Since the NHL All-Star Game first announced an MVP in 1962, the honor has been awarded 52 more times. How many NHL All-Star Game MVPs can you name? Note: There were no NHL ASGs in 1966, 1979, 1987, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2021.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.