Saturday, January 21, 2012

Hypothetical Wings Alumni Game Roster

I refuse to contemplate adding him to this roster

With the news this week that a Winter Classic is essentially confirmed for Ann Arbor on New Year's Day, it's time to turn our attention to the festive frivolities associated with the event.

In all likelihood there will be a Wings-Leafs alumni game at Comerica Park sometime before the Classic, as this year's tilt between Philadelphia and New York alums sold out Citizens Bank Park. The next step is to determine who will suit up for each team. I'll let Toronto bloggers take care of their team, while I have some suggestions for the Wings roster below.

The roster was created using the current Wings alumni team as a base, then adding players that I thought still had a reasonable chance of being able to skate. I'd love to see Mr. Hockey and Terrible Ted suit up for just one shift, but is that truly reasonable? Probably not, but a guy can hope.

Forwards
Shanahan-Yzerman-Fedorov

Ogrodnick-Larionov-Redmond

Maltby-Draper-McCarty

Kocur-Polonich-Ciccarelli

Burr-Dionne-Brown

Defesnemen
Chelios-Murphy

Rafalski-M.Howe

Coffey-Larson

Chiasson-Schneider

Goalies
Osgood
Vernon
Hasek

My only real concern in creating the roster was adding Hasek. If he plays a solid period he'll be chasing down Kenny Holland after the game to let him know of plans for his triumphant return to the NHL in the 2013-14 season. 

Love it? Hate it? I'd love to hear what other people are thinking. Let me know on Twitter (@TOGBlog1) on in the comments section below. 

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