2010 All-Star Game Mock Rosters

If it wasn’t an Olympic year, today would normally be the day that the NHL holds its All-Star Game. Since the lockout, the game has lost its luster. With every game reaching the double-digits in goals, it's a near-laughing stock for the league. Heck, even the skills competition - the event I always enjoyed watching - has become a joke. It’s strictly a fun event for the players and fans involved, and a nice weekend of rest for the ones not invited to the game.

But for argument’s sake, here is who I would put on the All-Star teams if the Winter Games weren’t taking place in a couple weeks. Remember, each team has to have a representative in the game…

Eastern Conference

Goalies
Ryan Miller, BUF
Martin Brodeur, NJ
Tomas Vokoun, FLA

Defensemen
Mike Green, WSH
Zdeno Chara, BOS
Chris Pronger, PHI
Tomas Kaberle, TOR
Tyler Myers, BUF
Mark Streit, NYI

Forwards
Alex Ovechkin, WSH
Sidney Crosby, PIT
Evgeni Malkin, PIT
Marian Gaborik, NYR
Ilya Kovalchuk, ATL
Zach Parise, NJ
Nicklas Backstrom, WSH
Alexander Semin, WSH
Eric Staal, CAR
Tomas Plekanec, MTL
Daniel Alfredsson, OTT
Steven Stamkos, TB

Western Conference

Goalies
Roberto Luongo, VAN
Ilya Bryzgalov, PHX
Craig Anderson, COL

Defensemen
Duncan Keith, CHI
Dan Boyle, SJ
Drew Doughty, LA
Nicklas Lidstrom, DET
Shea Weber, NSH
Lubomir Visnovsky, EDM

Forwards
Henrik Sedin, VAN
Joe Thornton, SJ
Patrick Marleau, SJ
Dany Heatley, SJ
Patrick Kane, CHI
Rick Nash, CBJ
Ryan Getzlaf, ANA
Anze Kopitar, LA
Jarome Iginla, CGY
Brad Richards, DAL
Mikko Koivu, MIN
David Perron, STL

Obvious snubs…
East: Martin St. Louis, Sergei Gonchar, Jeff Carter, Tim Connolly, Mike Cammalleri
West: Evgeni Nabokov, Miikka Kiprusoff, Corey Perry, Jonathan Toews, Dustin Penner

There has not been a host city named for next year’s All-Star Game, but there is speculation that Phoenix, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Raleigh are in the running.