Tonight at 7 p.m. CST, the St. Louis Blues' prospects will take on the Minnesota Wild [http://thn.com/minnesota]'s top prospects in the Tom Kurvers Prospect Showcase [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/st-louis-blues/latest-news/blues-announce-roster-schedule-for-tom-kurvers-prospect-showcase]. The Blues roster features five first-round picks, three forwards and two defensemen. Those three forwards will form the Blues' top line with Dalibor Dvorsky [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/st-louis-blues/players/blues-dalibor-dvorsky-s-breakthrough-might-have-to-come-on-the-wing] (2023) centering Otto Stenberg [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/st-louis-blues/otto-stenberg-blues-wanted-forward-to-come-to-north-america] (2023) and Justin Carbonneau [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/st-louis-blues/players/justin-carbonneau-is-all-in-on-making-blues-roster-returning-to-junior] (2025). On the backend, the Blues' top defense pair will feature Adam Jiricek [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/st-louis-blues/community/players/st-louis-blues-2024-first-round-pick-adam-jiricek-finally-feels-healthy-ready-to-play-hockey-regularly-1] (2024) and Theo Lindstein [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/st-louis-blues/players/st-louis-blues-2023-first-round-pick-ready-to-take-jump-to-north-america] (2023). The rest of the Blues' lineup is littered with talent, making them one of, if not the favorites in this tournament. Stenberg-Dvorsky-Carbonneau Pekarcik-Stancl-Kaskimaki Robertsson-Jecho-Susuev Stange-Dorion-Peterson Lindstein-Jiricek Burns-Buchinger Fischer-McIsaac Gaudet-Kehrer Cranley Koprowski Power play units: Kaskimaki Carbonneau Stenberg Dvorsky Lindstein Susuev Pekarcik Robertsson Stancl Jiricek Otto Stenberg (Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images) [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/368fe23d-86bd-4642-8913-e790ce55c20c.jpeg] Otto Stenberg (Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images) The Wild have a deep prospect pool as well, although several of their top prospects aren't eligible for this event. With that being said, the Wild will still dress first-round picks Zeev Buium and Danila Yurov, as well as second-round pick Riley Heidt. The St. Louis Blues will stream both games this weekend, with the second taking place on Saturday at 6 p.m. against the Chicago Blackhawks [http://thn.com/chicago].
