ALL NHL TEAM

I've recently read an article on Puck Daddy about an idea ESPN analyst put up, 5 Suggestions To Improve the NHL. One of them (and the one Puck Daddy talked about) instead of having an East v.s West All-Star game with NHL vs. World. I think it would be interesting to atleast try to see how it goes. It could be a hit, could be a the Summit Series 1972 sequel; to a lesser extent of course. Except this time the two sides are trying to show which style and players are better. All the money is on the NHL, but with their own great talent and some ex-NHLers, the World team could be David to Goliath. There would be players from the Swedish leagues and other European leagues and of course the NHL's bitter rival the KHL. So let's see what the NHL team would look like. Remember its a lot different than the All-Star teams, just 1 team instead of two so their are some diserving players left off; 12 forwards 7 defenseman and 2 goalies.

KEEP IN MIND: I am picking players by listed posistion even though there are players that can play centre and wing, I am putting into play that the possibility of this game hapenning with be in 2-3 years, so there will players that have declined in production or retired, the lines obviously could be different (accept the 1st line looks pretty great) and finally there are tons of great players left off.


1ST LINE

2ND LINE

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4th LINE

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7th Defenseman










Goaltenders

I spent awhile adding players taking them off and adding them again, but I am happy with this roster. Every All-Star game (even though this wouldn't be one, it would still have the same feel) is fully offensive. But for the fact that the NHL would want to show superiority for hockey in the world; it would be best to have two-way defenseman and forwards. Every team needs a fourth line (in this case it is easily a 1st line on any team), with Nash Thornton and Iginla you get fighting, hits, grit and of course goal scoring aswell. Some people have forgot how good Evgeni Malkin is, he is just a year removed from a 113pts season, he was setback this year from injury (67 games) and still put up 77pts. As I said, I would think it would 2-3 years down the road so there are some players that I think will be breakout stars, Rask and Enstrom. I chose Rask over Luongo because of Luongos inconsistentsy; even though Rask is a rookie, I see a brighter future for Rask than Luongo. Enstrom is not that popular, but improves every year; being drafted in the 8th round, he could be the defenseman equivalent of a Dastuyk or Zetterberg. There are two players that I really wanted to put on and Stamkos was one of them. He should be great and could an annual 100pts guy, but I'd rather Sedin and Malkin over him. I was going to put him as a 4th liner, but he doesn't have enough grit to go there. Nicklas Backstrom is the other, it is the same for him. With players like Tyler Myers and Drew Doughty certainly are gonna be even better than their already stellar short careers so far, aging player like Thornton and Iginla will still be their powerforward selves, Ryan Miller is a consistent goaltender and is getting better every year and Rask looks to be like a superstar a few years from now, finally the line of Ovechkin Crosby and Kane possibilities are just outstanding!