{"id":504605,"date":"2026-02-28T05:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/504605\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T05:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:22:07","slug":"update-on-st-louis-blues-justin-faulk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/504605\/","title":{"rendered":"Update On St. Louis Blues’ Justin Faulk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leading up to the trade deadline, there don\u2019t appear to be many untouchables on the St. Louis Blues\u2019 roster, if there are any. One player that has generated interest is defenseman Justin Faulk<\/a>, whose price has been set.<\/p>\n

Speaking on NHL Tonight<\/a>, Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman reported that the Blues are looking for a return similar to the one that the Calgary Flames received for defenseman Rasmus Andersson<\/a>. In that deal, the Flames acquired Zach Whitecloud<\/a>, a 2027 first-round pick, a conditional 2027 second-round pick, and college prospect Abram Wiebe<\/a> from the Vegas Golden Knights.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unquestionably a lofty price, but it\u2019s important to remember that Faulk remains a capable top-four option and is signed through next season at an affordable $6.5MM. Furthermore, he has the capacity to quarterback a competitive team\u2019s second power-play unit.<\/p>\n

Even as he enters the latter stages of his career, Faulk has remained reliable. Over the last three years, he has scored 17 goals and 94 points in 196 games, averaging 22:18 of ice time. 28 of those points came with a man advantage. He\u2019s never managed high possession metrics with St. Louis, but has averaged a respectable 90.9% on-ice SV% at even strength.<\/p>\n

Several teams might be interested in Faulk, particularly to enhance their power play. Surprisingly, the Colorado Avalanche have the league\u2019s worst power-play percentage, and recently traded<\/a> puck-moving blue liner Samuel Girard<\/a> to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Still, with four capable right-handed defenseman on the roster, it\u2019s far likelier the Avalanche will seek a left-handed defenseman if anything.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Utah Mammoth are known to be looking for an offensive-minded right-handed defenseman. In fact, they were linked<\/a> to Dougie Hamilton<\/a> of the New Jersey Devils earlier today. If the Devils opt to hang on to Hamilton for their own playoff desires, the Mammoth could consider pivoting to Faulk.<\/p>\n

Lastly, the New York Islanders could be a team to watch on the trade market. Led by the breakout of rookie phenom Matthew Schaefer<\/a>, the Islanders are eying the postseason this year, and General Manager Mathieu Darche<\/a> is looking to reward his group. Considering that Faulk isn\u2019t necessarily a long-term commitment, he would provide an obvious upgrade over Tony DeAngelo<\/a> in New York\u2019s second-pairing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leading up to the trade deadline, there don\u2019t appear to be many untouchables on the St. Louis Blues\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,180655,448,82,759],"class_list":["post-504605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-justin-faulk","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-st-louis-blues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}