The St. Louis Blues traded a pair of veteran pieces, sending captain Brayden Schenn to the New York Islanders and defenceman Justin Faulk to the Detroit Red Wings.

The Islanders are sending back a first-round pick, a third-round pick, forward Jonathan Drouin and goaltending prospect Marcus Gidlof, while the Red Wings are sending St. Louis a 2026 first and a 2026 third in addition to defenceman Justin Holl and forward prospect Dmitri Buchelnikov in exchange for Faulk.

Schenn waived his no-move clause to facilitate the deal to New York.

According to The Athletic’s Andy Strickland, the pick the Blues are getting from the Islanders belongs to the Colorado Avalanche from the Brock Nelson deal last year.

Blues 1st round pick in Schenn deal is Colorado’s from Brock Nelson deal

— Andy Strickland (@andystrickland) March 6, 2026

Schenn, 34, has 12 goals and 28 points in 61 games with the Blues this season.

The 6-foot-1 centre is in the sixth season of an eight-year, $52 million contract that carries an annual cap hit of $6.5 million. He is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2027-28 campaign.

Schenn played eight and a half seasons with the Blues, recording 181 goals and 465 points in 650 games and was named captain at the beginning of the 2023-24 campaign.

He helped lead the Blues to their first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history in 2019.

Drafted fifth overall by the Los Angeles Kings in 2009, Schenn has 290 goals and 713 points in 1,083 career games split between the Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, and Blues.

The Saskatoon, Sask., native represented Canada five times at the World Hockey Championship, taking home a gold medal in 2015 and a silver medal in 2017.

Faulk, 33, has 11 goals and 32 points in 61 games with the Blues this season while averaging 22:30 of ice time.

The 6-foot, right-shot defenceman is in the sixth season of a seven-year, $45.5 million deal with an annual cap hit of $6.5 million. He is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2026-27 campaign.

Drafted 37th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in 2010, Faulk has 141 goals and 490 points in 1,041 career games split between the Hurricanes and Blues.