NHL All-Star Game 2011: Mock Draft
Posted 01/26/2011 - 10:42 by HockeyPolls
With less than one week until the NHL All-Star Game, tensions and questions are growing.
Who will get the first pick? Who Will Staal choose? Who will Lidstrom choose? In general, what will Team Lidstrom and Team Staal look like?
We don't know yet, but we are getting closer to the answers.
First, a bit of background on our captains of the two teams, as voted by the players.
Eric Staal
He was only named captain of his own team in January 2010, after then Hurricanes captain Rod Brind'Amour stepped down, to eventually retire at the end of last year.
Though young, Staal already has his name on the Stanley Cup. He was chosen by his fellow players to captain one team in the ASG, as it is taking place in the Hurricanes' home city, Raleigh.
Nicklas Lidstrom
The defenseman has always been captain-worthy since entering the league in the early 1990s. He wasn't named captain until 2006, shortly after some guy named Steve Yzerman retired.
The four-time Stanley Cup winner and six-time Norris Trophy winner is enjoying another career year. He was chosen to lead the opposing team in the ASG due to his longevity and the skill he still possess at the age of 40.
The Draft
On Friday, January 28, at 8:00 p.m, both captains and their respective alternates (Patrick Kane and Martin St. Louis of Team Lidstrom and Ryan Kesler and Mike Green of Team Staal) will put their brains to work and start drafting. The winner of a coin-toss will take the first pick.
With luck and home-ice advantage, I'm assuming Staal gets the No. 1 pick.
This is a mock draft of the ASG Draft as I will think it will happen.
I Hope you enjoy it and please give me any feedback on what you think may happen.
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