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Blues push back on Colton Parayko trade leak rumors after Sabres deal fell through originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The St. Louis Blues and Buffalo Sabres had a trade agreed upon for Colton Parayko, but the deal never got completed. Parayko used his no-trade clause to veto it. He wanted to stay in St. Louis.
The only way anyone knows that is from reporters learning the information and sharing it. And it frustrated Blues GM Doug Armstrong.
He told reporters after the deadline that the Blues even investigated their internal phone records to confirm a leak didn't come from within the organization.
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No one will know for sure how this may have come about, but it does create a tricky situation.
If there were no such information leaks, Parayko would've just had to make his call on whether to waive his no-trade clause in private.
With the anonymous reporting, though, Parayko had to decide on his next step with everyone knowing that such a decision was on his plate.
It can't be easy for a guy like Parayko who has spent so long in St. Louis, and you add some potentially public pressure, and it doesn't help.
Generally, a news leak like this would come from the place that would stand to benefit most from people knowing about it, but there could be arguments to be made on both sides of the deal here.
We'll never know, but it's a fascinating subplot to trade season.
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