Blues Acquire Brandon Carlo From the Maple Leafs in a Trade at the NHL Draft
The Blues add a veteran right-shot defender as Toronto turns the deal into draft capital and uses the picks on two prospects.
- The Toronto Maple Leafs traded defenceman Brandon Carlo to the St. Louis Blues for the 73rd and 76th overall picks in the 2026 NHL draft on Saturday.
- Former Toronto GM Brad Treliving acquired Carlo at the 2025 trade deadline to contend, but the team missed the playoffs last season, prompting the hiring of John Chayka.
- A defensive defenseman entering his 11th NHL season, Carlo has recorded 29 goals and 381 penalty minutes across 692 career games while missing 23 games last season due to ankle surgery.
- With the Blues, Carlo joins a defensive unit featuring Colton Parayko and Logan Mailloux, while Toronto used the acquired picks to select forward Zach Olsen and defenceman Mans Gudmundsson.
- This move marks the fourth trade for Chayka, whose previous significant acquisition involved signing defenceman Darren Raddysh of the Tampa Bay Lightning to an eight-year deal.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Brandon Carlo has been traded. And with that, all remnants of the hindsight disaster that was the Toronto Maple Leafs 2025 trade deadline have been put to rest. Cashed in for futures. Try again. On a mission to reshape, speed up, and inject offence into his blueline, Maple Leafs general manager John Chayka dealt Carlo, 29, to the St. Louis Blues Saturday in exchange for two third-round picks at the draft in Buffalo. Chayka then …
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The St. Louis Blues acquired Brandon Carlo from the Toronto Maple Leafs during the NHL draft on Saturday, those teams’ latest steps to remake their rosters during an offseason of upheaval. St. Louis sent the Nos. 73 and 76 picks to Toronto for the 29-year-old defenseman. Carlo lasted just 88 games with the Leafs after they sent a first-round pick, a fourth-rounder and highly regarded forward prospect Fraser Minten to Boston for him at the deadli…
Blues get Brandon Carlo; Hurricanes trade for John Carlson's rights at NHL draft
The St. Louis Blues acquired Brandon Carlo from the Toronto Maple Leafs during the NHL draft on Saturday, those teams' latest steps to remake their rosters during an offseason of upheaval. St. Louis sent the Nos. 73 and 76 picks to Toronto for the 29-year-old defenseman. Carlo lasted just 88 games with the Leafs after they sent a first-round pick, a fourth-rounder and highly regarded forward prospect Fraser Minten to Boston for him at the deadli…
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