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Devils, Blues make NHL trade right before Olympic freeze
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Just before the NHL takes a pause to give way to players taking part in the Winter Olympics , the New Jersey Devils and the St. Louis Blues pulled off an intriguing swap , as reported on Wednesday by hockey insider Frank Seravalli.
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In the trade, the Devils are sending center Nick Bjugstad to the Blues in exchange for forward Thomas Bordeleau and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. That pick is going to be whichever is later between the Dallas Stars ' and the Winnipeg Jets '.
The 33-year-old Bjugstad is set to play for his eighth team in the NHL and his fourth since the end of the 2021-22 campaign.
With the Blues in the 2025-26 season, Bjugstad has scored six goals to go with an assist for seven points in 35 appearances.
Selected in the first round of the 2010 NHL Draft by the Florida Panthers , Bjugstad has apparently become a roster casualty due to the poor season the Blues are having. Entering Wednesday, the Blues only have a 20-27-9 record and have lost all but one of their previous eight outings. He has one more year left on his contract beyond this campaign, and he's due to earn $1.75 million in 2027-28.
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Now with the Devils, Bjugstad can provide depth for New Jersey 's forward group.
New Jersey is doing just slightly better than the Blues, as the Devils hold a 28-26-2 record going into their final game on Thursday against the New York Islanders before the Olympic break. Bordeleau is not a big loss for New Jersey, and the pick the right to the pick the team parted ways with in this trade is unlikely to be a game-changer, so the Devils get some decent upside with this swing on Bjugstad.
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