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Another game, more changes for the St. Louis Blues.
After losing Vladimir Tarasenko, Ryan O'Reilly, Noel Acciari and Niko Mikkola via trades in recent weeks, Blues General Manager Doug Armstrong continued making moves to improve his club for the long-term over the weekend - acquiring forward Kasperi Kapanen from the Pittsburgh Penguins off waivers and trading Ivan Barbashev to the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for prospect Zach Dean.

All of that means more lineup changes again for the Blues, who will get a look at Kapanen in a Top-6 role on Tuesday against the Seattle Kraken (7 p.m., BSMW, 101 ESPN).
Kapanen was skating with Pavel Buchnevich and Robert Thomas in Monday's team practice - his first with the club since arriving in St. Louis on Sunday night.
"There's a lot of potential there," Blues Head Coach Craig Berube said of adding Kapanen. "He's got all the talent and size to be a good player. His speed, for sure, stands out. He's a well-built guy, pretty good size, good speed. Those are two things that stand out."

Kapanen ahead of Blues debut vs. SEA

Berube said Colton Parayko is expected to play Tuesday, despite missing Monday's practice due to a maintenance day after blocking a shot. If he can't, Berube said he "might" go with 11 forwards and seven defensemen enough though he doesn't "want" to.
Below is a projected lineup based on Tuesday's morning skate at Enterprise Center:

PROJECTED LINEUP

Forwards
Saad - Schenn - Kyrou
Kapanen - Thomas - Buchnevich
Toropchenko - Brown - Blais
Walker - Alexandrov - Pitlick
Defense
Leddy - Parayko
Scandella - Faulk
Krug - Tucker
Goalie
Binnington