Here are the rosters for the NHL YoungStars game which will now be competed 3-on-3 and will give points to the winning team that will be entered into the skills competition points for there respective conference:
| Western Conference | Eastern Conference | ||||
| Alexander Edler | D | Vancouver | Tobias Enstrom | D | Atlanta |
| Erik Johnson | D | St. Louis | Kris Letang | D | Pittsburgh |
| Jack Johnson | D | Los Angeles | Mike Lundin | D | Tampa Bay |
| Matt Niskanen | D | Dallas | Marc Staal | D | NY Rangers |
| Sam Gagner | F | Edmonton | Nicklas Backstrom | F | Washington |
| Patrick Kane | F | Chicago | Brandon Dubinsky | F | NY Rangers |
| Peter Mueller | F | Phoenix | Tyler Kennedy | F | Pittsburgh |
| David Perron | F | St. Louis | Milan Lucic | F | Boston |
Note you may notice there are no goalies. They will use a goalie from the All-Star Game.
My take: I think that the western YoungStars roster has the advantage in terms of skill with guys like Gagner and Kane but I do think that the Eastern team will probably have the edge in the physical play. In my opinion there were also a couple snubbings in the YoungStars game as well. I think Andrei Kostitsyn of the habs should have made and also goalies that are young should be in on it to like Josh Harding and Carey Price.
1 comments:
I agree, the Western Conference is stacked.
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