DENVER, COLORADO - MAY 19: Sammy Blais #9 of the St Louis Blues advances the puck against the Colorado Avalanche during the first period in Game Two of the First Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Ball Arena on May 19, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
The New York Rangers acquired Sammy Blais and a 2022 second round pick from the St. Louis Blues in the Pavel Buchnevich trade. Although losing a top-six forward like Buchnevich for that return sure does sting, Blais is not a bad hockey player in the slightest.