Five Draft Sleepers Who Could Tempt The Blues Into A 1st Round Reach

[TBone]

I can't see the Blues reaching for a player, but if they're high on one a trade back option could be in play.

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These 5 NHL Draft sleepers could tempt Blues into a first-round reach

By Todd Matthews
June 26, 2025

The St. Louis Blues hold the 19th pick, and there’s a good chance someone projected to go in the top 10 could fall to them. But, what if all the best players on Doug Armstrong’s big board are taken on Friday night? Then what?

Hey, there’s plenty of talent slated to go later in the first round, so a potential ‘reach’ wouldn’t be a bad idea, either. Not if Armstrong took a chance on one of the five players listed below.

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[Bluesfan1978]

Zonnon also moved to center this year and by the end of the year was just about 50% in faceoffs.

[IsDurbanodoingtime]

If the Blues take Simon Wang , I think some heads here would explode. Moving up a lot of draft boards though. I would be ok with him but a huge gamble at 19.