The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded defenceman Brandon Carlo to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for two third-round picks in the 2026 NHL Draft.
The draft picks are No. 73 and 76.
Carlo, 29, had seven assists in 55 games with the Maple Leafs last season while averaging 19:22 of ice time.
He was acquired by the Maple Leafs from the Boston Bruins in exchange for forward Fraser Minten and two draft picks in March of 2025.
The 6-foot-5, right-shot defenceman is entering the final season of a six-year, $24.6 million contract that carries an annual cap hit of $3.485 million after the Bruins retained a portion of his salary in the trade. He is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2026-27 campaign.
His best season came during the 2019-20 campaign where he had four goals and 19 points with a plus-16 rating while averaging 20:29 of ice time as a member of the Bruins.
Drafted 37th overall by the Bruins in 2015, Carlo has 29 goals and 119 points in 692 career games split between the Bruins and Maple Leafs.
The Colorado Springs, Colo., native represented the United States twice at the World Juniors, taking home a bronze medal in 2016.
