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The pair of Wolfpack from the East are more likely to create offense in the All-Star game. When you look at the season that Lacksamus had, it is a pretty incredible statistical season. But Svoboda was not far behind either. Svoboda seems to just know how to put the puck into Lacksamus’ wheelhouse. 65 snipes and celebrations on the year for those two is just not a number you are likely to see again soon. Hinata on top of that is just going to make for a massacre for the goalies in the West.


If you are coaching the all-star game, you just have to remember its an opportunity for a lot of these guys to play with other stars around the league that they might not otherwise get the chance to play with. And when you have defensive pairs that mesh so well all season, there is a propensity to try and keep them together, but it is just more fun to let them go out and mix-match with other players that they haven’t played with before. For those reasons, I’m mixing up the Edmonton and Winnipeg defenders if I’m coaching the West.


I mean, what is there to say about Adelie. Have you seen that pretty big old Moose? There is nobody quite like Moose when it comes to on-ice performance. Pengu has been a rock ever since they set foot in Chicago. While we have historically been one of the better teams from a defensive standpoint, it gets harder every year to keep up with some of the talent in the Western Conference. And yet, despite a continued and storied career for Pengu, they are one of the most trusted members of a very talented Chicago backend. Important to note that Pengu was the only defensemen (other than the last player in) that wasn’t part of the Edmonton or Winnipeg back end. That’s a tall order to beat out the entire rest of the top flight defenders in the Western Conference. However, for those of us that spend lots of time with Moose, it is absolutely no surprise that they were the one who made the Western All Star roster.