Pacific

erik karlsson?

Doesn't deserve to be an all-star this season. His first 2 months of the season were pretty garbage. He was good in December, but 4 weeks of quality play doesn't merit him a spot over OEL or Giordano.

The only way he ends up getting a spot is because he plays for the Sharks and the game is in San Jose. However, if that's the case, they'll have to find one of the train wreck forwards on Arizona to play in Couture's place. Couture has been pretty consistently fantastic this season, and does deserve a spot. It would be a shame to have Clayton Keller or *gulp* Brad Richardson take his spot.

The only other forward that you can make a case to remove is Kopitar, who has been pretty mediocre this season. If you take him out, then you have to give the Kings a defense spot, which means Karlsson is out again in favor of Doughty or Muzzin.

Nah, this is probably what the Pacific team will end up looking like. The only other possible change would be Leon Draisaitl in Monahan's spot to give Edmonton and Calgary two players each.