bokk and a seventh-round draft pick in 2021 to the Carolina Hurricanes and acquired Justin Faulk as well as a fifth-round pick in 2020.