The St. Louis Blues bolstered their defensive corps Saturday by landing veteran blue-liner Brandon Carlo from the Toronto Maple Leafs, giving up a pair of third-round picks in the deal.
Toronto walked away with the 73rd and 76th overall selections in the draft. With the 73rd pick, the Maple Leafs chose forward Zach Olsen from the Saskatoon Blades of the WHL, and at No. 76, they selected Swedish defenseman Mans Gudmundsson.
Carlo, who turns 29, spent his first full season in Toronto during 2025-26, putting up seven assists across 55 games. An ankle injury that required surgery kept him sidelined for 23 games during that stretch.
Over the course of his NHL career, Carlo has appeared in 692 games — first with the Boston Bruins from 2016 to 2025, then with the Maple Leafs in 2025-26. He has accumulated 119 career points on 29 goals and 90 assists, a plus-137 rating, and 381 penalty minutes. Boston originally drafted him in the second round back in 2015.
As for the players Toronto selected with the acquired picks, 18-year-old Olsen put together a solid 2025-26 season with Saskatoon, recording 34 points on 18 goals and 16 assists in 57 games. Gudmundsson, also 18, contributed two goals and 29 assists in 40 games playing for Farjestad Jr. in Sweden.
