Thomas chosen to play for Team McDavid

Robert Thomas will team up with Connor McDavid at the 2024 NHL All-Star Game on Sunday at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

Thomas will be surrounded by family, including his mom Debbie and dad Scott, and friends, who will be making the trek from nearby Aurora, Ont.

"Family, friends, cousins, uncles, aunts, and just like neighborhood friends," Thomas said. "Should be cool.

"Especially being in your hometown, it's pretty cool. I would trade the beach for it any day."

The 2024 NHL All-Star team captains and celebrity captains selected their respective rosters in the NHL Player Draft, part of NHL All-Star Thursday on Thursday. Each team made nine selections from the group of 36 All-Stars eligible for selection, completing the four, 11-player All-Star rosters of nine skaters and two goaltenders each.

McDavid, who is the captain, and Oilers teammate Leon Draisaitl along with celebrity captain Will Arnett, made the selection through the draft process:

The four teams will be competing in the 2024 All-Star Game, which returns as a 3-on-3 tournament on Saturday at 2 p.m. (CT) on ABC and ESPN+ in the U.S., Sportsnet, CBC and TVAS in Canada. Under tournament rules, the game will be divided into three 20-minute games.

The winners will meet in the final game for a winner-take-all, $1 million prize.

With Thomas and McDavid, there's Draisaitl, David Pastrnak of Boston, and Sam Reinhart of Florida among the team, which will be coached by New York Rangers coach Peter Laviolette with Arnett as the celebrity captain. 

Thomas is making his first All-Star appearance; he leads the Blues in assists (35), points (52) and plus-minus (plus-16) and is tied with Pavel Buchnevich in goals (17).

Here are the four teams:

Team McDavid (All-Star appearance)

F 13 Sam Reinhart, FLA (1st)

F 14 Nick Suzuki, MTL (3rd)

F 18 Robert Thomas, STL (1st)

D 26 Rasmus Dahlin, BUF (3rd)

F 29 Leon Draisaitl, EDM (5th) (A)

F 38 Boone Jenner, CBJ (1st)

F 48 Tomas Hertl, SJS (2nd)

F 88 David Pastrnak, BOS (4th)

F 97 Connor McDavid, EDM (7th) (C)

G 37 Connor Hellebuyck, WPG (4th)

G 72 Sergei Bobrovsky, FLA (2nd)

Head Coach: Peter Laviolette, NYR (4th)

Celebrity Captain: Will Arnett

Team Hughes (All-Star Appearance)

F 6 Brock Boeser, VAN (2nd)

F 7 Brady Tkachuk, OTT (4th)

F 9 J.T. Miller, VAN (1st)

F 40 Elias Pettersson, VAN (4th) (A)

D 43 Quinn Hughes, VAN (2nd) (C)

F 63 Jesper Bratt, NJD (1st)

F 77 Frank Vatrano, ANA (1st)

F 81 Kyle Connor, WPG (2nd)

F 86 Nikita Kucherov, TBL (5th)

G 35 Thatcher Demko, VAN (2nd)

G 39 Cam Talbot, LAK (2nd)

Head Coach: Rick Tocchet, VAN (2nd)

Celebrity Captain: Michael Bublé

Team Matthews (All-Star appearance)

F 9 Filip Forsberg, NSH (2nd)

F 9 Clayton Keller, ARI (4th)

F 13 Mathew Barzal, NYI (3rd)

F 16 Mitch Marner, TOR (3rd)

F 16 Vincent Trocheck, NYR (2nd)

F 34 Auston Matthews, TOR (5th) (C)

D 44 Morgan Rielly, TOR (1st) (A)

F 88 William Nylander, TOR (1st)

F 93 Alex DeBrincat, DET (2nd)

G 29 Jake Oettinger, DAL (1st)

G 31 Igor Shesterkin, NYR (2nd)

Head Coach: Jim Montgomery, BOS (2nd)

Celebrity Captain: Justin Bieber

Team MacKinnon (All-Star appearance)

D 8 Cale Makar, COL (3rd) (A)

F 11 Travis Konecny, PHI (2nd)

F 20 Sebastian Aho, CAR (3rd)

F 22 Oliver Bjorkstrand, SEA (1st)

F 23 Elias Lindholm, VAN (1st)

F 29 Nathan MacKinnon, COL (5th) (C)

F 43 Tom Wilson, WSH (2nd)

F 87 Sidney Crosby, PIT (6th)

F 97 Kirill Kaprizov, MIN (3rd)

G 1 Jeremy Swayman, BOS (1st)

G 40 Alexandar Georgiev, COL (1st)

Head Coach: Rick Bowness, WPG (1st)

Celebrity Captain: Tate McRae