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St. Louis may have to make a trade or two

Alex Pietrangelo

Shortly after Tom Stillman took over as owner of the St. Louis Blues last May, he said he didn’t envision the club being a cap team anytime soon.

Well, that was then. One new CBA later and the Blues are flirting with the $64.3-million ceiling.

On Saturday, St. Louis inked play-making center Derek Roy to a one-year, $4 million deal. According to CapGeek, the Blues now have a cap payroll of $57.9 million...and they still have to sign restricted free agents Alex Pietrangelo, the team’s best defenseman, winger Chris Stewart, its leading scorer from last year, and Jake Allen, the promising young goalie.

“I think we’re going to be able to get everyone under the umbrella,” general manager Doug Armstrong said, per the Post-Dispatch, “and if need be, we have very valuable pieces — if we have to move players, that’s not going to be an issue finding a home for them.”

Stewart is one name that’s been mentioned in trade speculation, and based on what power forwards got on Friday in free agency, the big 25-year-old could garner a pretty good return.

Jaroslav Halak is another trade candidate, though the market for goalies may be a bit dry now.

One more name: winger David Perron, who was reportedly dangled at the draft. The 25-year-old has three years remaining on his deal, with a cap hit of $3.8 million.