The NHL announced the complete rosters for the 2018 All-Star Game on Wednesday, naming 44 of the league's best players to represent their respective divisions in a 3-on-3 tournament.

While all teams are loaded with talent, someone has to win the darn thing, and below is our list of who is most suited to do so.

Full rosters can be seen here.

1. Atlantic Division

Dream 3-on-3 trio: Auston Matthews - Nikita Kucherov - Erik Karlsson

While Steven Stamkos is a worthy candidate here, we've seen what he's done with Kucherov all year long. Pairing the league's top goal-getter with the offensive abilities of Matthews and Karlsson would be non-stop entertainment.

With the likes of Stamkos, Brad Marchand, and Victor Hedman on the bench, the Atlantic lineup will be terrifying no matter who is on the ice.

Potential X-factor: Jack Eichel

You have to think Eichel will be excited to take advantage of having good teammates for once this season.

2. Central Division

Dream 3-on-3 trio: Patrick Kane - Nathan MacKinnion - P.K. Subban

Combining Kane's hands, MacKinnon's speed, and Subban's charisma could be lots of fun, while a supporting cast featuring Tyler Seguin and Brayden Schenn makes the Central a formidable opponent.

Potential X-factor: Blake Wheeler

Wheeler's rightfully earned the first All-Star nod of his career, and will have a platform to showcase himself as one of the best wingers in the NHL.

3. Metropolitan Division

Dream 3-on-3 trio: Sidney Crosby - Alex Ovechkin - Seth Jones

As the two greatest icons of their generation, watching Crosby and Ovechkin play together, rather than be pitted against each other as rivals, is something hockey fans should cherish.

Not to mention, one of the most effective duos in the league - John Tavares and Josh Bailey - wait in the weeds should Sid and Ovi require a break.

Potential X-factor: Taylor Hall

Hall's in the midst of a career season, and the open space of 3-on-3 will make him one of the most dangerous players on the ice.

4. Pacific Division

Dream 3-on-3 trio: Connor McDavid - Johnny Gaudreau - Drew Doughty

Just imagine the potential puck movement between McDavid and Gaudreau, two of the NHL's most creative players. However, in spite of arguably the best trio available, James Neal and Rickard Rakell as depth options makes the Pacific less of a threat.

Potential X-factor: Brock Boeser

All he does is score, and there's no reason to think that will stop in a game designed for goals.

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The Buffalo Sabres had an eventful practice Wednesday.

Not only did Evander Kane and Justin Falk exchange verbal and physical blows, but defenseman Zach Bogosian reportedly suffered a significant lower-body injury.

Bogosian recorded one assist in 18 games this season, averaging 19:09 of ice time per night.

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Here are the complete rosters for the 2018 NHL All-Star Game tournament, the league's annual star-studded three-on-three event that will take place on Jan. 28 in Tampa Bay:

Atlantic Division

Coach: Jon Cooper (Tampa Bay)

Metropolitan Division

Coach: Barry Trotz (Washington)

Central Division

Coach: Peter Laviolette (Nashville)

Pacific Division

Coach: Gerard Gallant (Vegas)

* denotes captains

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Hockey Canada is almost ready to reveal its men's hockey roster for the 2018 Olympic Games.

The governing body of Canadian hockey will reveal the team in Calgary on Thursday at 12 p.m. ET., according to a release.

Sean Burke, the former NHL goaltender and executive, is Canada's general manager for the tournament, and former Vancouver Canucks bench boss Willie Desjardins will serve as head coach.

USA Hockey announced its men's Olympic hockey roster on New Year's Day.

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Just when it seemed as though things couldn't get much worse for the Buffalo Sabres, they took to the ice for practice Wednesday morning.

Following a 7-4 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday, the team underwent an intense practice, ultimately resulting in a scuffle between Evander Kane and Justin Falk.

"Shut the (expletive) up, you selfish (expletive)," Falk reportedly yelled at Kane before shoving him, according to Bill Hoppe of BuffaloHockeyBeat.com.

