By @MichaelCaples –
It all starts tonight, so MiHockey broke down the rosters to see how our Michigan names stack up for the 2018-19 NHL season.
Here is our look at the 31 Opening Night rosters for hockey’s highest league, as it relates to the Michigan names. Featured below are both the 32 Michigan natives (in bold) and the Michigan connections – guys who skated through the Great Lakes State for NTDP, juniors or college – who fill up NHL rosters.
Good luck to all, and Happy Hockey Season, everyone.
Anaheim
Andrew Cogliano
Cam Fowler
Ryan Miller
Rickard Rakell
Troy Terry?
Max Jones (injured)
Ryan Kesler (injured)
Arizona
Clayton Keller
Jordan Oesterle
Brendan Perlini
Boston
Anders Bjork
Steven Kampfer
Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug (injured)
Buffalo
Jack Eichel
Jake McCabe
Matt Tennyson
Tage Thompson
Matt Hunwick (injured)
Calgary
Austin Czarnik
Noah Hanifin
James Neal
Dalton Prout
Matthew Tkachuk
Matt Taormina (injured)
Carolina
Phillip Di Giuseppe
Andrei Svechnikov
Justin Williams
Chicago
Alex DeBrincat
John Hayden
Patrick Kane
Duncan Keith
Chris Kunitz
Brandon Saad
Colorado
Ian Cole
J.T. Compher
Sheldon Dries
Erik Johnson
Matt Nieto
Colin Wilson
Columbus
Adam Clendening
Nick Foligno
Sonny Milano
Zach Werenski
Seth Jones (injured)
Dallas
Connor Carrick
Tyler Seguin
Detroit
Justin Abdelkader
Danny DeKeyser
Luke Glendening
Dylan Larkin
Edmonton
Jujhar Khaira
Ryan Mantha (injured)
Florida
Vincent Trocheck
Frank Vatrano
Los Angeles
Jack Campbell
Alec Martinez
Derek Forbort
Minnesota
Greg Pateryn
Jason Zucker
Ryan Suter
Nick Seeler
Luke Kunin (injured)
Montreal
Jeff Petry
Nashville
Ryan Hartman (injured)
New York Islanders
None
New York Rangers
Kevin Shattenkirk
Brady Skjei
Boo Nieves (injured)
Ottawa
Bobby Ryan
Brady Tkachuk
Colin White
Philadelphia
James van Riemsdyk
Michal Neuvirth (injured)
Pittsburgh
Derek Grant
Carl Hagelin
Jack Johnson
Jamie Oleksiak
Phil Kessel
Bryan Rust
San Jose
None
St. Louis
Luke Opilka (injured)
Tampa Bay
J.T. Miller
Kevin Lynch (injured)
Toronto
Zach Hyman
Auston Matthews
Ron Hainsey
Vancouver
Tyler Motte
Thatcher Demko (injured)
Las Vegas
Jon Merrill
Ryan Carpenter
Max Pacioretty
Alex Tuch (injured)
Washington
Pheonix Copley
Tom Wilson
Travis Boyd (injured)
Winnipeg
Kyle Connor
Andrew Copp
Connor Hellebuyck
Jack Roslovic
Jacob Trouba
Ben Chiarot