St. Louis Blues place employees under investigation after leak of Colton Parayko trade
Photo credit: Eric Hartline-Imagn Images
The St. Louis Blues have played their employees under investigation after someone allegedly leaked the Colton Parayko would-be trade to the Buffalo Sabres, which eventually fell through after he didn't waive his NMC.
Yesterday, it looked like the Buffalo Sabres, who are on the heater of all heaters over the last three months, were going to add bruising defenseman Colton Parayko from the St. Louis Blues.
There were reports that Parayko agreed to waive his no movement clause in his contract to join the Sabres, which later turned out to be false.
But now, the Blues have launched an investigation into their employees to see which one of them may have leaked the story before it was official.
Per general manager Bill Armstrong during his press conference during the afternoon, an investigation into team employees was launched to try and find the source of the leak.
Army says the Blues were disappointed with the trade leak with Parayko. He said that the organization checked the phone call records, texts and emails of staff members and everyone passed the test. - Jeremy Rutherford
It would be, at the very least, a breach of ethics if the news of Parayko was leaked before it was supposed to.
The Blues Kept Colton Parayko, Who Is Still With The Team
Parayko was one of the players that was rumoured to be on the move from the Blues, who won't make the playoffs this year.
But even though he was also linked to Western Conference teams like the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings, he now remains with the Blues - at least through the end of this year. Whether or not he could be moved during the summer by Armstrong remains to be seen.
Also read on House Of Hockey :
Nazem Kadri traded at the last minute on NHL trade deadline day
Nazem Kadri traded at the last minute on NHL trade deadline day
| POLL | ||
MARS 6|151 ANSWERS St. Louis Blues place employees under investigation after leak of Colton Parayko trade Should Colton Parayko have waived his NMC to go to the Sabres? | ||
| Yes | 81 | 53.6 % |
| No | 70 | 46.4 % |
| List of polls | ||