2011 All-Star Fantasy Draft

The time has come for the actual All-Star Fantasy Draft.  Team Staal feat. Ryan Kesler and Mike Green square off vs. Team Lidstrom feat. Patrick Kane and Martin St. Louis.  Team Staal won the coin toss which was represented by a puck and thus the draft was under way.

-Goalies need drafted by the 10th round.
-Defenseman need drafted by the 15th round.



Round 1
Team Staal- Cam Ward
Team Lidstrom- Steven Stamkos
Analysis: What a homer pick from Staal.  Good pick from Lidstrom and he's St. Louis teammate.


Round 2
Team Staal- Alex Ovechkin

Team Lidstrom- Duncan Keith

Analysis: Green picked Ovechkin. You can't blame him.  Kane picked Keith. Ehh....

Round 3

Team Staal- Daniel Sedin

Team Lidstrom- Hendrik Sedin

Analyses: Somebody had to split them up.

Round 4

Team Staal- Zdeno Chara

Team Lidstrom- Shea Weber

Analysis: Chara wasn't a bad pick.  Lidstrom could've waited on Weber.

Round 5

Team Staal- Rick Nash

Team Lidstrom- Tim Thomas

Analysis: Nash shows up in All-Star games.  10 points in 3 games.  

Round 6

Team Staal- Hendrik Lundqvist

Team Lidstrom- Danny Briere

Analysis: Lundqvist is solid.  Briere went pretty high especially for a replacement. 

Round 7

Team Staal- Marc Staal

Team Lidstrom- Dustin Byfuglien

Analysis: Staal continues to assemble family members and teammates. 

Round 8

Team Staal- Patrick Sharp

Team Lidstrom- Jonathan Toews

Analysis: By now Toews is crying by now that he hasn't been picked. He's also the last Black Hawk to go.  Good stuff.

Round 9

Team Staal- Dan Boyle

Team Lidstrom- Marc-Andre Fleury

Analysis: Lidstrom had to go goalies back to back to make sure he has them by the 10th round. Solid pick in Fleury.

Round 10

Team Staal- Carey Price

Team Lidstrom- Jonas Hiller

Analysis: Both teams go goalies.  Lidstrom gets stuck with Hiller.

Round 11

Team Staal- Jeff Skinner

Team Lidstrom- Brad Richards

Analysis: Staal completes his mission and successfully drafts ever single family member and Carolina Hurricane.  Skinner looks like he's 12. 

Round 12

Team Staal- Kris Letang

Team Lidstrom- Keith Yandle

Analysis: Two young solid defensemen go this round.  Not much more to say.

Round 13

Team Staal- Claude Giroux

Team Lidstrom- Brent Burns

Analysis: Giroux should've gone ahead of Briere but whatever.  Burns scores alot for a defenseman.

Round 14

Team Staal- Erik Karlsson

Team Lidstrom- Martin Havlat

Analysis: Karlsson is the last defenseman to go.  Havlat is quietly putting up a solid season.

Round 15

Team Staal- Corey Perry 

Team Lidstrom- Anze Kopitar

Analysis: Pretty surpised that Perry and Kopitar went this late. Oh well. 

PAUSE: It's time for the rookies to pick teams.  Taylor Hall wins the puck toss and chooses to go to Lidstroms team.  Joining Hall is Kevin Shattenkirk, Derek Stepan, Cam Fowler, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, and Evgeny Dadonov.  Joining team Staal is Michael Grabner, Tyler Ennis, Logan Coture, P.K. Subban, Tyler Seguin, and Jamie McBain.

Round 16

Team Staal- Patrick Elias

Team Lidstrom- Matt Duchene

Analysis:  Elias very well could've gone last and Duchene shouldn't have lasted this long.

Round 17

Team Staal- David Backes

Team Lidstrom- Loui Eriksson

Analysis: Backes threatened to hit whoever picked him last. Meh. 

Round 18

Team Staal- Paul Stastny

Team Lidstrom- Phil Kessel 

Analysis: Kessel goes last. Ovechkin takes a picture. Everything is hilarious until they give him a new car. Confusion sets in. 

Draft Notes:

-Staal gets to play with Ward, Skinner, and Staal.

-The Sedin's are split up.  Should be good stuff. 

-Team Lidstrom is full of former Black Hawks. Kane, Keith, Byfuglien, Toewes, Havlat.

-Letang gets to shoot on Fleury.

-Chara gets to shoot on Thomas.

-Perry gets to shoot on Hiller.

-Giroux and Briere are split up.

-Stastny and Duchene are split up. 

-Ovechkin was texting the whole time.

-Jonas Hiller lives in his basement.

-Phil Kessel got a car for coming in last. We assume he is going to use it to drive as far away from Toronto as possible...