New York Islanders Players Deserving of All-Star Metro Captain Honour

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LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 29: John Tavares #91 of the New York Islanders handles the puck against the Pacific Division All-Stars during the 2017 Honda NHL All-Star Tournament Final between the Pacific Division All-Stars and the Metropolitan Division All-Stars at Staples Center on January 29, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /

The NHL All-Star voting process has opened, and we wanted to suggest a few names that you can pick from the New York Islanders roster to select as Metropolitan Division captain.

I’ve already voted a number of times for who I want to be the captain of the Metropolitan Division 3on3 All-Star captain. I’ve made no secret that I want New York Islanders Josh Bailey to be given the honour. In terms of the Islanders, he has the best case for the honour.

But instead of only making the case for Josh Bailey, as our writer Kate Eliou has already marvellously done. I wanted to put forward a case for a few New York Islanders players and have you decide for yourself.

Must Read: Josh Bailey Should Be An All-Star

There won’t be any sort of John Scott ironic voting or any sort of nationalistic voting a-la Zemgus Girgensons. Every entry has a legitimate case to make the All-Star game.

With the way the All-Star is structured now, we all know that every team gets a representative. No matter what. Bo Horvat in 2016 wasn’t an All-Star, but Vancouver needed someone so off he went. And we all know that when it comes to representing the team John Tavares is the face of the franchise. So he’s going anyways.

But what about those players on the team that deserve to go but won’t get a chance to get there? The only way to make it to the All-Star weekend for these players is going to be through voting for the division captains.