Today is the day that the world at large will know who will be playing for whom this weekend. Team captains Eric Staal and Nicklas Lidstrom will be picking from a pool of players that include Steven Stamkos, Cam Ward, and Patrick Kane for the Sunday game. Also in the weekend festivities will be the SuperSkills competition, which will include a group of rookies such as Logan Couture and Taylor Hall. One player of note is Jeff Skinner, who was originally slated to participate with the rookies on Saturday, but will now be in the All Star Game itself. This time last year, Skinner was playing in the Ontario Hockey League, playing against the likes of Hall and Tyler Seguin, both of whom were taken ahead of him in the 2010 Draft and will also be a part of the festivities this weekend. Saturday promises to be the most fun, but the Game itself has a lot of intrigue, such as the possibility of the Sedins playing against one another and teammates playing against each other.
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