3 Players the St. Louis Blues Should Target in the 2025 NHL Draft

[Spyro Gyra]

Cameron Reid (LD)

Cameron Reid is one of the top options; the Blues will go with him mainly because he is a shutdown defenseman. It would be great to have now that the Blues are starting to become a playoff contender and need more defensive defensemen on their roster. At 6 feet and 190 pounds, don’t let Reid’s size fool you, as he’s used it very well to be a strong skater and quick to close gaps in tight areas of the defensive zone.

Blake Fiddler (RD)

If the Blues are looking for a solid right-handed defenseman, then Blake Fiddler is their guy. At 6-foot-4 and 209 pounds, he is the opposite of Reid defensively, playing a very physical shutdown defense style. However, Fiddler’s right-hand shot is a rare trait within the game, and having someone like him on the Blues would add one more right-handed defenseman to their prospect pool.

Bill Zonnon (LW/C)

Based on their position, Bill Zonnon stands out as a compatible forward for the Blues in this draft, for the sake of stepping away from all the possible defensemen on this list. He is a very underrated prospect in this draft, as a power forward brings a lot to the table for the Blues if they choose him, which could help their second power play unit and third line. The Blues don’t have a lot of support on either of those.


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[kimzey59]

No thanks on any of them.

VERY high chance one of Bear, Hensler, Carbonneau, or Aitcheson falls to us.
If not; VERY high odds that most of Reschny, Cootes, Kindel, Bouwmedienne, Brzustewicz, Nesbit and Spence are still on the board.

I go through every player on that list before I look at Fiddler, Reid or Zonnon.

Frankly, most of these national writers aren't even worth reading and this one definitely falls into that category(this article came out today and the writer doesn't even know that we'll be picking at #19?; we've known that on this board for almost 3 weeks now).

[stanw]

St Louis Blues trade pick # 19 to Tampa Bay Lighting in exchange for F Isaac Howard Michigan State
or 2nd choice: St Louis Blues trade pick # 19 to Boston for Center Morgan Geekie -- announce Geekie sign 5 year deal for AVV 5 million per year. 6 ft 3--- 26 year old- right handed center 33 goals -24 assists --57 points last season.
Geekie is a restricted free agent this off-season and is due for a raise from his $2 million salary

[STL fan in MN]

No thanks. Not at 19.

[BluesDom]

St Louis Blues trade pick # 19 to Tampa Bay Lighting in exchange for F Isaac Howard Michigan State
or 2nd choice: St Louis Blues trade pick # 19 to Boston for Center Morgan Geekie -- announce Geekie sign 5 year deal for AVV 5 million per year. 6 ft 3--- 26 year old- right handed center 33 goals -24 assists --57 points last season.
Geekie is a restricted free agent this off-season and is due for a raise from his $2 million salary

Geekie is a Bruin and they are looking to re-sign him long term for sure. They wont trade him imo.
Isaac Howard Is that realistic? Seems like teams will line up to get him if he doesnt sign with TB.
How about Center Jake O'Brien?

[STL fan in MN]

St Louis Blues trade pick # 19 to Tampa Bay Lighting in exchange for F Isaac Howard Michigan State
or 2nd choice: St Louis Blues trade pick # 19 to Boston for Center Morgan Geekie -- announce Geekie sign 5 year deal for AVV 5 million per year. 6 ft 3--- 26 year old- right handed center 33 goals -24 assists --57 points last season.
Geekie is a restricted free agent this off-season and is due for a raise from his $2 million salary

Geekie is a Bruin and they are looking to re-sign him long term for sure. They wont trade him imo.
Isaac Howard Is that realistic? Seems like teams will line up to get him if he doesnt sign with TB.
How about Center Jake O'Brien?

O’Brien will go top-10, maybe even top-5.

Julien (TB’s GM) has already stated publicly that he doesn’t expect Howard to sign with Tampa. Says he expects Howard to test UFA in August of 2026. Howard will almost certainly be traded at this point. How much Tampa will be able to get for him…depends entirely on how much Howard wants to cooperate. If he’s willing to essentially agree to a deal with the acquiring team, Tampa could get fair value for him. If not, they’d likely only get peanuts. As a team isn’t going to give up an asset just for Howard to not sign with them either. And in that case, Tampa may just choose to hold onto him as if they’re the ones to lose him, they’d get a 2nd round pick in 2027 as compensation - 63rd overall. Howard was the 31st overall pick in 2022 so they’d get the 31st pick of the 2nd round.

I personally would probably value pick 19 higher than Isaac Howard. But it’d depend on what all players are still available at pick 19. If the ones I want are gone, I’d consider it…as long as we’d already had discussions with him and he’s willing to sign that day. If not, then absolutely no trading pick 19 for him.

[stanw]

St Louis Blues trade pick # 19 to Tampa Bay Lighting in exchange for F Isaac Howard Michigan State
or 2nd choice: St Louis Blues trade pick # 19 to Boston for Center Morgan Geekie -- announce Geekie sign 5 year deal for AVV 5 million per year. 6 ft 3--- 26 year old- right handed center 33 goals -24 assists --57 points last season.
Geekie is a restricted free agent this off-season and is due for a raise from his $2 million salary

Geekie is a Bruin and they are looking to re-sign him long term for sure. They wont trade him imo.
Isaac Howard Is that realistic? Seems like teams will line up to get him if he doesnt sign with TB.
How about Center Jake O'Brien?

