Blues should add Kreider. Repeat just inevitable imo. Top 6 would be insane and would improve the bottom 6 scoring for the playoffs. Hope it happens!

Faulk is with Petro, Parayko with J-Bo.

That's the only thing that I would change other than maybe JDLR instead of blais or kyrou

This might be unpopular, but I hate the Steen-Barbashev-Sundqvist line. Barbashev and Sundqvist got absolutely crushed this year until Maceachern came in and saved them.

I think it's inevitable that Sanford, DLR, or MacEachern go in for Kyrou, unfortunately, if Kyrou doesn't progress much further at the NHL level this year. Kyrou on the fourth line isn't good for the Blues or Kyrou. Either scratch him or keep him as a black ace once Tarasenko comes back.

Ideally lines would be:

Schwartz-Schenn-Tarasenko
Blais-O'Reilly-Perron
Steen-Thomas-Bozak
Maceachern-Barbashev-Sundqvist

Then bump the LWs down from Blais if you get someone like Krieder for the second line or something. Don't really want Sanford or DLR in an ideal playoff lineup unless they're scratched like you've got, but Berube seems to like them.

Sundqvist had 14 goals in 74 games last year and has 10 in 38 so fart his year. You have to come up with a different adjective than crushed.

Steen is the weak link on the roster and I like Steen. He has no true line that he fits. He's not talented enough overall for the top 9 yet he's way overpriced as a 4th line guy and he's not going to give you a typical 4th line work ethic / banging bodies.

They’re certainly all useful in their own ways (especially Sundqvist) but they’ve been a terrible line when they’ve played together this year and yes they did get crushed in October.