With just over a third of the regular season left to play, it seems like a safe bet to assume that the St. Louis Blues will likely opt to blow things up ahead of the league’s March 7 trade deadline, as the franchise sits in sixth place in the eight-team Central Division with 28 games to play.
Overall, the Blues are 16 points behind the second-place Dallas Stars in the division and 26 points back of the leading Winnipeg Jets, meaning there’s little to gain from holding onto the team’s top trade candidates once that early March deadline comes and goes.
Luckily for the 2019 Stanley Cup champs, the Blues have plenty of veteran talent that could fetch handsome returns down the stretch, with several forwards and blue-liners that could make an instant impact on a contending team while netting the Blues some much-needed youthful talent for 2025 and beyond.
BetMissouri.com is already thinking with a Missouri sports betting mindset so we broke down which St. Louis players have the best hypothetical odds of being moved ahead of that March 7 deadline, with players like Ryan Suter, Radek Faksa and Justin Faulk being our leading candidates right now.
St. Louis Blues Top Trade Candidates
Player | Odds | Percent Chance |
Ryan Suter (D) | +125 | 44.4% |
Radek Faksa (F) | +150 | 40.0% |
Justin Faulk (D) | +1100 | 8.3% |
The Field | +1100 | 8.3% |
Odds are exclusive to BetMissouri.com and may not be something featured on Missouri sports betting apps in the future.
Which St. Louis Blues Get Traded?
The top candidate to get dealt first out of the Gateway City is a veteran of 1,498 NHL games, as defenseman Ryan Suter leads all St. Louis players in terms of trade prospects, at +125, after racking up a +3 rating and 6.6 point shares in 54 games played this season.
Throw in Faksa (+150), who has struggled through the season with a -6 rating and 1.2 point shares in 42 games in his first season with the club, and Faulk (+1100), who has 19 points and 6.6 point shares in 50 games played during his 14th season in the league.
Regardless of what happens next, hockey fans in St. Louis can pretty much bet on seeing at least a few of the team’s older players being moved over the coming weeks, as the Gateway City has a case of the hockey blues in 2025 after a disappointing season for the state’s lone NHL franchise on the ice.
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Author
Christopher Boan is a lead writer for BetMissouri.com, specializing in covering state issues. He has covered sports and sports betting in Arizona for more than seven years, including stops at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.
