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Oct 21, 2025; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; St. Louis Blues defenseman Justin Faulk (72) is congratulated by teammates after scoring against the Los Angeles Kings during the third period at Enterprise Center
The St. Louis Blues sit at 8-10-7 and find themselves 7th in the Central Division and 7th in the Western Conference Wild Card race heading into December. With playoff odds slipping and the organization increasingly caught between retooling and competing, the question resurfaces each winter: Is it time to move one of the veteran defensemen?
And more specifically, does moving Justin Faulk make sense right now? The answer is complicated, but the picture is becoming clearer.
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