The St. Louis Blues are reportedly willing to move defenceman Vince Dunn
It looks like the St. Louis Blues could be done with one of their young defenders.
@Vince Dunn was a healthy scratch for the Blues’ game against the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday and Elliotte Friedman suggested in his 31 Thoughts column that the defenceman could be on the trade block…
Vince Dunn was off the second power play in St. Louis’s morning skate Tuesday at Vegas. Coach Craig Berube would not reveal his lineup, but will that mean a healthy scratch?
Dunn has had a rough start, but his talent is respected. St. Louis had a lot of trade talks about him in the summer before signing him. They are believed to be looking for a first rounder.
Dunn was drafted in the second round of the 2015 draft and broke into the NHL during the 2017-18. In his rookie season, Dunn played a key role on St. Louis’ Stanley Cup run, picking up eight points in 20 playoff games while logging 15:10 per night.
Since then, Dunn has emerged as an effective, puck-moving defenceman, but it seems some poor defensive play has resulted in him falling out of favour in St. Louis.
Follow-up to the Vince Dunn thread: Here's all five goals against he's been on the ice for this season to far.
I think it's fair to say that expected goals haven't fully captured this small sample of scoring chances.#STLBlues pic.twitter.com/m5CeENgUSA
— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) January 27, 2021
Dunn boasts very good underlying numbers for his career (a 55.1 Corsi For percentage at even strength) and is only a couple of years removed from a 35-point season. He carries a $1,875,000 cap hit in 2021 and will be a restricted free agent at the end of the season.
The Blues are off to a solid 4-2-1 start this season but rank 27th in the league in goals against.