Malkin Tops All Habs All-Star Mock Draft

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By Steve Farnham, AllHabs.net

MONTREAL, QC. — With the 2012 NHL All-Star game set to begin this weekend, and with the All-Star draft happening this upcoming Thursday, we decided it would be fun here at All Habs Hockey Magazine to do our own little mock draft in anticipations of these events.

Fellow All Habs contributor Chantal and I went ahead and each picked our teams, all while respecting the NHL rules that are in place:

Rules:

  • Pick all goalies by round 10
  • Pick all defencemen by round 15
  • Phil Kessel cannot be picked last or Brian Burke will be put in Twitter jail for having a fit.

Our strategies were a little different I must say.

While I tried to enter the mind of Zdeno Chara, and predict which players he would pick in each round, Chantal went ahead and picked a winning team.

CP - Eugene Melnyk and Gary Bettman

Next to each player, we left a comment as to why we picked the player, or believed they would be picked at that time.

Is there really anyway to judge who drafted the better team? I’m not sure there is, but in order to keep it fun, we will tally the goals and assists obtained by each player during the All-Star game, and with the totals number of points on each roster determining the winner.

The top scorer will get bragging rights and you can expect some trash talking on Twitter.

And now, here is the draft:

Team Captains
Team Chantal Team Stevo
Captain – D. Alfredsson (OTT) – RW Captain – Z. Chara (BOS) – D
A. Captain – H. Lundqvist (NYR) – G A. Captain – J. Lupul (TOR) – RW

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Round 1
Team Chantal Team Stevo
E. Malkin (PIT) – C
Chantal:

  • So hot right now, no easier first pick than him.
 T. Thomas (BOS) – G
Stevo:

  • Chara didn’t have a chance to see Timmy Thomas earlier this week as the Bruins visited the White House, so I expect a reunion.

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Round 2
Team Chantal Team Stevo
P. Datsyuk (DET) – C
Chantal:

  • You just know Malkin was dying for Alfie to pick him! Pick him!
 P. Kessel (TOR) – RW
Stevo:

  • Expecting some big Lupul influence to have Kessel get drafted very early in this one.

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Round 3
Team Chantal Team Stevo
C. Giroux (PHI) – RW
Chantal:

  • Who could resist that cute little baby face? He’s also pretty good at hockey.
 Tyler Seguin (BOS) – C
Stevo:

  • I expect nothing less then for Chara to pick his Boston teammates as early as possible.

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Round 4
Team Chantal Team Stevo
S. Weber (NSH) – D
Chantal:

  • We have to counter the Chara shot with someone, that someone is Shea.
 D. Phaneuf (TOR) – D
Stevo:

  • And there you have it. Could there be anything worse for a Habs fan than to see the Bruins and Leafs joining forces?

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Round 5
Team Chantal Team Stevo
J. Quick (LAK) – G
Chantal:

  • An obvious pick. Outstanding season with very little goal support.
 Jimmy Howard (DET) – G
Stevo:

  • After seeing Howard fight with the Blues’ players on Monday night, this one was a no brainer.

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Round 6
Team Chantal Team Stevo
D. Sedin (VAN) – LW
Chantal:

  • As if Chara will pick a Canuck
 Jonathan Toews (CHI) – C
Stevo:

  • Even an all-star team needs a bit of seriousness.

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Round 7
Team Chantal Team Stevo
E. Karlsson (OTT) – D
Chantal:

  • Fast skater, awesome d-man, and Alfie gets a bonus; a friend!
 Steven Stamkos (TBL) – C
Stevo:

  • He was available.

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Round 8
Team Chantal Team Stevo
C. Price (MTL) – G
Chantal:

  • He’ll entertain the team with his witty quotes, and it avoids having Chara pick him. You know.
 B. Elliott (STL) – G
Stevo:

  • Zdeno Chara has probably never heard of Brian Elliott but he needs three goalies. Oh and, wow, what a season Elliott.

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Round 9
Team Chantal Team Stevo
K. Letang (PIT) – D
Chantal:

  • The flow, he’s got THE FLOW.
 Patrick Kane (BOS) – RW
Stevo:

  • If my draft goes as planned which it won’t, expect players already picked to influence the draft as it goes along, like Boston and Toronto above. Toews playing with Kane makes sense, although against each other would be nice to see.

