Imagine you're a National Hockey League general manager with no salary cap restrictions and the ability to put together almost any line combination.

How about Evgeni Malkin with Jarome Iginla and Phil Kessel? Or Pavel Datsyuk with Patrick Kane with and Marian Hossa? Or the allSwedish trio of Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin and Daniel Alfredsson? Or a unit of Jason Spezza, Corey Perry or Steve Stamkos?

Well, welcome to Sunday's NHL All-Star Game.

The way Senators stars Al-fredsson and Spezza see it, they really can't go wrong, no matter what happens.

There may be a natural inclination to put Alfredsson, Spezza and fellow Senator Milan Michalek together, but Alfredsson, who will have a strong say in how the Team Alfredsson trios will be organized, says that won't necessarily be the case. Ask Alfredsson for his preference and he names half the team.

"I love playing with Jason and Milan we have pretty good chemistry, but it's also fun to play with players you admire (watching)," the Senators captain said.

"You watch the way they play and you maybe want to see how you would fit in with them. Maybe you wouldn't fit in as well as you think, but maybe better than you think.

"I love the way (Claude) Giroux plays. I would like to play with him. I would love to play with the Sedin twins, too, and (Steven) Stamkos or (John) Tavares or (Scott) Hartnell," he said with a laugh. "I could name everybody."

Spezza named many of the same players.

"The Sedins are phenomenal players," he said. "It's fun to watch them play together. Claude Giroux is another guy."

But if there is a fan movement toward reuniting the Senators forwards, Alfredsson and New York Rangers coach John Tortorella - who insists he has no say whatsoever - might have put the Ottawa trio together.

"We play together all the time, so we'll see what happens," said Spezza. "We'll take it to the coach, see what they want to do.

NHL AWARD SHOW STAYING IN LAS VEGAS

The annual National Hockey League awards show will be in Sin City for at least the next three years.

The league signed a threeyear agreement with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to its gala event at the Wynn casino.

The league first moved the show to Las Vegas from Toronto in 2009 and its been there ever since. The new arrangement runs through the 2014 show.

The NHL will announce the show host, celebrity guests and award presenters at a future date.

COLUMBUS TO HOST 2013 ALL-STAR GAME

This time next year the National Hockey League's top stars will be descending on Columbus, Ohio.

The NHL announced on Saturday that the Columbus Blue Jackets will host the 2013 All-Star Game.

The skills competition will be held on Jan. 26, 2013 at Nationwide Arena with the All-Star Game a day later.

Columbus will be the third straight venue to host the showcase game for the first time.

Raleigh, North Carolina in 2011 and Ottawa this year were also first-time all-star hosts.