Stastny to Blues

As Scotianuck reported, Yan Stastny has been traded to the Blues for a 5th round pick. This does seem like a prelude to a upcoming deal. The Bruins need to clear some cap space and now just shed some 700,000 or so. The Bruins are in a posistion where a nice defenseman (Eric Brewer type) and possibly another impending UFA forward (Bill Guerin type) would really help the team.

I could also be very wrong. Maybe Stastny just didn't have a place on the team and therefore the Bruins didn't want to pay his salary.