The St. Louis Blues continued their busy Friday with a minor trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs, acquiring forward Dakota Joshua.
The St. Louis Blues make another depth move by acquiring Dakota Joshua from the Leafs for future considerations. St. Louis is still up against the salary cap, and Joshua will not limit the Blues ability to make more moves in the future.
Joshua is a former fifth-round pick by Toronto in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft but has spent the past four seasons with the Ohio State Buckeyes in the NCAA.
Joshua clocks in at 6’2″/198 and has had some success playing for Ohio State. In four years with the Big Ten school, Joshua has been around a point-per-game all four years he has played.
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He had his most success during his sophomore campaign in 2016-17. In 33 games, he netted 12 goals and 23 assists en route to a 35 point season.
Unfortunately for him and the Buckeyes, he has not advanced very far in the postseason with Ohio State.
The most postseason experience Joshua has is playing in the Big Ten Conference Tournament at the end of the year.
The only real playoff experience Joshua has was playing with the USHL Sioux Falls Stampede, netting 13 points in 14 career playoff games.
Joshua will likely be somewhat buried in the Blues depth chart unless he is able to prove himself in his first year as a professional. St. Louis has a ton of depth at the forward position, including the additions of a handful of forwards to begin the offseason.
This is not to say that Joshua cannot prove himself. We have seen player drafted much later than the 23-year-old have a significant impact on NHL rosters.
The future considerations aspect of this trade creates almost no downside for the Blues making this move. The best the Maple Leafs can expect would either be a ridiculously low sum of money or a sixth or seventh-round pick.
No one should have any problem with this trade, having too much depth is a non-issue, and the Blues have been clear about their intentions to acquire as much depth as possible this offseason.