The reigning Norris Trophy winner, author of 101 points and future Hall of Famer will man one of the points on the Penguins' first power-play unit this winter.
Barring a Mike Sullivan lobotomy, of course.
And yet, Erik Karlsson's inclusion might be just about the only easy call the coaches will have in this category, especially as compared to identifying an odd man out from a predicted six-player pool of Karlsson, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Jake Guentzel and Rickard Rakell. Because, while I'm feeling like Sid and Geno are kinda good here .