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Round 10
Team Chantal Team Stevo
H. Sedin (VAN) – C
Chantal:

  • As if Chara will pick a Canuck
 R. Suter (NSH) – D
Stevo:

  • Lupul will need to remind Chara they need more than two defencemen.

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Round 11
Team Chantal Team Stevo
A. Edler (VAN) – D
Chantal:

  •  As if Chara will pick a Canuck
 K. Yandle (PHO) – D
Stevo:

  • Lupul will need to remind Chara they need more than two defencemen, again.

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Round 12
Team Chantal Team Stevo
B. Campbell (FLO) – D
Chantal:

  • He’s left-handed, and Letang is right-handed. See what I did there. I should be a GM, really.
 Dennis Wideman (WAS) – D
Stevo:

  • They played together for a few years in Boston so this wouldn’t be a surprise.

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Round 13
Team Chantal Team Stevo
Dan Girardi (NYR) – D
Chantal:

  • At this point, we had to pick all D-men before round 15.
 K. Timonen (PHI) – D
Stevo:

  • “Hey Zdeno, we need one more defenceman.” – Lupul

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Round 14
Team Chantal Team Stevo
J. Spezza (OTT) – C
Chantal:

  •  He’s Alfie’s buddy!!!
 J. Iginla (CAL) – RW
Stevo:

  • Chara thinks that “Getting jiggy with Iggy” is the coolest thing to say, ever.

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Round 15
Team Chantal Team Stevo
C. Perry (ANH) – RW
Chantal:

  • There’s no way in hell he’ll score 50 with Anaheim this year, but he can get 5 or 6 in this game.
 M. Hossa (CHI) – RW
Stevo:

  • Unless Hossa ends up on Chantal’s team, I have some pretty good sources tell me he should end up on my team. e5.

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Round 16
Team Chantal Team Stevo
Milan Michalek (OTT) – LW
Chantal:

  • This was getting a little awkward..with Alfie, Spezza and Karlsson already on the team and all…
 J. Benn (DAL) – LW
Stevo:

  •  Look at that pinch. Winner.

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Round 17
Team Chantal Team Stevo
J. Eberle (EDM) – RW
Chantal:

  • We (me) have a soft spot for Jordan.
 L. Couture (SJS) – C
Stevo:

  • I would have preferred Eberle. We (me) have a soft spot for Jordan.

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Round 18
Team Chantal Team Stevo
M. Gaborik (NYR) – RW
Chantal:

  • I really hope he doesn’t cripple under the pressure of this game.
 J. Tavares (NYI) – C
Stevo:

  • Well, you know, everybody’s got to be picked.

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Round 19
Team Chantal Team Stevo
J. Pominville (BUF) – RW
Chantal:

  • Hope he removes that huge necklace he wears before the fastest skater competition.
 Alex Ovechkin (WAS) – LW
Stevo:

  • Hope Phil Kessel is waiting with his camera Alex. It was funny last year, it will be way funnier this year.

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Final Teams
Team Chantal Team Stevo
X  D. Alfredsson X  Z. Chara
X  H. Lundqvist X  J. Lupul
1  E. Malkin 1  T. Thomas
2  P. Datsyuk 2  P. Kessel
3  C. Giroux 3  T. Seguin
4  S. Weber 4  D. Phaneuf
5  J. Quick 5  J. Howard
6  D. Sedin 6  J. Toews
7  E. Karlsson 7  S. Stamkos
8  C. Price 8  B. Elliott
9  K. Letang 9  P. Kane
10  H. Sedin 10  R. Suter
11  A. Edler 11  K. Yandle
12  B. Campbell 12  D. Wideman
13  D. Girardi 13  K. Timonen
14  J. Spezza 14  J. Iginla
15  C. Perry 15  M. Hossa
16  M. Michalek 16  J. Benn
17  J. Eberle 17  L. Couture
18  M. Gaborik 18  J. Tavares
19  J. Pominville 19  A. Ovechkin

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6 COMMENTS

  3. Great article. I wanted to do that same thing on my blog too, with Chantal LOL.

    I prefer Chantal’s team (minus Datsyuk) but I think Steve’s team would win. Maybe we could simulate it on NHL 12?? Take pictures and videos :P

    Good job, both of you.

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