NHL All-Star Draft results: Canucks merge forces on Team Hughes, Maple Leafs unite on Team Matthews
The NHL All-Star Draft returns tonight as four team captains pick their teams for Saturday’s three-match contest. There were some fun moments from the players, and the star-studded All-Star Game roster has been set.
For the first time since 2015, the NHL used a draft to determine its All-Star roster. There were only two teams at the time, and the All-Star Game itself was the standard format consisting of three 20-minute periods. This was the first time the league implemented a draft after moving to a three-on-three tournament format.
On Thursday night, four sets of team co-captains were joined by celebrity captains as they ranked the best hockey players in the world. Team Matthews represented the hometown Toronto Maple Leafs, with Auston Matthews as captain, Morgan Reilly as co-captain, and popstar Justin Bieber as celebrity captain.
Captain Connor McDavid, co-captain Leon Draisaitl and actor Will Arnett made up Team McDavid.
Colorado Avalanche stars Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar co-captained Team MacKinnon, and were assisted by Canadian singer Tate McRae.
The Hughes brothers, Quinn and Jack, teamed up with British Columbia native Michael Bublé to form Team Hughes. With Jack Hughes out of the game due to injury, Vancouver Canucks star Elias Pettersson took his place on the roster alongside teammate Quinn Hughes. Jesper Bratt, Jack Hughes’ teammate in New Jersey, replaced Pettersson in the player pool.
To protect any player from the final selection, the final four All-Stars randomly drew cards to determine which team they would join.
Team Hughes had the honor of winning the All-Star Draft lottery, and got the chance to make the first selection. Team Matthews got the second pick, Team McKinnon got the third pick, and Team McDavid completed the draft order.
The theme of the night was for the captain to prepare his men. Bublé, a big Canucks fan, made sure Hughes’ team included five players from his favorite team. The only Canuck not on the team Hughes was the newest, Elias Lindholm, who was traded from the Calgary Flames to Vancouver on Wednesday night.
The team immediately selected William Nylander and Mitch Marner with their top two picks, following the other two Maple Leafs in the player pool, Matthews. Team MacKinnon made sure to bring goaltender Alexander Georgiev to complete the trio of Avalanche All-Stars on that quad, and McDavid got Sergei Bobrovsky right after selecting his Florida Panthers teammate, Sam Reinhart.
Full draft results are below.
2024 nhl all-star draft
team hughes
1.1. Nikita Kucherov F | tampa bay lightning
2.4. Thatcher Demko | जी | vancouver canucks
3.1. Kyle Connor | F | winnipeg jets
4.4. Brady Tkachuk | F | ottawa senators
5.1 Jasper Bratt F | New Jersey Devils
6.4. Cam Talbot | जी | Los Angeles Kings
7.1. Brock Bowser F | vancouver canucks
8.4. JT Miller | F | vancouver canucks
9.1. Frank Vatrano | F | anaheim ducks
team matthews
1.2. William Nylander F | Toronto Maple Leafs
2.3. Mitch Marner F | Toronto Maple Leafs
3.2. Jake Oettinger | जी | dallas stars
4.3. Clayton Keller F | Arizona Coyotes
5.2. Matthew Barzal | F | New York Islanders
6.3. Igor Shesterkin | जी | New York Rangers
7.2. Filip Forsberg | F | Nashville Predators
8.3. Alex DeBrincat | F | detroit red wings
9.2. Vincent Trocheck | F | New York Rangers
Team McKinnon
1.3. Sidney Crosby F | pittsburgh penguins
2.2. Alexander Georgiev जी | colorado avalanche
3.3. Kirill Kaprizov F | minnesota wild
4.2. Sebastian Aho F | carolina storm
5.3. Tom Wilson F | washington capitals
6.2. Jeremy Swayman | जी | Boston Bruins
7.3. Travis Konecny | F | philadelphia flyers
8.2. Elias Lindholm | F | vancouver canucks
9.3. Oliver Björkstrand | F | seattle kraken
team mcdavid
1.4. Connor Hellebuyck जी | winnipeg jets
2.1. David Pasternak F | Boston Bruins
3.4. Rasmus Dahlin | D | buffalo saber
4.1. Robert Thomas F | st louis blues
5.4. Sam Reinhart | F | Florida Panthers
6.1. Sergei Bobrovsky जी | Florida Panthers
7.4. Boone Jenner F | columbus blue jackets
8.1. Nick Suzuki | F | montreal canadiens
9.4. Tomas Hertel | F | san jose sharks