West All-Stars Announced

Earlier Wednesday the NHL announced the roster for the Western All-Stars. We all remember the fiasco that came about from fan voting for the ASG, so it's nice to see the NHL getting something right and not putting in guys who don't deserve to be there. Like naming Roberto Luongo to the team even though he's hardly played. Or just adding well known guys who shouldn't be there like Keith Tkachuk and Mike Modano instead of lesser known, more deserving players like Duncan Keith or Ales Hemsky. That would just be ridiculous. Wait a minute...

Goalies
J.S. Giguere - Anaheim Ducks*
Niklas Backstrom - Minnesota Wild
Roberto Luongo - Vancouver Canucks

Defense
Brian Campbell - Chicago Blackhawks*
Scott Niedermayer - Anaheim Ducks*
Nicklas Lidstrom - Detroit Red Wings
Shea Weber - Nashville Predators
Sheldon Souray - Edmonton Oilers
Dan Boyle - San Jose Sharks

Forwards
Patrick Kane - Chicago Blackhawks*
Jonathan Toews - Chicago Blackhawks*
Ryan Getzlaf - Anaheim Ducks*
Jarome Iginla - Calgary Flames
Milan Hejduk - Colorado Avalanche
Rick Nash - Columbus Blue Jackets
Mike Modano - Dallas Stars
Pavel Datsyuk - Detroit Red Wings
Dustin Brown - Los Angeles Kings
Shane Doan - Phoenix Coyotes
Keith Tkachuk - St. Louis Blues
Joe Thornton - San Jose Sharks

*All-Star starters as voted in by the fans.

East All-Stars to be announced Thursday. For those, be sure to check in same Power Play time (any time you want), same Power Play channel (blog)!