Bouwmeester singing the Blues

[DetDannyWilliams]

The Calgary Flames (http://flames.nhl.com/) announced Monday night that they have dealt veteran defenseman Jay Bouwmeester (http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8470151) to the St. Louis Blues (http://blues.nhl.com/) in exchange for St. Louis' 2013 first-round pick, defenseman Mark Cundari (http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8474837) and goaltender Reto Berra (http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8473499).

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=663317&navid=nhl:topheads

[ckg927]

Bob McKenzie reports that the Blues' 1st rounder is lottery-protected; that means if St. Louis misses the playoffs, that 1st rounder will be deferred to 2014.