St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock thinks that Alex Pietrangelo could be a number one defenseman. Hitchcock is talking about players like Nicklas Lidstrom and Chris Pronger and that is mighty high praise. "There's not many defensemen where you say 'this guy's got a chance to be a '1','' Hitchcock said. "He has a chance to be a '1' and not many teams have that. He's a young guy, he's just learning to play the game. But there's not many players in the league that are able to play against top players, play on the power play, kill penalties. Those are valuable guys, where you can play them heavy minutes every night and not worry about them." Well, it there was ever a doubt to take Pietrangelo in any fantasy pool, put those thoughts aside right now.