"The league chooses its coaches based on the team from each conference that has the top winning percentage through games of Jan. 4, the midway point of the regular-season...The assistants are the coaches whose teams have the next highest points percentages."
So that means Claude Julien of the Bruins will be head-coach and Bruce Boudreau of the Caps will be the assistant for the Eastern Conference All-Stars.
Nothing is confirmed yet but I doubt the NHL is about to change the way it conducts the coaching selections for the ASG.
If I were Julien and Boudreau, after the puck drops, let the "starters" play the shortest shift in hockey and then put the real starters in the game.
C: Marc Savard
LW: Alex Ovechkin
RW: Martin St. Louis
D: Mark Streit
D: Mike Green
No love for Chara?
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