[News] Flames announce Gaudreau WILL play in ASG

[sureLoss]

Randy Sportak @SUNRandySportak
#Flames Mark Giordano chosen to the all-star game. Johnny Gaudreau among a half-dozen rookies who’ll be part of the skills competition.

The National Hockey League announced today the full roster of players named to the 2015 NHL® All-Star Weekend, which will be held Jan. 23-25 in Columbus. A total of 36 All-Stars and six Rookies were selected by the NHL, joining the first six players elected by fans in the 2015 NHL All-Star Fan Vote presented by SiriusXM™: Zemgus Girgensons of the Buffalo Sabres and Corey Crawford, Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook and Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks.

The 42 All-Stars will play in the 2015 Honda NHL® All-Star Game on Sunday, Jan. 25, at Nationwide Arena (5:00 p.m. ET, NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports). The six Rookies, along with the 42 All-Stars, will participate in the 2015 Honda NHL All-Star Skills Competition™ on Saturday, Jan. 24, also at Nationwide Arena (7:00 p.m. ET, NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports).

Below are the additional 36 All-Stars and six Rookies:



36 Additional All-Stars

Forwards
Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Ducks
Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins
Nick Foligno, Columbus Blue Jackets
Ryan Johansen, Columbus Blue Jackets
Tyler Seguin, Dallas Stars
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton Oilers
Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings
Patrik Elias, New Jersey Devils
John Tavares, New York Islanders
Rick Nash, New York Rangers
Bobby Ryan, Ottawa Senators
Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers
Jakub Voracek, Philadelphia Flyers
Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins
Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues
Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning
Tyler Johnson, Tampa Bay Lightning
Phil Kessel, Toronto Maple Leafs
Radim Vrbata, Vancouver Canucks
Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals

Defensemen
Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Arizona Coyotes
Mark Giordano, Calgary Flames
Justin Faulk, Carolina Hurricanes
Erik Johnson, Colorado Avalanche
Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings
Ryan Suter, Minnesota Wild
Shea Weber, Nashville Predators
Brent Burns, San Jose Sharks
Kevin Shattenkirk, St. Louis Blues
Dustin Byfuglien, Winnipeg Jets

Goaltenders
Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus Blue Jackets
Jimmy Howard, Detroit Red Wings
Roberto Luongo, Florida Panthers
Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens
Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators

6 Rookies

Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary Flames
Aaron Ekblad, Florida Panthers
Tanner Pearson, Los Angeles Kings
Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators
Mike Hoffman, Ottawa Senators
Jonathan Drouin, Tampa Bay Lightning

[Enoch Root]

both well deserved

[sureLoss]

From the press release it sounds like Gaudreau and the other rookies will only be taking part in the skills competition

[Locke]

I find it funny that Roberto Luongo will be going to the all star game while Ryan Miller will not.

[Oling_Roachinen]

First thought was too many Blue Jackets, then I remembered where it was taking place.

[BlackWallStreet]

Geeeeuh!

[browna]

RNH? Thought they didn't have to have one player from each team any more?

Elias over Jagr?

[BigRed]

Hudler deserved some consideration

[FireItUp]

Yes!!!!!
Go Johnny, that's pretty huge for a kid in his rookie year!.

[Table 5]

I wish they let Johnny play in the game, he'd probably do something spectacular.

Up north, it's nice to see RNH is going instead of Hall.

[Jiggy]

Only 5 goalies?

[Finger Cookin]

Originally Posted by Jiggy

Only 5 goalies?

Crawford was voted in.

[dino7c]

lol@the starting lineup

time to lose the fan vote

[blankall]

Originally Posted by BigRed

Hudler deserved some consideration

Was going to say.

He's not a flashy player unfortunately, which means he's going to be overlooked for lesser players.

[Hugh Jahrmes]

Originally Posted by dino7c

lol@the starting lineup

time to lose the fan vote

Pretty friggin ridiculous indeed

[pgsieve]

Who will the captains be? I actually like the new team selection format better than the game itself

[Oling_Roachinen]

The problem is that the All-Star voting had 5 Blackhawks voted on, Toews, Kane, Seabrook Crawford and Keith, and the NHL gave 3 spots to the Blue Jackets. Add that there is 1 representative from each team and a player like Hudler was never going to get a sniff.

Honestly, a lot of players left off deserved to be on there before Hudler.

[Finger Cookin]

Originally Posted by pgsieve

Who will the captains be? I actually like the new team selection format better than the game itself

Captains will be announced this week.

[Bezer]

Hoffman seems a lil' long in the tooth to be a rookie, but apparently he meets the requirements.

[Dion]

TJ Brodie should have been picked.