If Madonna played hockey: left wing, rated 84

Madonna as a hockey player: scouting report

Madonna grew up in Michigan, one of the great hockey states, and she would take the left wing on a Legends roster. She studied dance at the University of Michigan on a scholarship before leaving for New York to chase a career, and that dancer's training shows in her skating, one of the two best marks on her card. She has edges, balance and the stamina to forecheck hard on every shift, and she will be first on the puck carrier when the other team tries to break out.

Her strongest rating is actually goaltending, which says a lot about how she reads the ice. She sees where a play is going before it gets there, the same instinct that has let her reinvent her sound and her stage shows across a long run of hit records and stay ahead of where pop music was heading. On a hockey team that means she is reliable in her own end, where her defense and physical play are both solid. She is not afraid of contact along the boards and will win her share of puck battles.

Shooting is the weakest part of her game, and it matters a little at a position that values a scoring touch. She creates more than she finishes, so pair her with a center who can bury chances and use her as the engine on the forecheck. Her goalie rating is high enough that she can step into the crease if your netminders run thin, and center is a reasonable third option. She headlined the Super Bowl halftime show in 2012 and has played some of the biggest stages in music, so a big game will not bother her. Take her in the middle rounds and let her set the pace.

Plays like A tireless skating winger who could double as a goalie

Put Madonna in your lineup

8 rolls, a starting six and a bench, 82 games. Can you go 82-0? Free, no account.