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# Monday FTB: Which division would have the best full-team All Star roster?
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-all-star-game-roster-auston-matthews-morgan-rielly-john-tavares-mitch-marner/
- Published: 2019-01-07T11:00:03.000Z
- Updated: 2019-01-07T11:00:03.000Z
- Description: I had some fun with a different kind of All Star Game roster, and revealed just how many stars are in the game now.
- Author: Brian Stewart
- Tags: #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:01

The current All Star Game system for making rosters is... weird. Sure, it’s for the 3 on 3 game style which is the NHL’s current gimmick to get people interested in the game, but it doesn’t seem to work. When you have so many legitimate stars left out, like two forwards in the top 10 in the whole NHL in points (Marner, Point), the leading NHL defenseman in points (Rielly), and more deserving players and even teammates being overlooked due to the restrictions on positions and “one player per team”.

It’s particularly silly for divisions like the Atlantic, which has so many great players in it. For a lark, that made me try to put together what a full NHL team roster comprising among Atlantic division players. That in turn led me to doing it for all the other divisions as well. Now I made some choices for who I like better, at times, so it might be different than other people may have chosen. But looking at it, which division do you think would win a best of tournament?

### TEAM ATLANTIC

Nikita Kucherov - Steven Stamkos - Brayden Point  
Auston Matthews - John Tavares - Mitch Marner  
Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - David Pastrnak  
Jack Eichel - Aleksander Barkov - Mark Stone

Victor Hedman - Morgan Rielly  
Keith Yandle - Aaron Ekblad  
Thomas Chabot - Rasmus Dahlin

Andrei Vasilevskiy  
Frederik Andersen  
Carey Price

How silly is it that this roster would STILL be missing guys like Skinner or Duchene? The defense might not be the best it could be, but I love the idea of a Chabot and Dahlin kid pairing for the fun of it.

### TEAM METROPOLITAN

Jake Guentzel - Sidney Crosby - Evgeni Malkin  
Alex Ovechkin - Evgeny Kuznetsov - Nicklas Backstrom  
Taylor Hall - Mathew Barzal - Sebastian Aho  
Artemi Panarin - Claude Giroux - Phil Kessel

Zach Werenski - Seth Jones  
Kris Letang - John Carlson  
Jaccob Slavin - Dougie Hamilton

Henrik Lundqvist  
Curtis McElhinney  
Robin Lehner

Their forwards are great, their defense is ridiculous, but their goalies.......

### TEAM CENTRAL

Gabriel Landeskog - Nathan MacKinnon - Mikko Rantanen  
Patrik Laine - Mark Scheifele - Blake Wheeler  
Alexander Radulov - Tyler Seguin - Jamie Benn  
Mikael Granlund - Ryan O’Reilly - Patrick Kane

Roman Josi - P.K. Subban  
Dustin Byfuglien - Colton Parayko  
Miro Heiskanen - John Klingberg

Ben Bishop  
Pekka Rinne  
Devan Dubnyk

Maybe one of the better balanced teams in this format, but while all three goalies are good they all three have a history of being inconsistent/making me nervous.

### TEAM PACIFIC

Elias Pettersson - Connor McDavid - Leon Draisaitl  
Johnny Gaudreau - Patrick Monahan - Elias Lindholm  
Matthew Tkachuk - William Karlsson - Jonathan Marchessault  
Timo Meier - Joe Pavelski - Logan Couture

Erik Karlsson - Brent Burns  
Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Mark Giordano  
Shea Theodore - Drew Doughty

John Gibson  
David Rittich  
Marc-Andre Fleury

Arguably the best goalies of the four divisions, in contention for best defense, and a pretty absurd forward group too.

So what do you think? If these four teams play a series of best-of-three tournaments against each other, who do you think comes on top (assuming everyone is fully healthy)?

## ONTO THE LINKS

[Back to Excited Episode 44 - Upgrade Time](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-hockey-podcast-back-to-excited-dougie-hamilton-alex-pietrangelo-nick-jensen/) | by Arvind and Fulemin

If you want to read Kevin’s piece at MLHS about Pietrangelo trade that they reference during the podcast, [you can find it here](https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2018/12/31/exploring-an-alex-pietrangelo-bidding-war-with-boston-colton-parayko-jared-spurgeon-and-other-alternatives/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com).

[Leafs Musings: What Makes the Leafs Successful, Sandin’s Big WJC Showing, The Case For Moore in the Playoff Lineup, and Bracco’s on a Roll](https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2019/01/06/leafs-musings-what-makes-the-leafs-successful-sandins-big-wjc-showing-the-case-for-moore-in-the-playoff-lineup-and-braccos-on-a-roll/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) | by Kevin Papetti at MLHS

It was a weekend of prospect movement in the CHL, including a pair of Leafs prospects.

[Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Fedor Gordeev traded out of Flint](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-prospects-fedor-gordeev-ohl-trade-deadline-flint-firebirds-trade-guelph-storm/) | by elseldo

[Leafs goalie prospect Zachary Bouthillier is going to Saint John](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/maple-leafs-goalie-prospect-zachary-bouthillier-is-going-to-saint-john-sea-dogs/) | by Katya

[CWHL Recap: Furies fall to Canadiennes 3-1, Thunder lose 4-3 to Inferno in overtime](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/cwhl-recap-toronto-furies-lose-canadiennes-markham-overtime-thunder-inferno-marie-philip-poulin/) | by nafio and mediajunkie

Have a great Monday!

### Which NHL division would win a full-roster tournament?

| Atlantic     | 154 |
| ------------ | --- |
| Metropolitan | 7   |
| Central      | 4   |
| Pacific      | 19  |