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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 Three: Vince Dunn–Robert Bortuzzo

NEWARK, NJ – MARCH 30: Robert Bortuzzo #41, Ryan O’Reilly #90 and Vladimir Tarasenko #91 of the St. Louis Blues celebrate with teammate Vince Dunn #29 after Dunn scored the winning goal as Nico Hischier #13 of the New Jersey Devils skates away in back in the overtime period of an NHL hockey game at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The Blues won 3-2. (Photo by Paul Bereswill/Getty Images)
NEWARK, NJ – MARCH 30: Robert Bortuzzo #41, Ryan O’Reilly #90 and Vladimir Tarasenko #91 of the St. Louis Blues celebrate with teammate Vince Dunn #29 after Dunn scored the winning goal as Nico Hischier #13 of the New Jersey Devils skates away in back in the overtime period of an NHL hockey game at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The Blues won 3-2. (Photo by Paul Bereswill/Getty Images) /

Vince Dunn might be a little bit too low in the starting lineup, but he will matchup with Robert Bortuzzo really well. Dunn is a quick player with strong defensive skills while Bortuzzo is a bruiser through and through.

Neither guy posted a ton of offense this season, but the advanced metrics showed that they contributed a ton to the team defensively. Their plus-minus stats speak for themselves as well.

Dunn leads the team with a plus-15 this season.  Interestingly, Bortuzzo sits in third with a plus-12, besting guys like O’Reilly, Pietrangelo, and Parayko.

An argument could be made to put Dunn on the second line with Parayko.  I really think that Berube will pair some young speed with brute force on the third pairing.  Plus, the Scandella/Parayko pairing was just too good, even if we only saw it for a few games.

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