ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Blues parted ways with a fan favorite during Friday night’s NHL Draft, but in the process they were able to acquire two intriguing young forwards.
Minutes after dealing center Jori Lehtera and the No. 27 overall pick to the Philadelphia Flyers as part of a package to acquire center Brayden Schenn, the Blues got back into the first round by trading forward Ryan Reaves and the 51st overall pick in this year’s draft to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for forward Oskar Sundqvist and the 31st overall pick, which they used to select Russian forward Klim Kostin.