{"id":444651,"date":"2024-07-02T15:13:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T19:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=444651"},"modified":"2024-07-02T15:13:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T19:13:09","slug":"dallas-stars-trade-centre-to-the-st-louis-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/07\/02\/dallas-stars-trade-centre-to-the-st-louis-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Stars Trade Centre to the St. Louis Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/blues\/\" target=\"_self\">St. Louis Blues<\/a> are acquiring centre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/faksara01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Radek Faksa<\/a> in a trade with the Dallas Stars. The Blues are sending future considerations to the Stars in return.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TRADE ALERT: The Blues have acquired Radek Faksa from the Dallas Stars. <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/stlblues?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#stlblues<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DETAILS \u27a1\ufe0f <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1oM7DtfWk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/P1oM7DtfWk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StLouisBlues\/status\/1808206525581668757?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Blues Get A Centre<\/h3>\n<p>The Blues have been in the market to acquire another centre after <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/06\/29\/kevin-hayes-trade-to-pittsburgh-penguins\/\" target=\"_self\">trading Kevin Hayes<\/a> over the weekend. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/06\/30\/3-free-agent-centres-the-st-louis-blues-should-consider\/\" target=\"_self\">many centres<\/a> available in free agency, the Blues did not sign one when free agency opened yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Faksa has a year left on his contract and has a $3.25 million cap hit. For the Blues, Faksa will most likely be a third-line centre for the Blues. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/thomaro01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Thomas<\/a> will be the first-line center with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/buchnpa01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pavel Buchnevich<\/a> seemingly sliding into the second-line centre position. This is the third trade the Blues have made this offseason. In addition to the Hayes trade, the Blues also <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/06\/28\/columbus-blue-jackets-trade-pending-rfa-two-way-centre\/\" target=\"_self\">acquired Alexandre Texier<\/a> from the Columbus Blue Jackets.<\/p>\n<h3>Faksa Switches Teams For the First Time<\/h3>\n<p>Faksa has spent his entire NHL career with the Stars. He had a career high of 17 goals in the 2017-18 season. For the Stars, this move to seems more about unloading Faska&#8217;s contract than anything. The Stars have been in a bit of a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/09\/05\/dallas-stars-salary-cap-situation\/\" target=\"_self\">tight cap situation<\/a> for the last few seasons. This is the second contract the Stars have moved on from this offseason, after <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/06\/27\/dallas-stars-buy-out-ryan-suter\/\" target=\"_self\">buying-out defenceman Ryan Suter<\/a> earlier.<\/p>\n<h3>Blues Lineup Projection With Faksa<\/h3>\n<p>The Blues forward combinations for next season after acquiring Faksa could look like this.<\/p>\n<h4>First Line<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/schenbr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brayden Schenn<\/a>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/thomaro01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Thomas<\/a>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/neighja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Neighbours<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Second Line<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/saadbr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Saad<\/a>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/buchnpa01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pavel Buchnevich<\/a>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kyroujo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan Kyrou<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Third Line<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/texieal01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexandre Texier<\/a>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/faksara01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Radek Faksa<\/a>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bolduza01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zachary Bolduc<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Fourth Line<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/deanza01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zach Dean<\/a>-Oskar Sundvist-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/toropal01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexey Toropchenko<\/a> (Faska or Texier could centre this line if <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/blues\/news\/sundqvist-to-miss-rest-of-season-with-acl-injury\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sundqvist is not recovered from his injury sustained last season<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<h4>Extra Forwards<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/walkena01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nathan Walker<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcginhu01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hugh McGing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/a\/alexani01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikita Alexandrov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Main photo credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis Blues are acquiring centre Radek Faksa in a trade with the Dallas Stars. The Blues are sending future considerations to the Stars in return. TRADE ALERT: The Blues have acquired Radek Faksa from the Dallas Stars. #stlblues DETAILS \u27a1\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/P1oM7DtfWk &mdash; St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) July 2, 2024 Blues Get A Centre [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3464,"featured_media":443217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[34,29,4548,32],"tags":[955,1915],"class_list":["post-444651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-stars","category-nhl","category-blues","tag-nhl-news","tag-radek-faksa"],"modified_by":"Levi Pike, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444651","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\/3464"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}