St. Louis Blues President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Doug Armstrong introduced at the moment the crew has acquired defenseman Cam Fowler and a fourth-round choose in 2027 from the Anaheim Ducks in alternate for defenseman Jeremie Biakabutuka and a second-round choose in 2027.
In addition, the Blues have assigned defenseman Matthew Kessel to their AHL affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds.
Fowler, 33, was initially drafted by the Ducks at No. 12 total in 2010. The Windsor, Ontario, native has spent his complete 15-year profession in Anaheim, together with the previous 5 seasons as an assistant captain.
This season, the 6-foot-2, 210-pound defenseman has appeared in 17 video games, logging 4 assists and 6 penalty minutes. Overall, Fowler has wearing 991 profession NHL regular-season video games, amassing 457 factors (96 targets, 361 assists) and 261 penalty minutes. The 2017 NHL All-Star has additionally performed in 62 profession playoff video games, totaling 33 factors (six targets, 27 assists) and 14 penalty minutes. Fowler at the moment ranks seventeenth amongst lively defensemen in profession video games performed, nineteenth in targets, 14th in assists, and sixteenth in factors.
Kessel, 24, has wearing 26 video games for the Blues this season, posting three assists and 10 penalty minutes. Originally drafted by the Blues within the fifth spherical, No. 150 total, of the 2020 NHL Draft, the Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, native has tallied 10 factors (one objective, 9 assists) and 22 penalty minutes in 67 NHL regular-season video games total.