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St. Louis Blues: Projected 2020 Stanley Cup Playoff Lines

By Tyler Andrus

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 03: Brayden Schenn #10 of the St. Louis Blues celebrates his go ahead goal in the third period against the New York Rangers during their game at Madison Square Garden on March 03, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 03: Brayden Schenn #10 of the St. Louis Blues celebrates his go ahead goal in the third period against the New York Rangers during their game at Madison Square Garden on March 03, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) /
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Defensive Pairing Two: Marco Scandella–Colton Parayko

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – MARCH 08: Jonathan Toews #19 of the Chicago Blackhawks controls the puck as Marco Scandella #6 of the St. Louis Blues closes in at the United Center on March 08, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. The Blues defeated the Blackhawks 2-0. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – MARCH 08: Jonathan Toews #19 of the Chicago Blackhawks controls the puck as Marco Scandella #6 of the St. Louis Blues closes in at the United Center on March 08, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. The Blues defeated the Blackhawks 2-0. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /

On this line, we have two strong shutdown defenders. Colton Parayko has an incredible reach and the Blues have loved Marco Scandella’s play so much in 11 games that they gave him a contract extension.

In those 11 games, Scandella has nearly one defensive point share and a plus-four. He is a fantastic left defenseman to complement the big man.

Parayko on the other hand collected 3.6 defensive point shares and 28 points on offense. His plus-eight and 23 minutes of ice time per night show that he is not only capable of locking things down, but that the team trusts him to do so.

Both guys have the trust of the team and will most likely be the go-to lockdown defense line. Parayko and Jay Bouwmeester had that honor in 2019. I would not be surprised if this duo play a lot of minutes against the opposition’s top forward line since Scandella has filled in quite nicely.

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