Nail Yakupov does not belong on the fourth line. The fourth line as a whole has been solid the past several games and probably shouldn’t be broken up.
That means, by process of elimination, that someone in the top nine will get sent to the pressbox tonight. Who will it be? Dmitrij Jaskin has a nameplate on his stool from last season. Could it be him?
Nope. It’s Robby Fabbri. Yakupov is getting his opportunity to return to the lineup tonight at #15’s expense:
"It's a numbers game. You've got to play your way in and play your way out," Blues Head Coach Ken Hitchcock said after an optional morning skate.