Early Candidates to Represent Seattle Kraken at the 2023 All-Star Game
The Seattle Kraken are off to an outstanding start in their second season. We look at who might represent the team at this season's All-Star Game.
The Seattle Kraken are off to an outstanding start in their second season. We look at who might represent the team at this season’s All-Star Game.
The National Hockey League (NHL) formerly allowed fans to vote in players for the annual All-Star Game, held in January. However, they switched up the system to include a player from every team in 2016.
For the most recent game, in 2022, the Seattle Kraken sent Jordan Eberle as their solo representative to the game at T-Mobile Arena in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada.
Last year’s Seattle Kraken team was not packed with star players. Eberle was already an All-Star once, playing in 2012 as a member of the Edmonton Oilers, so he had some name recognition with fans across the league.
Oddly enough, the NHL didn’t select then-captain Mark Giordano (three-time All-Star), Yanni Gourde (two-time Stanley Cup winner), or Jared McCann, who finished the season as the team’s leading scorer.
Outside of the league’s obvious superstar choices, like Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews, and Igor Shesterkin, the selections for many teams beg us to question who gets nominated and why?
Even though the NHL season is just a month old, and the holiday season is fast approaching, it is always early enough to discuss who should attend the next All-Star Game on February 4, 2023, in Florida.