The Ottawa Senators have traded forward Logan Brown to the St. Louis Blues for forward Zach Sanford.

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Logan Brown is heading home.

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As Postmedia was the first to report on Saturday, the Ottawa Senators traded the unhappy young center, who signed his contract on the eve of camp, to the St. Louis Blues.

The Senators acquired winger Zach Sanford in exchange. The 26-year-old winger scored 10 goals and 16 points last season in 52 games for the Blues and should be able to help the club score.

If Brown adapts to 30 games with the Blues this season, the Senators will also get a fourth-round pick in return, and this is a move St. Louis has been looking for for a while. Sanford is making $ 2 million this season.

“We hope that the incorporation of Zach will be beneficial to us in a number of ways,” said Senators General Manager Pierre Dorion. “He is a great man who skates well, a power forward who plays with energy and a former Stanley Cup winner. As someone who has had a 16-goal season, he is also very capable of contributing to the offense. “

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This will give Coach DJ Smith options with his front group. Dorion and senior vice president Pierre McGuire have been looking for another forward to add to the mix since Evgenii Dadonov was traded to the Vegas Golden Knights in the summer for defender Nick Holden in late July.

Sanford was a teammate of center Colin White at Boston College.

There will be people in this market who will tell you that Brown has not been given the opportunity to be part of the team, but that is not even true. You have to make the most of what they give you and he has not been able to do that. Senators are as frustrated with Brown as he is with them, but Dorion has never denied that 6-foot-6 Brown has the skills.

Of course, will tomorrow happen to Brown? If you look at the club depth chart in the middle, Josh Norris has overlooked it and there is a belief in some circles that Ridly Greig, the 2020 No. 28 overall pick of the Brandon Wheat Kings, is about to leave. to Brown in the back. -view mirror.

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This will give Brown a chance to start over in his hometown. He is the son of former St. Louis Blues defender Jeff Brown and thinks they’ve wanted this move for a couple of years. Before last season, Brown changed agents to facilitate a trade and then missed most of the season with injury.

This works well for both sides because Brown was not going to be on the list and would have been eligible for waivers at the end of camp. This means that the senators don’t risk losing Brown for nothing and Dorion has insisted all along if he was going to make this deal, it would have to be a hockey deal.

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