The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded the 25th pick to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for picks 29 and 76. The 29th pick originally belonged to the Winnipeg Jets, who sent it (along with Erik Foley) to St. Louis in exchange for Paul Stastny at the deadline.
The Blues made the trade to pick Dominik Bokk, who some had much higher in pre-draft rankings. The German-born forward played in Sweden this season, where he lit up the junior league and even got a chance to suit up for Vaxjo in the SHL. Bokk has a big ceiling and could quickly make the Maple Leafs regret moving down, but they clearly felt the value of another third-round pick was worth it.
This is the same maneuver that Maple Leafs’ GM Kyle Dubas used when he ran the team’s draft in 2015, trading down twice to create three picks out of one. In that occasion the Maple Leafs passed on the chance to select Travis Konecny, who has turned into a star young player for the Philadelphia Flyers. This is the kind of thing we should come to expect from Dubas and company, as they try to use every advantage possible to keep the Toronto rebuild moving forward.
I think something might be in the works!!
A Trade?
I know it’s a trade but I wonder if the Blues are going after someone big!!