Game Day Open Thread: West All-Stars @ East All-Stars

by J.P. on Jan 25, 2009 5:00 PM EST

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West All-Stars
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Sunday, Jan 25, 2009, 6:00 PM EST

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Tonight's probable netminders (* denotes starter):

	GP	MIN	W	L	T	EGA	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
2008 - Carey Price*	27	1610	16	5	5	2	63	2.35	778	715	.919	1

	GP	MIN	W	L	T	EGA	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
2008 - Henrik Lundqvist	40	2374	24	13	3	2	100	2.53	1159	1059	.914	2

	GP	MIN	W	L	T	EGA	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
2008 - Tim Thomas	29	1751	20	5	4	1	61	2.09	918	857	.934	3

	GP	MIN	W	L	T	EGA	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
2008 - Jean-Sebastien Giguere*	31	1694	12	12	4	2	87	3.08	902	815	.904	2

	GP	MIN	W	L	T	EGA	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
2008 - Niklas Backstrom	39	2272	22	15	2	3	84	2.22	1138	1054	.926	5

	GP	MIN	W	L	T	EGA	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
2008 - Roberto Luongo	22	1264	11	6	4	1	50	2.37	629	579	.921	5

Have at it, people.

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Good evening, all

Everyone suitably juiced on NoDoz for this one?

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by Donny Rivette on Jan 25, 2009 5:15 PM EST reply actions

Ovy to get the East started in scoring :)

by capsfan4life on Jan 25, 2009 6:43 PM EST reply actions

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by J.P. on Jan 25, 2009 7:03 PM EST up reply actions

Yawn x 100

Nice pass by Ovi

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by J.P. on Jan 25, 2009 7:05 PM EST reply actions

Itchy with it. . . itchy with it

I am starting to get a bit creeped out by all the rah rah Quebecois jingoism. Sure times is tough all over, but a standing ovation – in Montreal – for Vinny Lacavalier? Gimme a break. I dunno. Maybe it’s just me being overly . . . . itchy.

by Uncle C on Jan 25, 2009 7:06 PM EST reply actions

I think they’re drinking the “Vinny to Montreal” trade rumor Kool-Aid.

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by J.P. on Jan 25, 2009 7:08 PM EST up reply actions

I think people don’t understand the Quebecois grabbing of each other. I have a Quebecois great grandmother, and I used that to support the Canadiens when the Caps were down and out (not hardcore, but just as my “Second Team”). They are still my second team, kind of, and I would likely be a Habs fan first had I not discovered the Caps before them. (Silly reasoning, I know.)

Football's boring. Get over it.

by Whiter Mage on Jan 26, 2009 12:58 AM EST up reply actions

I think people don’t understand the Quebecois grabbing of each other.

grabbing?

That’s not precisely what I was talking about. But. Ummm. Never mind.

by Uncle C on Jan 26, 2009 9:23 AM EST up reply actions

Adding to the boredom...

…Bouwmeester’s only other point in an ASG came in his first appearance in 2007: an assist on a Staal goal. Same as now.

Resume your collective nap.

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by Donny Rivette on Jan 25, 2009 7:09 PM EST reply actions

Even the sweaters are especially bad this year.

by CapitalCentre on Jan 25, 2009 7:21 PM EST reply actions

These sweaters are better than most from the past, to be honest.

Football's boring. Get over it.

by Whiter Mage on Jan 26, 2009 12:58 AM EST up reply actions

Agreed

I was actually thinking of getting one, as my Caps sweater is apparently a jersey foul. Plus, they’re red!

by Scott in Shaw on Jan 26, 2009 11:58 AM EST up reply actions

This weekend I watched the 1980 ASG, the 1983, and the 1993, and none of them seemed any more “exciting” than any of the more recent games. There was definately a lot more hitting in the 80’s games, but scoring wasn’t as high. Why is everyone so down on the mid-season event?

by capsfan4life on Jan 25, 2009 7:29 PM EST reply actions

Wow!

You just watched 4 All-Star games this weekend. That’s a whole lot of dangle.

Your favorite meme is dead

by Edanger6 on Jan 26, 2009 4:01 AM EST up reply actions

My non-hockey-fan roommate just mentioned this game is like watching hockey in slow-motion. Couldn’t help but agree.

Granted, it’s easy to beat up on the thing (the league makes it soooo easy) but there’s really nothing redeeming about it, minus an Ovie or, well, an Ovie.

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by Donny Rivette on Jan 25, 2009 7:41 PM EST reply actions

Come on, you have to admit this game has gotten significantly more interesting as it’s gone on!

You know, I also don’t get why everyone is so anti-ASG, especially since it features some of the best passing plays and biggest smiles. It seems in style to bash it because it’s not “real” hockey but I think every now and then it can be fun to watch wide open, skilled hockey.

And who has the odds of Ovie scoring a shootout goal against Luongo of all people? