On Wednesday night, the NHL All-Star game rosters were announced and as always, there were a LOT of snubs. Of course, this is due to the format of the game in which at least one player from every team has to be selected and the rosters are much smaller thanks to the switch to 3-on-3.
With that in mind, we decided it would be a fun exercise to make "backup" All-Star teams for each division of the players that were not selected. We followed the same format as the one currently in place, so at least one player from every team will be represented.
Atlantic
Forwards
Mitch Marner, Toronto Maple Leafs
Brayden Point, Tampa Bay Lightning
Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins
Jeff Skinner, Buffalo Sabres
Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings
Mark Stone, Ottawa Senators
Defenceman
Morgan Rielly, Toronto Maple Leafs
Shea Weber, Montreal Canadiens
Goalies
Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning
Roberto Luongo, Florida Panthers
Just Missed
Jonathan Huberdeau, Florida Panthers
Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins
Sam Reinhart, Buffalo Sabres
Max Domi, Montreal Canadiens
Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning
Metropolitan
Forwards
Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Capitals
Phil Kessel, Pittsburgh Penguins
Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins
Artemi Panarin, Columbus Blue Jackets
Jakub Voracek, Philadelphia Flyers
Teuvo Teravainen, Carolina Hurricanes
Defenceman
Kris Letang, Pittsburgh Penguins
Neal Pionk, New York Rangers
Goalies
Robin Lehner, New York Islanders
Keith Kinkaid, New Jersey Devils
Just Missed
Kyle Palmieri, New Jersey Devils
Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus Blue Jackets
Mika Zibanejad, New York Rangers
Evgeny Kuznetsov, Washington Capitals
Central
Forwards
Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks
Tyler Seguin, Dallas Stars
Jamie Benn, Dallas Stars
Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado Avalanche
Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues
Mikael Granlund, Minnesota Wild
Defenceman
Mattias Ekholm, Nashville Predators
Ryan Suter, Minnesota Wild
Goalies
Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets
Ben Bishop, Dallas Stars
Just Missed
Alexander Radulov, Dallas Stars
Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators
P.K. Subban, Nashville Predators
Dustin Byfuglien, Winnipeg Jets
Patrik Laine, Winnipeg Jets
John Klingberg, Dallas Stars
Pacific
Forwards
Sean Monahan, Calgary Flames
Alex Tuch, Vegas Golden Knights
Logan Couture, San Jose Sharks
Bo Horvat, Vancouver Canucks
Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers
Defenceman
Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Arizona Coyotes
Brandon Montour, Anaheim Ducks
Mark Giordano, Calgary Flames
Goalies
Martin Jones, San Jose Sharks
Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings
Just Missed
Elias Lindholm, Calgary Flames
Timo Meier, San Jose Sharks
Brock Boeser, Vancouver Canucks
