The St. Louis Blues are getting closer to having their roster finalized.
We're halfway through the preseason and two rounds of cuts have already been made, with the latest coming on Wednesday to put the training camp roster at 32 players.
Continued evaluation will happen Thursday night as the team suits up for their third preseason contest, hosting the Chicago Blackhawks at Enterprise Center at 7 p.m.
"You're going to see a lot of veterans tomorrow," said head coach Jim Montgomery on Wednesday. "And then it'll be pretty much veterans the last game, like players we expect to play."
Among those veterans making their preseason debuts Thursday will be Pavel Buchnevich, Brandon Carlo, Cam Fowler, Connor McMichael, Jake Neighbours and Colton Parayko.
It will also mark the St. Louis debuts for two new Blues, Carlo and McMichael.
Tickets for Thursday's preseason game are available online at Ticketmaster.com.
Fans within the Blues broadcast territory can watch the game live at stlouisblues.com or in the Blues App. Matrix Midwest will also carry Thursday and Saturday's preseason games. The network is available over the air on channels 32.2 and 32.3, on Spectrum channel 186, Dish 31 and Fubo TV.
Chris Kerber and Joey Vitale will call the action on 101 ESPN (101.1 FM).
