NHL All Star Rosters Announced

January 26th is the date. San Jose, California is the site. The 64th annual National Hockey League All Star game will be taking place. Its the best of the best so far in the NHL regular season. This year's format, just like the last three previous seasons, will be the battle of the divisions. It will see first the Metro take on the Atlantic, then the Pacific battling the Central. The two winners will face off in the final team, with the winning team donating its winnings to charity. That being said, here's a look at the rosters for this years All Star Game!

Metropolitan Division:
F Alex Ovechkin (Capitals 9th Elected Captain but will not play)
F Sebastian Aho (Hurricanes 1st)
F Cam Atkinson (Blue Jackets 2nd)
F Mathew Barzal (Islanders 1st)
F Sidney Crosby (Penguins 4th)
F Claude Giroux (Flyers 6th)
F Taylor Hall (Devils 3rd)
D John Carlson (Capitals 1st)
D Seth Jones (Blue Jackets 2nd)
G Braden Holtby (Capitals 4th)
G Henrik Lundqvist (Rangers 5th)

Atlantic Division:
F Jack Eichel (Sabres 2nd)
F Nikita Kucherov (Lightning 3rd)
F Auston Matthews (Maple Leafs 3rd, Captain)
F David Pastrnak (Bruins 1st)
F Steven Stamkos (Lightning 6th)
F John Tavares (Maple Leafs 6th)
D Thomas Chabot (Senators 1st)
D Keith Yandle (Panthers 3rd)
G Jimmy Howard (Red Wings 2nd)
G Carey Price (Canadiens 7th)

Central Division:
F Nathan MacKinnon (Avalanche 3rd)
F Ryan O'Reilly (Blues 2nd)
F Mikko Rantanen (Avalanche 1st)
F Mark Scheifele (Jets 1st)
F Blake Wheeler (Jets 2nd)
D Miro Heiskanen (Stars 1st)
D Roman Josi (Predators 2nd)
G Devan Dubnyk (Wild 3rd)
G Pekka Rinne (Predators 3rd)

Pacific Division:
F Johnny Gaudreau (Flames 5th)
F Clayton Keller (Coyotes 1st)
F Connor McDavid (Oilers 3rd Captain)
F Joe Pavelski (Sharks 3rd)
F Elias Pettersson (Canucks 1st)
D Brent Burns (Sharks 6th)
D Drew Doughty (Kings 5th)
D Erik Karlsson (Sharks 6th)
G Marc-Andre Fleury (Golden Knights 4th)
G John Gibson (Ducks 2nd)

There are a few big names that are a bit of a surprise for getting left off rosters. First off is Winnipeg's Patrik Laine, as well as Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin in Dallas. Those guys have put up good numbers, and could serve as injury replacements, but they were just outpaced but the other guys selected in the Central division. As far as the East goes, there's one guy I just feel got snubbed. That's Andrei Vasilevskiy of Tampa. How is it Jimmy Howard is going instead of him. Look I know every team needs to have one guy selected to go and Howard has the best numbers of anybody on the Red Wings, but come on Vasilevskiy has more wins, a better Save Percentage and a lower Goals Against. Dylan Larkin is the scoring leader for the Wings but I think because the Atlantic is so loaded in scoring that's why they had to go with Howard. Othewise I think they got it right for the game.

What do you think? Missing anybody from the Rosters?