Recent Trading Activity

The Saint Louis Blues have pulled off two trades in the last 72 hours.

The first trade sent team captain Eric Brewer to Tampa Bay in exchange for a 3rd round pick in the 2011 entry draft and 18 year old defensive prospect Brock Beukeboom.

GM Doug Armstrong cited that he had approached Brewer about waiving his clause prior to the team traveling to Buffalo.

Brewer accepted a trade to Tampa Bay due to his relationship with GM Steve Yzerman. The Blues were wanting to make sure that Brewer went to a team that he could compete for a Stanley Cup and that Brewer would be happy with his destination.

All in all, judging on the recent Tomas Kaberle deal to Boston, The Blues got what they could for their captain and they received a good young prospect for him in return for the future.

The other trade involved the Blues trading former 1st overall pick Erik Johnson, Jay McClement, and a Conditional 1st round pick from 2011 or 2012 (depending on where the Blues overall placement in the standings at the end of the season, determines if the pick is in 2011 or 2012) in exchange for Chris Stewart, Kevin Shattenkirk, and a 2011 2nd round pick.

Overall I think the Blues had to give up a strong, young defensive asset in order to obtain a premier powerforward to compliment our forward lines.

Kevin Shattenkirk is a viable replacement for Johnson's production value on the blueline based on his 27 points in 47 games played this season. Oh yea, and it's his rookie year. I think that adding another young d-man with the skill-set like an Alex Pietrangelo, will only help to build team chemistry to the Blues advantage.