{"id":391174,"date":"2026-01-06T13:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/391174\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T13:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:44:13","slug":"nhl-trade-rumor-blues-justin-faulk-linked-to-cup-contender-in-the-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/391174\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Trade Rumor: Blues’ Justin Faulk Linked to Cup Contender in the East"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Justin<\/a>
The St. Louis Blues<\/a>, although doing somewhat better of late, are still a team to watch as a seller as we get closer to the trade deadline. Veteran Justin Faulk has been a prime trade candidate this season, as the 33-year-old has only a year and a half remaining on his $6.5 million cap hit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With two playoff runs available before the end of his deal, he should fetch a decent return for the Blues from teams looking to add a hard-nosed, all-around right-shot d-man who can log plenty of ice time.<\/p>\n

Insider Chris Johnston<\/a> has projected that the Florida Panthers would be an ideal destination for Faulk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chasing Faulk would represent a home-run swing rather than a mere upgrade, and who could be more incentivized to go big than the Panthers?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Florida GM Bill Zito has never shied away from an aggressive move, and he\u2019ll be trying to arm his team with the horses needed to win a third straight Stanley Cup. Faulk looks like he\u2019s got plenty of gas left in the tank.<\/p>\n

Faulk has 11 goals and 21 points in 43 games this season, with 83 blocked shots. He averaging 22:39 of ice time per night.<\/p>\n

As for the Panthers, they had a ton of success at last season’s trade deadline, bringing in d-man Seth Jones from the Chicago Blackhawks. The idea that they will likely be looking for another blueline boost this time around makes a lot of sense.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The team already lost Dmitry Kulikov to\u00a0wrist\/labrum surgery\u00a0until at least mid-March. Jones himself is now week-to-week as well, expected to be missing until the end of the month. Further proof that injuries do happen, and the two-time defending champs will want to be prepared.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Photo: \u00a9 Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The St. Louis Blues, although doing somewhat better of late, are still a team to watch as a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[77325,385,61536,21071,22358,77324,57292,77323,77322,22151,77321,99],"class_list":["post-391174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-hockey-news","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-draft","tag-nhl-free-agency","tag-nhl-news","tag-nhl-playoffs","tag-nhl-rumors","tag-nhl-teams","tag-nhl-trade-deadline","tag-nhl-trade-rumors","tag-nhl-trades","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}