ESPN's analyst share their thoughts on the 2003 NHL YoungStars game and SuperSkills competition:

Barry Melrose

	Barry Melrose

Rick Nash of Columbus looked excellent in the YoungStars game. He had two goals, but made some great plays and could have had five or six points. And I liked Brian Sutherby from Washington, who is a solid two-way player and can score, and Florida's Jay Bouwmeester is a great skater. He can move well and is going to be a star in this league. There were a lot of great players out there and those three really stood out.

It was also nice to see the energy of the young guys in the SuperSkills competition, with guys like Martin St. Louis giving a little extra in the fastest skater event, Marian Gaborik of Minnesota displaying his speed and Edmonton's Eric Brewer making a great play on the breakaway. And Patrick Roy said it best when he complimented the goal tending. Those athletes have gotten so good and so fast that the number of elite goal tenders is astounding.

Bill Clement

	Bill Clement

It's tough to say who was particularly impressive in the YoungStars game because every one of them had such great skill, but Pavel Bendl of the Flyers showed why he is going to be a special player and Philadelphia's Dennis Seidenberg announced to the world just why he is in the regular defensive rotation as a rookie. And for the youngest guy in the NHL, Rick Nash of Columbus was superb. When you are broadcasting you aren't at ice level and it is hard to get an appreciation for how fast these guys are, but it was out of sight down there tonight.

And Patrick Roy hit it on the head when he said how impressive the goal tending was tonight, because it is damn good in the NHL right now. Marian Gaborik was also impressive with his speed, it was no great surprise that Al MacInnis won his seventh hardest shot competition and Jeremy Roenick finally won an outright title in the accuracy contest. But the big surprise was how hard Zdeno Chara of Ottawa can shoot the puck. I was standing with MacInnis on the ice and he told me that Chara is scary with his size at 6-foot-9.

This is all extremely positive for the league right now because it showcases what our game is all about: speed, accuracy and finesse. People say the All-Star Game is not compelling, but it's not supposed to be. It is a showcase for everything that is beautiful about hockey, plain and simple.

Darren Pang

	Darren Pang

The YoungStars competition is filled with talented players, but a lot of them looked tentative to me tonight. Alexander Svitov is a guy who could have stolen the show with his skills and hands, and the same goes for Alexander Frolov. There were also some great future leaders in the game like Brian Sutherby, who I would not be surprised to see as the captain of the Washington Capitals in the next five years. I haven't seen much of Jay Bouwmeester of Florida, but to be 6-4, 220 pounds is amazing, and he is going to be a special player in the next few years. As far as goal tenders go I thought Buffalo's Ryan Miller was very calm. That shows his composure and his upside is great. It's a situation where these guys want to watch their idols and enjoy the action. They are looking at their heroes the same way the kids in the stands are and that might breed a little uneasiness, not knowing the parameters and just how hard they should go, but for the most part they are just soaking it all in.