What are the NHL All-Star teams? Full rosters from 2024 draft explored

Modified Feb 02, 2024 14:53 GMT

2024 NHL All-Star Thursday — Full rosters for 2024 draft unveiled

The 2024 NHL All-Star weekend kicked off Thursday with the return of the All-Star draft.

On Thursday evening, the four captains, Auston Matthews, Connor McDavid, Quinn Hughes and Nathan MacKinnon got to pick their teams.

The NHL wanted to change the All-Star weekend and add some more excitement, which they did with the return of the draft.

Let's take a look at how each of the four teams look ahead of Saturday's game.

NHL All-Star team rosters

Team MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon is the captain with Cale Makar as his assistant captain, and their team is as follows:

Nathan MacKinnon, COL
Cale Makar, COL
Sidney Crosby, PIT
Alexandar Georgiev, COL
Kirill Kaprizov, MIN
Sebastian Aho, CAR
Tom Wilson, WSH
Jeremy Swayman, BOS
Travis Konecny, PHI
Elias Lindholm, VAN
Oliver Bjorkstrand, SEA

“So, I love that we’ve got two Colorado boys leading us as well,” Jeremy Swayman said of MacKinnon and Makar. “You know they’re going to be in shape because they’re training in altitude. I like our picks and really fortunate to be a part of it all.”

Team Matthews

Auston Matthews is the captain with Morgan Reilly as his assistant captain and they kept the four Leafs together:

Auston Matthews, TOR
Morgan Rielly, TOR
William Nylander, TOR
Mitch Marner, TOR
Jake Oettinger, DAL
Clayton Keller, ARI
Mathew Barzal, NYI
Igor Shesterkin, NYR
Filip Forsberg, NSH
Alex DeBrincat, DET
Vincent Trocheck, NYR

“It was cool,” Matthews said, via NHL. “I think our strategy was pretty simple. We stuck to it. I think it was a cool concept and fun to do the draft-format style again, mix up the teams, divisions, conferences and stuff like that.”

Team McDavid

Connor McDavid is the captain, while his Edmonton Oilers teammate Leon Draisaitl is his assistant captain:

Connor McDavid, EDM
Leon Draisaitl, EDM
Connor Hellebuyck, WPG
David Pastrnak, BOS
Rasmus Dahlin, BUF
Robert Thomas, STL
Sam Reinhart, FLA
Sergei Bobrovsky, FLA
Boone Jenner, CBJ
Nick Suzuki, MTL
Tomas Hertl, SJS

“I love the team,” Draisaitl said to NHL.com. “We have a little bit of grit, a lot of hard work, lots of skill. It’ll be good. ...

"It was good, it was different. It was our first time doing this, it was a lot of fun. It was nice getting to know Will a little bit; he seems to know his hockey pretty well. We talked about it a little bit, we wanted to pick a goalie early, that was key, so we’re very happy.”