It’s tempting to write the Blues’ defeat Thursday off as a symptom of a cold going around the team. It’s also tempting to pre-emptively assume that bug will impact the team tonight. It’s fair, because no one can be at 100% when they’re ill, ether mentally or physically. Hitch will have to make some adjustments tonight; here’re the potential lines barring flare-ups:
Forwards
Alexander Steen - Paul Stastny - Nail Yakupov
Robby Fabbri - Jori Lehtera - Vladimir Tarasenko
Jaden Schwartz - Patrik Berglund - David Perron
Scottie Upshall - Kyle Brodziak - Ryan Reaves
Defense
Joel Edmundson - Alex Pietrangelo
Brad Hunt - Kevin Shattenkirk
Jay Bouwmeester - Colton Parayko
Goalie
Carter Hutton
Hutton will be probably showing off a new mask, one that matches the prototype jerseys they’ll be wearing tomorrow during the team’s skills competition.