Blues at Capitals preview: Leddy makes his debut

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesThe newest member of the St. Louis Blues, defenseman Nick Leddy, will be making his debut tonight. He joined the team yesterday in Washington, D.C. and will be part of the pairings taking the ice - but which pairing?

That’s one of the joys of trade deadline day: you get a new guy, and now you have to figure out where to put him. Does he skate with Colton Parayko (probably)? Who will get bumped to being the 7th man to make room? And honestly, regardless of where he slots in, how much help will he be giving a team who has completely lost their defensive identity?

Unfortunately for the Blues, they get to figure all of this out without two of their best…