Confirmed with Link: Faulk & 5th to STL for Edmundson, Bokk, 2021 7th

brokeu91

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Why did we move a LD for a RD? Does this mean we're not resigning Petro? How do we afford this? I mean, I would much rather have Petro, but if we can't resign him do we trade him?
 

BlueDream

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We are completely stacked but yeah I’m not sure what direction we are going.
 
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jura

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Blues acquire Justin Faulk from Hurricanes, sign him to seven-year extension

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Carolina Hurricanes defenceman Justin Faulk. (Chris O'Meara/AP)


The Hurricanes have also sent a 2020 fifth-round pick to St. Louis. In exchange, St. Louis is sending defenceman Joel Edmundson, prospect Dominik Bokk and a 2021 seventh-round pick to Carolina.
Faulk, 27, is entering the final year of a six-year, $29 million contract and carries a cap-hit of $4,833,333 million this season. After the trade was completed, he agreed to a seven-year, $45.5 million extension with the Blues that carries an average annual value of $6.5 million.
“We are excited to add Justin to our core group for the next eight years,” Blues general manager Doug Armstrong said in a statement. “He’s a top-4 defenceman who averages over 23 minutes a game and we are confident he will be a strong addition to our club.”
Faulk has played his entire eight-year career with the Hurricanes after the team selected him in the second-round in 2010. A right-shot, power play specialist, Faulk has scored at least 31 points in each of the last six seasons and hit double-digits in goals four times.
Faulk’s name has been in trade rumours in the past, but after the Hurricanes signed Jake Gardiner to a four-year contract earlier this month, those rumours got louder. Notably, a trade with the Anaheim Ducks was “intensely discussed,” but Faulk had the Ducks on his partial no-trade list, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman.
More to come.
Blues acquire Justin Faulk from Hurricanes, sign him to seven-year extension - Sportsnet.ca
 

Chojin

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Not super high on Faulk, but it didn't look like Eddy was going to be here next year regardless, and I'm OK hitting the ejector seat on Bokk as he took a pretty huge step back last season. Looking on to next season, it looks like Bo will be competing for the 6/7 D role.
 

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Wow. Didn't see this coming. What does this mean for Petro? And aren't we now significantly over the cap for this year? Is there another shoe?
 

Deko

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I'm afraid this means Petro will walk next summer or the sides are very far from each other money-wise.

Faulk seems like a fine addition though and the extension is not that bad at all. I wonder if Kostin's pre-season made Armstrong confident enough to trade Bokk.
 
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Em etah Eh

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This just doesn't make sense unless this is Petro's last season as a blue. 6.5M to pay Faulk as your middle pairing RHD (3rd if Petro is back next season) seems like an expensive contingency plan. I really want Petro back but how is that even possible now? I'm happy about the trade but sad in what this may mean in the long run...
 

Thallis

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This just doesn't make sense unless this is Petro's last season as a blue. 6.5M to pay Faulk as your middle pairing RHD (3rd if Petro is back next season) seems like an expensive contingency plan. I really want Petro back but how is that even possible now? I'm happy about the trade but sad in what this may mean in the long run...

6.5 for Faulk is a pretty bad deal in general.
 
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BlueDream

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Our left side is really thin now. Does this mean Mikkola makes the roster?
Can’t see it. Borgman or Pouliot are ahead of him IMO.

But we still have 7 defensemen so I still don’t think either of them make it.

I guess Bortuzzo is gonna get scratched all the time?
 

Meatball

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This officially makes us "jerks west". :laugh:

Seriously, wonder if this means Petro is done here, and what do we do about the left side?

No lie, Parayko and Faulk alone on the right sounds awesome.
 

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