STL Today’s, Jeremy Rutherford, reported on the latest line combinations from St. Louis Blues practice at the University of Michigan.
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While many have speculated for months as to what changes could be made, Ken Hitchcock is beginning to tip his hand as to how the Blues will line up at the Scottrade Center on Thursday evening against the Edmonton Oilers. I’ll list them here and give my take on what could be the opening forward combinations and defensive pairings on Thursday.
Forwards
Alexander Steen–Paul Stastny–Vladimir Tarasenko
Robby Fabbri–Jori Lehtera–Jaden Schwartz
Dmitrij Jaskin–David Backes–Troy Brouwer
Scottie Upshall/Steve Ott–Kyle Brodziak–Ryan Reaves
The first iteration of the line combinations for the St.