All-Star Snubs and Roster Review: The NHL All-Star Game Rosters were announced last week ahead of the game taking place on Jan. 28 in Tampa. As usual, there were suprises and snubs. Here’s a quick breakdown of each roster:

Atlantic Division

F Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers

F Jack Eichel, Buffalo Sabres

F Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning

F Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins

F Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs

F Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning

D Mike Green, Detroit Red Wings

D Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning

D Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators

G Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens

G Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning

The Red Wings, despite not having a great first half of the season, could have easily had three All-Selections. Ultimately, Green made the roster over his teammate Dylan Larkin (34 points) and Anthony Mantha (14 goals). Barkov, the first time All-Star from the Panthers, made the roster over teammate and linemate Jonathan Huberdeau (34 points).

Metropolitan Division

F Josh Bailey, New York Islanders

F Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins

F Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers

F Taylor Hall, New Jersey Devils

F Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals

F John Tavares, New York Islanders

D Noah Hanifin, Carolina Hurricanes

D Seth Jones, Columbus Blue Jackets

D Kris Letang, Pittsburgh Penguins

G Braden Holtby, Washington Capitals

G Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers

Superstar and face of the league Sidney Crosby (43 points) made the cut over his teammate Phil Kessel, who leads the Penguins in goals (18) and points (47). It’s not much of a shock that a name like Crosby would make the All-Star team over a teammate who has posted better numbers to this point of the season. As is almost usually the case with All-Star selections, another goalie was overlooked. Columbus goalie Sergei Bobrovsky was snubbed for Holtby, who isn’t having a bad season, but porbably doesn’t deserve to be there over Bobrovsky.

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Central Division

F Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks

F Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche

F Brayden Schenn, St. Louis Blues

F Tyler Seguin, Dallas Stars

F Eric Staal, Minnesota Wild

F Blake Wheeler, Winnipeg Jets

D John Klingberg, Dallas Stars

D Alex Pietrangelo, St. Louis Blues

D P.K. Subban, Nashville Predators

G Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets

G Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators

Hellebuyck and Rinne made the roster, leaving out Minnesota Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk, who could arguably be considered an MVP candidate in the first half of the season. Rinne, however is a bigger name and Hellebuyck has led the Jets to a surprising first half that has them sitting atop the competitive Central division. Another notable name not on the roster Vladimir Tarasenko (who leads the Blue with 19 goals), who was overlooked for his teammate Schenn.

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Pacific Division

F Brock Boeser, Vancouver Canucks

F Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary Flames

F Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings

F Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers

F James Neal, Vegas Golden Knights

F Rickard Rakell, Anaheim Ducks

D Brent Burns, San Jose Sharks

D Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings

D Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Arizona Coyotes

G Marc-Andre Fleury, Vegas Golden Knights

G Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings

The biggest surprise from the Pacific selections undoubtedly is Fleury, who despite his popularity and historic career, has only played in 12 games for the Golden Knights due to an injury-plagued season. Father time is undefeated, right? Most hockey pundits and aficionados agree that Anaheim Ducks goalie John Gibson deserved a spot on the roster. Gibson had a .923 save percentage in 34 games.