The St. Louis Blues have had scouts at recent Toronto Maple Leafs games.
The two teams made a trade in the summer (who can forget the Jordan Schmaltz blockbuster?) and were linked several times together during the Nylander holdout.
The Blues have Alex Pietrangelo who is their captain and one of the NHL’s best defenseman over the last decade.
He is a superstar, right handed #1 dman the Leafs could definitely use. Pietrangelo would be working on his 10th straight 40 points season this year if not for the lockout and a year where he got injured and finished with 37.