The 2009 NHL All Star is taking place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada this weekend. Today, Saturday, January 24th is the Superskills at 7:00 p.m. when the best of the best show off their moves on the ice, the speed and the bone-breaking slapshots. Tomorrow, Sunday, January 25th at 6:00 p.m. is the All Star Game between the Western and Eastern Conferences. Since I could not be there, I thought posting photos of the Canadiens when they were in St. Louis on November 16, 2008 would be appropriate. Only Keith Tkachuk, St. Louis Blues (photo above) is on the All Star Roster. Nicklas Lidstrom and Pavel Datsyuk from my beloved Red Wings are on the Team. My husband said that if it was up to me, the entire Detroit Red Wings would be the All Star Team :)
Montreal Canadiens vs. St. Louis Blues at Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri - Sunday, November 16, 2008
"The Red Wings’ captain will play the role of general manager that day, when he and Carolina’s Eric Staal take turns in a fantasy draft selecting from a pool of NHL All-Stars. When the teams are complete, they will skate under the names Team Lidstrom and Team Staal in the first NHL All-Star that will have the teams decided by the players. Lidstrom and Staal were selected to be the two captains in the first All-Star game with the new format by the players who will participate that weekend."
Congratulations to Nicklas Lidstrom #5 on being named captain at the 2011 NHL All Star game on Sunday, January 30th.
If it was up to me, it would be very simple -all the Detroit Red Wings players would be on the rosters - haa haa
