St. Louis Blues’ Represented by Shattenkirk and Tarasenko at 2015 All-Star Game

2015 All Stars Announced

2015 All-Star Jersey

When the 2015 NHL All-Stars were announced earlier today, the line-up looked a little odd. Where were the greats such as Pavel Datsyuk, the Sedin twins, Henrik Lundqvist and Henrik Zetterberg? Okay, let’s go a little further and ask where is Joe Thorton, P.K. Subban, David Backes or Erik Karlsson? It is not surprising after seeing the amount of snubs this year that only two St. Louis Blues’ players made the list. Both of them are young, but definitely deserving of making the trip. However, are they the most deserving of the Blues players to have been chosen as All-Stars? Maybe everyone but Shattenkirk and Tarasenko got a sneak peak of the jerseys and let it be known that they would  not mind having a weekend off! These jerseys are truly bizarre and extremely ugly!

Kevin Shattenkirk and Vladimir Tarasenko will don the ugliest NHL All-Star jersey yet and represent their team in what should be an interesting skills challenge and All-Star game. Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying that Shattenkirk and Tarasenko are not worthy of being All-Stars, of course they are. What I am saying is why was David Backes, TJ Oshie and Alex Pietrangelo forgotten? All three of these guys have been on fire lately and have shown themselves to be worthy of being called All-Stars.

That being said, the big question is how will Shattenkirk and Tarasenko stack up against their fellow 2015 All-Stars? Shattenkirk has proven that he can stay cool under pressure. He was an Olympian last year so he is used to the glitz and glam that comes with being called an elite athlete, therefore, he should not become star-struck over his fellow teammates. The same can be said for Tarasenko. He was also an Olympian and although he is younger, he has a demeanor on the ice that speaks of maturity.

Both players should represent their team and their city well and they are two players that St. Louis should be proud to send off to Columbus. Congratulations to Shattenkirk and Tarasenko for a job well-done!