The coaches separated the two before things got out of hand. Falk downplayed the incident after the session saying it was a case of emotions boiling over.

"It's just spur of the moment, emotions are running high," Falk said. "This time of year, where we're at, everyone's got a situation they're in, just heat of the moment boiled over."

Unfortunately, that wasn't the only sour news to come out of Sabres practice. During a drill along the boards, defenseman Zach Bogosian got tangled with Kane and left the ice struggling to put weight on his left foot.

An update on Bogosian is pending, but the Sabres will hope to channel this intensity and get back in the win column Thursday against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Buffalo has lost five straight and seven of its last eight.

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If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

Colin Campbell, the NHL's director of hockey operations, says he'll once more attempt to impress upon the league's general managers that a player's skate that's in the air, but not over the blue line, shouldn't be considered offside.

"I’ll try it again at the March (GM) meeting(s),” Campbell told The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun on Wednesday. “I think I’ll try to buy the managers over again as a group. People might say, 'Who cares about one inch?' A whole city would care in the playoffs about one inch if it was offside. That’s why we have the offside coach’s challenge."

Connor McDavid expressed displeasure with offside challenges as a whole Tuesday after the Edmonton Oilers' late tying goal against the Nashville Predators was overturned upon review that showed teammate Jujhar Khaira with his back skate lifted as he entered the offensive zone.

Campbell also brought this up at last year's meetings, and the GMs couldn't reach a consensus at the time, but he's hopeful it will resonate among more of them this time around.

“I’ll try it again, because I think it’s an adjustment to this rule that we experienced," he said. "This is our third year with it where I think we’ve experienced it enough where you can put some goals back on the board. The basis of it is, the player is still onside because he hasn’t crossed the blue line. I don’t think you need to be touching the ice.”

Campbell told LeBrun he counted eight times this season that a goal has been reversed on a skate-in-the-air call.

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If Sidney Crosby were in charge of naming the NHL All-Stars he would leave himself off the Metropolitan squad.

The Pittsburgh Penguins captain recently spoke about the potential of playing at this year's installment of the 3-on-3 tournament, frankly stating he doesn't feel he's played well enough to earn an invitation.

"I don't expect to be there, to be honest with you," Crosby said, according to Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "I haven’t even thought about it. I don't feel like I've had an All-Star first half."

While Crosby might be critical of himself, he has been far from awful this season. The 30-year-old has tallied 43 points in 44 games, good enough for second on the Penguins.

Instead, Crosby feels that the team's leading scorer - Phil Kessel - is more deserving of the nod.

"I mean … Phil’s had a really good first half," Crosby said. "There’s been a lot of guys within our division that have had some great first halves here so far: Tavares, Bailey, and Ovechkin. These guys are all right at the top of the scoring race. I haven't given it any thought, only because of that. I just don't expect to be going."

Crosby has been named to the All-Star Game six times during his career, but played in just two, having missed the event in 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2015 due to injury.

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After the Edmonton Oilers had their tying goal against the Nashville Predators in the final six minutes wiped out by an offside review, captain Connor McDavid sounded off on the rule, calling for it to be canned completely.

"I ultimately feel they should just take the rule out," McDavid said, according to Rob Tychkowski of the Edmonton Sun. "The number of calls that are a millimeter offside 45 seconds before the play don't have much of an effect on the goal itself. I think the fans want to see offense."

A millimeter appears to have been the margin of error for forward Jujhar Khaira, who entered the zone with his back skate slightly off the ice. It was so close that even the linesman, who was within arm's reach of Khaira, originally ruled the play onside.

The call was especially aggravating for a team that played one of its better games after entering the contest with losses in six of its last seven.

"We battled back hard and found a way to tie up the game and the guy's an arm hair offside and they call it back," McDavid said, according to Marc Ciampa of EdmontonOilers.com. "It's obviously hard to agree with the rule and the video challenge but it didn't go our way, but if it's on your side you love the rule."

The Oilers will enjoy two days off before having another chance to get back in the win column against the 31st-ranked Arizona Coyotes.

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