GDT: Blues @ Washington| 6pm, BSMW|

[The Note]

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When: Tuesday, March 22 at 6 p.m. CT
Where: Capital One Arena in Washington, DC
Watch: Bally Sports Midwest, Bally Sports app
Listen: 101 ESPN, Blues app


*Lines based off Jim Thomas tweet at practice, bottom 6 is in rough shape*

Saad-O'Reilly-Perron
Kyrou-Schenn-Buchnevich
Walker-Barbashev-Toropchenko
Macheachern-Brown

Leddy-Parayko
Krug-Faulk
Scandella-Bortuzzo

Husso

VS.


Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Johansson
Mantha-Backstrom-Wilson
Sheary-McMichael-Oshie
AJF-Eller-Hathaway

Fehervary-Carlson
Orlov-Jensen
Kempny-Schultz

Vanacek

I'll update more when it becomes clear what's going on with the bottom half of the Blues' forward lines. Leddy seems to be slated to jump into the fire with Parayko.
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[CaliforniaBlues310]

Here’s to hoping Leddy and Parayko gel pretty quickly, and that they look solid together down the stretch.

Tonight should be an interesting one. Washington has been rolling since getting Oshie and Mantha back, but we also tend to play better against better competition, so it will likely be a good one.

 

[PJJJP]

No Thomas, Tarasenko, and of course Oskar was traded. I wonder what our 4th line will be when we are healthy

 

[CaliforniaBlues310]

No Thomas, Tarasenko, and of course Oskar was traded. I wonder what our 4th line will be when we are healthy

Some combo of Bozak with Toropchenko, MacEachern, Kostin, Joshua, or Neal?

 

[Moose and Squirrel]

Some combo of Bozak with Toropchenko, MacEachern, Kostin, Joshua, or Neal?

bozak is out likely till the end of the season... this one could get ugly... unless they keep it simple

 

[BlueDream]

No Thomas, Tarasenko, and of course Oskar was traded. I wonder what our 4th line will be when we are healthy

I'd like to bring Dak up to be the 4th line center now that Bozak is injured and Sundqvist is gone.

X-Joshua-Toropchenko.

IDEALLY, I'd love for Kostin to get another chance and come back and grab a spot. Kostin-Joshua-Toro could be a good line and maybe the Russians can form some chemistry there. That might be wishful thinking since Kostin doesn't inspire a lot of confidence but that's my hope, because Brown isn't a 4th line guy and MacEachern really doesn't provide a whole lot.

 

[Moose and Squirrel]

I'd like to bring Dak up to be the 4th line center now that Bozak is injured and Sundqvist is gone.

X-Joshua-Toropchenko.

IDEALLY, I'd love for Kostin to get another chance and come back and grab a spot. Kostin-Joshua-Toro could be a good line and maybe the Russians can form some chemistry there. That might be wishful thinking since Kostin doesn't inspire a lot of confidence but that's my hope, because Brown isn't a 4th line guy and MacEachern really doesn't provide a whole lot.

Brown and Joshua showed some chemistry together.. Brown and Kostin not so much

 

[BlueDream]

Brown and Joshua showed some chemistry together.. Brown and Kostin not so much

Yeah that LW can kind of be a revolving door to see who grabs it between Brown, Kostin, Walker, Mac, etc. Guess we'll see.

Just in terms of ceiling and potential, Kostin has the highest so I'd love it if it's him. Mac is who he is which is just a guy, and Brown has fallen off and I don't think is a good fit for the 4th-line long-term. Maybe Walker, but we haven't really seen him for long stretches yet so I think he's also just a bandaid type player.

 

[CaliforniaBlues310]

bozak is out likely till the end of the season... this one could get ugly... unless they keep it simple

Whoops I thought you meant when he was back for playoffs lol

 

[mk80]

Go Blues!

 

[Mike Liut]

I haven’t felt this pessimistic about a game in a long time. Hope Thomas and Tarasenko come back soon.

 

[stlbluz]

I haven’t felt this pessimistic about a game in a long time. Hope Thomas and Tarasenko come back soon.

But we have Leddy - what could possibly go wrong?

 

[Spear]

Leddy-Parayko
Krug-Faulk
Scandella-Bortuzzo

Mikkola


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Looking forward to see how Mikkola does between the pipes!

 

[thedustman]

Buch/Kyrou with a combined 3 goals, Leddy goes top corn

If binnington's in goal... I'm thinking we win a barn burner here by a slim margin

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Leddy is about to drop more points in the last 20 games with the Blues than he had the entire year with Detroit.

 

[BlueOil]

i still can't believe washington spent assets to reacquire johansson. is there a less clutch forward in the league? still feels like boston could have tilted game seven on it's head if that guy could've done something other than pump the puck into binny's pads for easy saves when he was in scoring spots.

the line up certainly is lacking, better adjust my expectations accordingly

leddy wearing #4 will be a bit hard to get used to, gunnarsson still legendary

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Leddy is going to be on PP#2 with Kyrou-Barbie-Buch-Faulk

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Hope we don't get rocked

 

[The Note]

Looking forward to see how Mikkola does between the pipes!

lol. Had the wrong Finn back there.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

lol. Had the wrong Finn back there.

Nope, they are both Batch their Mikkola is the 7th D-man tonight.

 

[Zezel’s Pretzels]

Heading to downtown DC for the game, my son and I will be heavily decorated in Blues gear.

Yeesh, the lineup looks ugly. Keep it competitive for us, boys. LGB!

 

[ScratchCatFever]

Heading to downtown DC for the game, my son and I will be heavily decorated in Blues gear.

Yeesh, the lineup looks ugly. Keep it competitive for us, boys. LGB!

You guys will be our good luck charm in the stands and bring home a winner.. No pressure.

 

[joe galiba]

Leddy is going to be on PP#2 with Kyrou-Barbie-Buch-Faulk

Hope it helps PP2

 

[JoshFromMO]

i still can't believe washington spent assets to reacquire johansson. is there a less clutch forward in the league? still feels like boston could have tilted game seven on it's head if that guy could've done something other than pump the puck into binny's pads for easy saves when he was in scoring spots.

the line up certainly is lacking, better adjust my expectations accordingly

leddy wearing #4 will be a bit hard to get used to, gunnarsson still legendary

MoJo was the least of their problems in game 7 lol

 

[BlueDream]

I have been hugely critical of the trade and I was upset yesterday, probably more so than I should have been.

But as always, I will give Leddy a chance. It is encouraging to me that he was rather fine with the Isles, and Wings fans said he was fine too until it was apparent they wouldn't make the playoffs and then he checked out. Hopefully he is rejuvenated and can contribute.