O’Brien will go top-10, maybe even top-5.

Julien (TB’s GM) has already stated publicly that he doesn’t expect Howard to sign with Tampa. Says he expects Howard to test UFA in August of 2026. Howard will almost certainly be traded at this point. How much Tampa will be able to get for him…depends entirely on how much Howard wants to cooperate. If he’s willing to essentially agree to a deal with the acquiring team, Tampa could get fair value for him. If not, they’d likely only get peanuts. As a team isn’t going to give up an asset just for Howard to not sign with them either. And in that case, Tampa may just choose to hold onto him as if they’re the ones to lose him, they’d get a 2nd round pick in 2027 as compensation - 63rd overall. Howard was the 31st overall pick in 2022 so they’d get the 31st pick of the 2nd round.

I personally would probably value pick 19 higher than Isaac Howard. But it’d depend on what all players are still available at pick 19. If the ones I want are gone, I’d consider it…as long as we’d already had discussions with him and he’s willing to sign that day. If not, then absolutely no trading pick 19 for him.

Howard is your # 19 pick three years into the future. Hoby Baker winner as College player of the year. You could only hope a 19th pick would have that same future.
Now if you could make the deal with Boston for Geekie with a sign and trade you make that trade all day long. For those against go back the last ten years and see where and what careers those 19th pics have had. To be able to get a 26 year old right hand 2nd center and sign for say 5 years for 5avv you would be a fool not to. How long have we been needing a 2nd center ?? you can never have enough good centers -- and if you wind you having 2-3 years from now, now you are trading from a strong position.

[rezero]

I like Fiddler as the write up on him reads like he is a solid defenseman with good skating skills and a rocket shot. Sounds like a young Parayko.

[STL fan in MN]

I like Fiddler as the write up on him reads like he is a solid defenseman with good skating skills and a rocket shot. Sounds like a young Parayko.

Very poor hockey sense.

[billybaseball]

St Louis Blues trade pick # 19 to Tampa Bay Lighting in exchange for F Isaac Howard Michigan State
or 2nd choice: St Louis Blues trade pick # 19 to Boston for Center Morgan Geekie -- announce Geekie sign 5 year deal for AVV 5 million per year. 6 ft 3--- 26 year old- right handed center 33 goals -24 assists --57 points last season.
Geekie is a restricted free agent this off-season and is due for a raise from his $2 million salary

Don't see Geekie being moved at all. Would love Howard but we don't have an open spot for a LW. Maybe if Holloway moves to center but I highly doubt that happens

[rezero]

I like Fiddler as the write up on him reads like he is a solid defenseman with good skating skills and a rocket shot. Sounds like a young Parayko.

Very poor hockey sense.

True as there are a couple of assessments of making unforced errors, but his last coach blames it on trying to do too much. The good thing is the current Blues have some very high IQ players who would never do stuff like icing the puck with 20 seconds left, nobody around them, and a streaking player towards the opponents empty net.

[Pierre McGuire]

I like Fiddler as the write up on him reads like he is a solid defenseman with good skating skills and a rocket shot. Sounds like a young Parayko.

Very poor hockey sense.

That’s just not true at at all. He’s not getting drafted for his playmaking abilities in the offensive zone. He’s getting drafted for what he brings on the back end and his ability to move the puck which he excels at. If you watched him in the U18’s….he was very good. He’s pretty much where Parayko was at the same age, but he’s more physical. Coaching and development will round out his game.
Blues are also in a position where the can afford to take a chance with a big swing when it comes to a prospect and Fiddler certainly fits that bill

[Bacchk29]

St Louis Blues trade pick # 19 to Tampa Bay Lighting in exchange for F Isaac Howard Michigan State
or 2nd choice: St Louis Blues trade pick # 19 to Boston for Center Morgan Geekie -- announce Geekie sign 5 year deal for AVV 5 million per year. 6 ft 3--- 26 year old- right handed center 33 goals -24 assists --57 points last season.
Geekie is a restricted free agent this off-season and is due for a raise from his $2 million salary

Geekie is a Bruin and they are looking to re-sign him long term for sure. They wont trade him imo.
Isaac Howard Is that realistic? Seems like teams will line up to get him if he doesnt sign with TB.
How about Center Jake O'Brien?

Love the idea but the money isn’t enough and [nonsense] will want more than our first

[Pierre McGuire]

For those that haven’t seen Fiddler play

https://youtu.be/S4w1iKG0BhM?si=8dyVRFCHKahUTjam

[LuvthaBlues]

St Louis Blues trade pick # 19 to Tampa Bay Lighting in exchange for F Isaac Howard Michigan State
or 2nd choice: St Louis Blues trade pick # 19 to Boston for Center Morgan Geekie -- announce Geekie sign 5 year deal for AVV 5 million per year. 6 ft 3--- 26 year old- right handed center 33 goals -24 assists --57 points last season.
Geekie is a restricted free agent this off-season and is due for a raise from his $2 million salary

There are going to be 31 teams making offers for Howard, that’s gonna be a fun story to watch. Geekie would be a great get. He’s had such a wild career from a contract perspective so far, I’m sure he’d love some stability. But like others said, I’m sure he’d love signs in Boston as they still need players to build around.

[kimzey59]

I like Fiddler as the write up on him reads like he is a solid defenseman with good skating skills and a rocket shot. Sounds like a young Parayko.

Very poor hockey sense.

I think you’re over rating him.