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THOUGHTS ALL-STAR ROSTER PREDICTIONS
Here are the rules:
-The captains (Sidney Crosby, Carey Price, PK Subban
& Connor McDavid must be included – duh)
-Each squad must have six forwards, three defensemen, and
two goalies
-Each NHL team must be represented, but no more than three representatives from a particular team (barring injury replacements)
ADAM’S ALL STAR ROSTER PREDICTIONS
Metropolitan Division Lines:
-Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh), Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh),
Ryan McDonagh (NY Rangers)
-John Tavares (NY Islanders), Alexander Ovechkin
(Washington), John Carlson (Washington)
-Claude Giroux (Philadelphia), Taylor Hall (New Jersey),
Zach Werenski (Columbus)
-Goalies: Sergei Bobrovskiy (Columbus), Cam Ward
(Carolina)
Atlantic Division Lines:
-Auston Matthews (Toronto), Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay),
Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay)
-Jack Eichel (Buffalo), Brad Marchand (Boston), Erik
Karlsson (Ottawa)
-Henrik Zetterberg (Detroit), Jaromir Jagr (Florida),
Shea Weber (Montreal)
-Goalies: Carey
Price (Montreal), Tuukka Rask (Boston)
Central Division Lines:
-Tyler Seguin (Dallas), Patrick Kane (Chicago), PK Subban
(Nashville)
-Mark Schiefele (Winnipeg), Vladimir Tarasenko (St.
Louis), Ryan Suter (Minnesota)
-Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado), Artemi Panarin (Chicago), Duncan Keith (Chicago)
-Goalies: Devan Dubnyk (Minnesota), Pekka Rinne (Nashville)
Pacific Division Lines:
-Connor McDavid (Edmonton), Joe Pavelski (San Jose),
Brent Burns (San Jose)
-Ryan Kesler (Anaheim), Jeff Carter (Los Angeles), Drew
Doughty (Los Angeles)
-Bo Horvat (Vancouver), Johnny Gaudreau (Calgary), Oliver
Ekman-Larsson (Arizona)
-Goalies: Cam
Talbot (Edmonton), Martin Jones (San Jose)
Joe Pavelski & Brent Burns are locks to make the All Star Game again
(Photo Credit John Hefti - USA Today Sports)
JON’S ALL STAR ROSTER/LINE PREDICTIONS
Metropolitan Division Lines:
-Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh), Claude Giroux
(Philadelphia), Justin Schultz (Pittsburgh)
-John Tavares (NY Islanders), Alexander Ovechkin
(Washington), Ryan McDonagh (NY Rangers)
-Jeff Skinner (Carolina), Taylor Hall (New Jersey), Zach
Werenski (Columbus)
-Goalies: Sergei Bobrovskiy (Columbus), Braden Holtby (WAS)
Atlantic Division Lines:
-Auston Matthews (Toronto), Jack Eichel (Buffalo), Erik
Karlsson (Ottawa)
-Brad Marchand (Boston), Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay),
Shea Weber (Montreal)
-Henrik Zetterberg (Detroit), Jaromir Jagr (Florida), Victor
Hedman (Tampa Bay)
-Goalies: Carey
Price (Montreal), Tuukka Rask (Boston)
Central Division Lines:
- Patrick Kane (Chicago), Artemi Panarin (Chicago), PK
Subban (Nashville)
-Eric Staal (Minnesota), Vladimir Tarasenko (St. Louis),
John Klingberg (Dallas)
-Tyler Seguin (Dallas), Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado), Dustin Byfuglien (Winnipeg)
-Goalies: Devan Dubnyk (Minnesota), Jake Allen (St.
Louis)
Pacific Division Lines:
-Connor McDavid (Edmonton), Joe Pavelski (San Jose),
Brent Burns (San Jose)
-Ryan Getzlaf (Anaheim), Johnny Gaudreau (Calgary), Drew
Doughty (Los Angeles)
-Bo Horvat (Vancouver), Corey Perry (Anaheim), Mark
Giordano (Calgary)
-Goalies: Cam
Talbot (Edmonton), Mike Smith (Arizona)