What impeccable timing for the St. Louis Blues to roll into town. Last night, Darren Dreger from TSN reported that the Blues have “paid considerable attention” to Jimmy Howard as of late. This will be the second time this week that Blues management are at the LCA as they were also present for Monday’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

If they were there on Monday to see Howard, it was a bad showing as he was chased from the net after 3 first period goals. Tonight, the Wings are looking to bounce back from a back-and-forth loss and build back up their momentum against one of the worse teams in the league this year.

No change to the offensive lines tonight as Frk will once again play in favour of Ehn. I don’t mind these lines, but I would still swap Abdelkader and Bertuzzi and I’d also swap Glendening and De La Rose, just to give Rasmussen a little speed to play with.

As for the blue line, Ericsson will once again be the healthy scratch as all of the other regular defensemen are good to go. If the Blues are really interested in a deal on Howard, I wonder if a defenseman like Jensen or Daley could be packaged in. These are low risk options from a cap perspective and would free up a spot for the Wings to get Ericsson back into the lineup.