The St. Louis Blues acquired winger Mathieu Joseph and a 2025 third-round pick from the Ottawa Senators and picked up forward Radek Faksa from the Dallas Stars in a pair of trades on Tuesday.
Joseph, 27, was involved in rumours at the beginning of this season as the Senators found themselves up against the salary cap but ultimately stayed put. He finished the year with 11 goals and 35 points in 72 games.Tampa Bay LightningAcquired from the Lightning at the 2022 trade deadline, he remains signed through the 2025-26 season at a cap hit of $2.95 million.
Faksa netted seven goals and added 12 assists over 74 games in 2023-24, adding a single goal over eight playoff games this season. Faksa missed a portion of Dallas' run to the Western Conference Final with an undisclosed injury, but scored the game-winning goal in Game 7 of their first-round series against the Vegas Golden Knights.
Over 638 career games in Dallas, Faksa has scored 89 goals and 111 assists. He also owns nine goals and 11 assists over 79 postseason games. The native of Czech Republic is entering the final season of a five-year, $16.25 million contract, featuring an average annual value of $3.25 million.
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