We have a new No. 1. With news that Colton Parayko has invoked his 'no-trade' clause and vetoed a move to the Buffalo Sabres, fellow St. Louis Blues defenseman Justin Faulk has vaulted to the top spot on our latest Trade Targets board.
It's been a miserable season in St. Louis, a playoff team from one year ago swirling at the bottom of the standings. As we mentioned earlier Thursday, right-shooting defensemen are in-demand - and Faulk has had an excellent season.
Unlike Parayko, Faulk only has a modified 'no-trade' list and he can block a trade to 15 of the 31 remaining teams - a list that is already known by St. Louis GM Doug Armstrong. Faulk, 33, has one year remaining one his deal at $6.5 million.
The Blues have been looking to shake up their veteran-laden defense corps for some time; most of their blueliners have trade protection, which has made that more difficult.
Multiple sources indicate Parayko did signal that he is willing to explore a move to another team, but not the Sabres. Of course, his preference is to remain in St. Louis. As such, he remains No. 8 on our Trade Targets board.
Here is our latest Top 50, which always seeks to blend a player's prominence with his likelihood of a trade before Friday's 3 pm ET deadline:
Trade Targets 🎯
| Rk | Name | Team | Pos | Age | GP | G | Pts | Contract | | 1 | Justin Faulk | STL | RD | 33 | 61 | 11 | 32 | 1x$6.5M | | 2 | Vincent Trocheck | NYR | C | 32 | 46 | 12 | 39 | 3x$5.63M | | 3 | Blake Coleman | CGY | LW | 34 | 48 | 13 | 22 | 1x$4.9M | | 4 | Erik Haula | NSH | C | 34 | 61 | 9 | 30 | UFA | | 5 | Rasmus Ristolainen | PHI | RD | 31 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 1x$5.1M | | 6 | Trevor van Riemsdyk | WSH | RD | 34 | 49 | 2 | 8 | UFA | | 7 | Scott Laughton | TOR | C | 31 | 43 | 8 | 12 | UFA | | 8 | Colton Parayko | STL | RD | 32 | 58 | 1 | 14 | 4x$6.5M | | 9 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | TOR | RD | 34 | 61 | 8 | 35 | 2x$3.5M | | 10 | Stuart Skinner | PIT | G | 27 | 38 | 2.74 | .892 | UFA | | 11 | Bobby McMann | TOR | LW | 29 | 60 | 19 | 32 | UFA | | 12 | Teddy Blueger | VAN | C | 31 | 14 | 5 | 8 | UFA | | 13 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | RD | 32 | 57 | 9 | 25 | 2x$9M | | 14 | Ilya Mikheyev | CHI | RW | 31 | 56 | 11 | 23 | UFA | | 15 | Conor Garland | VAN | RW | 29 | 50 | 7 | 26 | 6x$6M | | 16 | Evander Kane | VAN | LW | 34 | 59 | 11 | 27 | UFA | | 17 | Jesperi Kotkaniemi | CAR | C | 25 | 37 | 2 | 9 | 4x$4.82M | | 18 | Nazem Kadri | CGY | C | 35 | 60 | 12 | 41 | 3x$7M | | 19 | Robert Thomas | STL | C | 26 | 44 | 13 | 37 | 5x$8.13M | | 20 | Michael Bunting | NSH | LW | 30 | 61 | 13 | 31 | UFA | | 21 | A.J. Greer | FLA | LW | 29 | 61 | 11 | 22 | UFA | | 22 | Oskar Sundqvist | STL | C | 31 | 45 | 4 | 14 | UFA | | 23 | Jonathan Kovacevic | NJD | RD | 28 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 4x$4M | | 24 | Jonas Siegenthaler | NJD | LD | 28 | 62 | 0 | 7 | 2x$3.4M | | 25 | Sergei Bobrovsky | FLA | G | 37 | 43 | .313 | .873 | UFA | | 26 | Mavrik Bourque | DAL | RW | 24 | 61 | 12 | 25 | RFA | | 27 | Gustav Nyquist | WPG | RW | 36 | 39 | 0 | 9 | UFA | | 28 | Jeff Petry | FLA | RD | 38 | 58 | 0 | 8 | UFA | | 29 | Brennan Othmann | NYR | LW | 23 | 17 | 1 | 1 | RFA | | 30 | Troy Stecher | TOR | RD | 31 | 48 | 3 | 12 | UFA | | 31 | Jon. Marchessault | NSH | RW | 35 | 42 | 11 | 18 | 3x$5.5M | | 32 | Mario Ferraro | SJS | LD | 27 | 59 | 4 | 13 | UFA | | 33 | Brayden Schenn | STL | C | 34 | 61 | 12 | 28 | 2x$6.5M | | 34 | Brad Lambert | WPG | RW | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1x$867K | | 35 | Kirby Dach | MTL | C | 25 | 26 | 8 | 13 | RFA | | 36 | Nicolas Deslauriers | PHI | LW | 35 | 23 | 0 | 1 | UFA | | 37 | Patrik Laine | MTL | RW | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | UFA | | 38 | Ryan Strome | ANA | C | 32 | 33 | 3 | 9 | 1x$5M | | 39 | Tomas Nosek | FLA | LW | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | UFA | | 40 | Logan Stanley | WPG | LD | 27 | 59 | 9 | 21 | UFA | | 41 | Charlie Stramel | MIN | C | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ELC | | 42 | Shane Wright | SEA | C | 22 | 61 | 11 | 23 | 1x$867K | | 43 | Ryan O'Reilly | NSH | C | 35 | 61 | 22 | 59 | 1x$4.5M | | 44 | Jordan Kyrou | STL | RW | 27 | 51 | 14 | 33 | 5x$8.13M | | 45 | Jordan Binnington | STL | G | 32 | 33 | 3.60 | .867 | 1x$6M | | 46 | Sam Montembeault | MTL | G | 29 | 24 | 3.37 | .874 | 1x$3.15M | | 47 | Steven Stamkos | NSH | RW | 36 | 61 | 30 | 47 | 2x$8M | | 48 | Elias Pettersson | VAN | C | 27 | 53 | 13 | 36 | 6x$11.6M | | 49 | Alex Tuch | BUF | RW | 29 | 60 | 24 | 52 | UFA | | 50 | Jesper Wallstedt | MIN | G | 23 | 25 | 2.85 | .910 | 1x$2.2M |
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Traded: No. 3 Andrew Mangiapane; No. 5 Tyler Myers; No. 8 Connor Murphy; No. 16 Nicolas Roy; No. 17 Jason Dickinson; No. 18 Michael McCarron; No. 25 Mackenzie Weegar.
