Brandon Carlo for 2 Third rounders

[clemonsonroots]

I can honestly tell who posted certain comments without even looking at the name. We could acquire McDavid for a 3rd rounder and a few of you would hate it!

Some people have to feel like the smartest man in the room so they overcompensate for shortcomings that make them feel this need. it's quite cringy

[UMR-alum-05]

Is Carlo significantly better than Woll, who we could’ve signed for probably cheap. I like the move but am wondering was that a significant upgrade?

Is this a serious question?

Carlo is +144 for his career

[UMR-alum-05]

I trade 2 3rd rounders for an established 29 year old RHD all day everyday.

Exactly. Why did we even have (3) thirds?

One was for Bjugstad who was here for what 40 games or something?

Another was an added to the Schenn trade and another was an added to the Faulk trade.

So we turned those 3 assets into Carlo and Schairer to dramatically improve the organizational depth at a critical spot.

[Chris2fer]

They wanted this team to be tougher to play against, I'd say they did just that.

[rezero]

Good trade as it shores up one area of concern. He is a strong defender that will not give any offense, but can go against all of the other teams lines if needed.

[TheJackBurton]

Also, I don't know if anyone looked, but there was essentially nothing on the UFA market on the RHD side.

The top 4 or 5 are going to be wildly overpaid, and the rest are either complete and utter scrubs or are basically almost done.

This was about as good a deal as you were going to get to fill that spot.

[Bluesfan1978]

If he has a decent season and the Blue’s aren’t in the playoffs they could probably get a 1st round pick at TDL

[JK92]

Health issues; big guy with ankle injuries doesn't sound great.

Its a 3rd pairing guy with Jiricek on the rise, who cares

I don't know; could be on the shelf for most of the year? Ankle injury, steal plate inserted; gets infected.


I'll give you the Blues did due diligence.

[esp31]

What kind of player is he? Comparables?

Career +137. Never had a minus season. He'll be good on the 3rd pair. 70th percentile in shot, 53rd in skating. Should log PK minutes.

[bud white]

What kind of player is he? Comparables?

Career +137. Never had a minus season. He'll be good on the 3rd pair. 70th percentile in shot, 53rd in skating. Should log PK minutes.

Another big guy with long reach. Love it.

[hotrivets]

This isn't a video game for the owners. They need to balance future performance against producing a good product now because they need attendance and viewers and the income from them. Some of you are "willing to sacrifice" the near term because you can just watch something else- owners do not have that luxury.

Cardinals slashed salaries and attendance dropped way off. Earlier this year the lesser paid young guys were performing over expectations and even then attendance is down. If they regress to what most of us expected it is going to be a tough year financially for them.

[Sudsy 11]

Love it if he's healthy. Another poster mentioned Carlo played for Monty in Boston. A big, responsible D who will help bring stability to a young D group.

[zuck698]

Looking really hard here and I see nothing not to like. Could have used his type last year for some shelter. LGB

[hotrivets]

I can honestly tell who posted certain comments without even looking at the name. We could acquire McDavid for a 3rd rounder and a few of you would hate it!

+1

[BleedingBleu]

Great deal. If Jiricek is ready, we have a potential 2nd Rounder coming our way at the Deadline…

March 2, 2026: Traded by the Chicago Blackhawks to the Edmonton Oilers for 2nd round draft pick in 2028 .

[rezero]

What kind of player is he? Comparables?

Career +137. Never had a minus season. He'll be good on the 3rd pair. 70th percentile in shot, 53rd in skating. Should log PK minutes.

Here is a good article on Carlo

https://daveslocker.net/2026/06/27/bran ... ng-anchor/