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