St. Louis Blues and Ottawa Senators complete a trade

Both the Ottawa Senators and St. Louis Blues missed the playoffs last year and are looking for a change of fortune this year. After a relatively quiet first day of free agency, the Blues and Senators have turned to each other as trade partners.

Hearing Mathieu Joseph being traded to St. Louis

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The Senators had reportedly been trying to trade Joseph to clear up cap space and had previously been linked to Seattle Kraken's Brandon Tanev as a possible trade candidate. Last season in 72 games, Joseph scored 11 goals an added 24 assists for the Senators.

Update: The Senators are paying to have Joseph off their cap according to Chris Johnston.

Hearing the #sens are sending a draft pick along with Mathieu Joseph to #stlblues for future considerations.

Clears salary in Ottawa as Joseph had two more years under contract at a $2.95M AAV.

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2 JUILLET \| 115 ANSWERS St. Louis Blues and Ottawa Senators complete a trade Who wins this trade?
▢ Ottawa Senators
▢ St. Louis Blues
▢ It depends on what Ottawa does next