{"id":135665,"date":"2023-02-17T07:15:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T12:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=135665"},"modified":"2023-02-16T23:49:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T04:49:10","slug":"nhl-rumours-st-louis-blues-colton-parayko-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/17\/nhl-rumours-st-louis-blues-colton-parayko-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: St Louis Blues Defenceman Draws Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for another batch of NHL rumours. Some teams have been identified as buyers while others will be selling at the March 3 deadline. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/blues\/\" target=\"_self\">St Louis Blues<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/09\/st-louis-blues-trade-star-forward\/\" target=\"_self\">already started selling<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/13\/why-st-louis-blues-should-re-tool-not-rebuild\/\" target=\"_self\">likely aren&#8217;t done<\/a>. St Louis&#8217; forward group has gotten plenty of interest. However, Blues general manager Doug Armstrong is now taking calls on their solid group of defensemen. Today&#8217;s NHL rumours discuss the possibility of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/parayco01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-16_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colton Parayko<\/a> trade.<\/p>\n<h2>NHL Rumours<\/h2>\n<h3>Colton Parayko Trade Interest Grows<\/h3>\n<p>Rumour: Darren Dreger on the latest edition of TSN&#8217;s Insider Trading said Armstrong is now getting calls on the Blues&#8217; group of defensemen. Players like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/faulkju01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-16_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Faulk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/leddyni01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-16_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Leddy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/krugto01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-16_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Torey Krug<\/a> are getting interest from other clubs. However, Parayko is the one getting the most interest according to Dreger.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">INSIDER TRADING: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TSNHockey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TSNHockey<\/a> Insiders <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarrenDreger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DarrenDreger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PierreVLeBrun?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@PierreVLebrun<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reporterchris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@reporterchris<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHLPA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NHLPA<\/a> &amp; Marty Walsh, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StLBlues?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#StLBlues<\/a>, Habs, Chychrun, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Preds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Preds<\/a> and &#39;trade related&#39; healthy scratches&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aaDIcMajNT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/aaDIcMajNT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSNHockey\/status\/1626361683324112898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>All four blueliners have long-term contracts that carry big cap hits. Parayko carries the longest contract that runs until the end of the 2029-30 season. The St. Albert, Alberta native also logs the largest cap hit of $6.5 million along with Krug and Faulk. All four defencemen also have full no-trade clauses. Armstrong would have to get anyone he wants to deal to waive that no-trade clause.<\/p>\n<h3>Could a Colton Parayko Trade Happen?<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s highly unlikely a deal for the 29-year-old will happen. The contract would be a hefty one to move and Parayko will be 36 at the end of the deal. St. Louis has a strong defence, but the team is crashing down to earth. Armstrong could get a massive return if he deals one of the four blueliners.<\/p>\n<p>Parayko is drawing the most interest because he&#8217;s a right-shot defenceman. Those types of players are always in demand at any time of the year. The veteran blueliner would be a good addition to any team. However, a March 3 deal probably isn&#8217;t going down unless St. Louis gets something major in return.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for another batch of NHL rumours. Some teams have been identified as buyers while others will be selling at the March 3 deadline. The St Louis Blues have already started selling and likely aren&#8217;t done. St Louis&#8217; forward group has gotten plenty of interest. However, Blues general manager Doug Armstrong is now taking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":135666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4321,4547,4548,32],"tags":[718,2801,6482],"class_list":["post-135665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rumours","category-hockey","category-nhl","category-blues","tag-colton-parayko","tag-doug-armstrong","tag-st-louis-blues-rumours"],"modified_by":"Noah Foster, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}