Blues cancel Colton Parayko trade with Sabers, source says -

Blues defenseman Colton Parayko exercised his no-movement clause to prevent the Sabers from making a trade, according to multiple reports.

St. Louis Blues defenseman Colton Parayko has spoken out against a trade to the Buffalo Sabres, the league confirmed to ESPN.

The Sabers have a trade deal with the Blues to acquire Parik, but only if the defenseman waives his movement ban, sources said Wednesday.

Parayko, 32, is in the fourth year of an eight-year, $32 million contract.He recently competed with Team Canada in the Olympics and was a key member of the team that won the Stanley Cup in St. Louis 2019.

The Sabers are looking to end the longest playoff drought in NHL history at 14 years and are in good shape entering the final week of NHL trade in second place in the Atlantic Division.completed, which is one of the positions most teams will desire at this year's deadline.

At 6-foot-3, Parajko will bring plenty of game experience and a physical presence to the Sabres' blue line.

The Blues could miss the playoffs as GM Doug Armstrong says he is open to being traded to other teams.Armstrong, who was the CEO of Canada's Olympic teams, held talks with several veteran players, including goaltender Jordan Binnington, forwards Robert Thomas, Jordan Kirrow, Brayden Schein and defenseman Justin Falk.According to sources, the Blues and the Sabers discussed a deal with Thomas earlier in the week, but that fell through.

Greg Wyszynski and Emily Kaplan contributed to this report.