2011 NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft – Wagering Odds

2011 NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft – Wagering Odds: The NHL has added an interesting twist to the 2011 All-Star Game that will be played in Raleigh, Carolina on January 30, 2011. For the first time in NHL history a ‘Player Fantasy Draft” will take place on Friday, January 28, 2011 to select the games participants.

World famous Bodog.com online sportsbook has got into the action by placing wagering odds on which player will be drafted first as well as who will be drafted last.

Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference Fantasy Draft

The NHL Eastern conference has Eric Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes as their captain while Nicklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings will lead the NHL Western Conference. Patrick Kane and Martin St. Louis join Team Lidstrom while Ryan Kesler and Mike Green join Team Staal as the alternate captains.

Those two, three-man, management teams now have the task of selecting the other 36 players that will play in the 2011 NHL All Star Game. Together, they will join their captains and the six players who were voted in the fans.

Latest Bodog.com Wagering Odds – NHL All Star Game 2011 Fantasy Draft

Bodog.com currently has Vancouver sniper and reigning NHL MVP Henrik Sedin along with Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin as 4/1 favorites to be selected first overall. Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby was listed at 5/1 but is now going to miss the game with injury. That leaves Tampa Bay Lighting scoring machine Steve Stamkos at 7/1 as the second favorite.

Someone will has to be selected as the last pick out of the massive NHL talent pool and Bodog has posted St. Louis Blues forward David Backes at 11/2, followed by Ales Hemsky of the Oilers at 6/1 and Patrik Elias of the New Jersey Devils at 15/2.

The NHL All Star Fantasy Draft will be televised live on Versus Sports and promises to be a fun and unique way to kickoff off the festivities of All Star Weekend. Get in on the fun with Bodog.com and get your wager in on who will taken first and last at this, first of its kind, event.