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Is Berube short-sighted? Is his vision as legendary as thought? Can the Blues recover from two devastating and heartbreaking losses to division and conference rivals that has caused panic, second-guessing, and bickering among Blues fans? See the answers for yourself today at 3:00 CT, 4:00 ET when the Blues visit the land of sin sin sin and girls girls girls as they face of vs the Vegas Golden Knights, live on NHL Network, FSMW, and 101 ESPN for the exciting radio call from everyone's favorite Chris Kerber and Joey Vitale.

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"Brayden Schenn and Jaden Schwartz were split up, the defensive pairings were shuffled and the fourth line of Alexander Steen, Oskar Sundqvist and Ivan Barbashev that was so effective last postseason was reunited again.

That's how the lines in practice looked on Friday in Vegas, and its quite likely those will be the line combinations Blues Head Coach Craig Berube uses in Saturday's game against the Golden Knights (3 p.m. CT, FSMW, 101 ESPN).
"I've been thinking about things for awhile, to be honest with you," Berube said Friday. "This is not just an overnight decision from last game. I'm just looking for some response here after two losses. We're not happy with what's going on, and so you mix things up a little bit once in awhile."

After winning a season-high eight straight games, the Blues have dropped two consecutive games and have been outscored 10-4 in the losses.

"New lines, they can go really good for you or it can go so-so," said Schenn. "Obviously we're looking for a spark for us to score some goals here."

"I think anytime you play with new guys, it kind of sparks you a little bit," added Robert Thomas. "You get new faces, different playing styles. I think it definitely could be a spark for us as a team. We've got to rebound and be better (Saturday)."

Colton Parayko did not skate with the team on Friday. Berube said Parayko was "a little bit sore" and needed a maintenance day. If Parayko is unable to play Saturday, Jake Walman would likely make his NHL debut.

PROJECTED LINEUP
Forwards

Schwartz - O'Reilly - Perron
Schenn - Thomas - Bozak
Steen - Sundqvist - Barbashev
MacEachern - de la Rose - Sanford

Defense

Dunn - Pietrangelo
Bouwmeester - Faulk
Walman - Bortuzzo
Parayko

Goalie

Binnington / Allen

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What happened with parayko?

Ozzies09tc wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:04 pm What happened with parayko?

I don’t think we’ve officially heard. He was held out of practice and Berube called it maintenance at the time. Guessing he’s a bit banged up.

Why do we need two GDT for this game?

Bump

NHLTIM wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:17 pm Why do we need two GDT for this game?

I didn't see the other one, who cares? T.C will merge em.

NHLTIM wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:17 pm Why do we need two GDT for this game?

Parayko game time decision is big enough news.

Allen starting per JR and JT.

Bradley, I had wanted to think it was time to tank after the COL game. I then remembered this team won the Stanley fucking Cup last year and decided to wait a few more years.

Looks like Parayko is playing

Parayko not playing now.

NHLTIM wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2020 3:03 pm Parayko not playing now.

That's it season over.

Excited to see Walman play.

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2020 3:05 pm Excited to see Walman play.

I hope he makes things more complicated for DA.

Petro staying on FIRE. Great feed by Perron

Petro is going to hit 20 goals and be a Norris finalist in his contract year.

OH BABY! Allen with the great play to come out of the net and start a break down the ice. Perron with his second assist(get this man to the all-star game!) and Schwartz rooooooofs it.

Petro getting paaaaid.

ratonmono wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2020 3:33 pm Petro getting paaaaid.

Triplets are expensive.

Great to see The blues start this game so well! NOW Sundqvist scores - popping in the loose puck after a Barbashev shot!!!! Blues lead 3-0!!!! Vegas has the bad luck of The Blues being embarrassed in the last 2 games.

Chief lit a fire under this teams ass sometime between Colorado and Vegas.

SunnyD and Thomas both seem like guys who need to play C to get the most out of them. One of the reasons I feel like JDLR, even though he’s played pretty well, is going to be an odd man out once we start getting bodies back...the Blues are stacked at C. Man it’s nice to say that.

Great 1st Period by The Blues!! They came out determined to play their game and win. First time they've done that in 3 games. A good sign that if this team really is determined to play their own game, and to win, they should win most of those games, regardless of the opponent. Sundqvist, with 10 goals, is on a pace for 20!

UMSLBlues12 wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2020 3:44 pm SunnyD and Thomas both seem like guys who need to play C to get the most out of them. One of the reasons I feel like JDLR, even though he’s played pretty well, is going to be an odd man out once we start getting bodies back...the Blues are stacked at C. Man it’s nice to say that.

Yep! Remember when we had to rely on Backes Stastny and Lehtera as our C depth?