{"id":516448,"date":"2026-03-05T18:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/516448\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T18:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:11:09","slug":"blues-colton-parayko-blocks-trade-to-sabres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/516448\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues&#8217; Colton Parayko blocks trade to Sabres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The veteran defenceman has chosen to not waive his no-trade clause to move to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/teams\/buffalo-sabres\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"buffalo-sabres\" data-league=\"nhl\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buffalo Sabres<\/a>, Sportsnet&#8217;s Elliotte Friedman <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/2029614907071570146?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues and Sabres had agreed to a trade involving Parayko on Wednesday, but the deal couldn\u2019t go through without the player\u2019s permission.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Sabres will have to look elsewhere to boost their defence for the upcoming playoff push.<\/p>\n<p>Parayko, 32, is coming off a silver medal at the Olympics with Team Canada.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bet365_Gradient_Background_RGB-640x360.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sportsnet and bet365\"\/>Sportsnet and bet365<\/p>\n<p>At bet365, you can watch thousands of live games, build your own bet, and can even make a bet while the game\u2019s still being played. 19+. Play responsibly. Ontario only.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/on.bet365.ca\/olp\/nhl?affiliate=365_03996978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">More information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A six-foot-six right shot, Parayko helped the Blues win the Stanley Cup in 2019 and is known more for his play away from the puck than with it. He has one goal and 14 points in 58 games on the season, but he set career highs in goals (16) and points (36) in 204-25.<\/p>\n<p>The 11-year NHL veteran is in the fourth season of an eight-year deal with a $6.5 million cap hit.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues have disappointed this season, sitting near the bottom of the standings in the Western Conference. As a result, most of their veteran players have been mentioned in trade rumours, including Parayko, Robert Thomas, Jordan Kyrou and Justin Faulk.<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo, meanwhile, has been a pleasant surprise in the East, sitting second in the Atlantic Division with 78 points in 61 games and on pace to break a 14-year playoff drought.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hockey-Central-trade-deadline-640x360.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hockey Central Trade Deadline on Sportsnet\"\/>Hockey Central Trade Deadline on Sportsnet<\/p>\n<p>Sportsnet&#8217;s full slate of insiders and analysts will be on the air for wall-to-wall coverage of every move that happens on the NHL Trade Deadline. Watch live Friday beginning at 10 a.m. ET \/ 7 a.m. PT on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Broadcast schedule<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The veteran defenceman has chosen to not waive his no-trade clause to move to the Buffalo Sabres, Sportsnet&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-516448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516448","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=516448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}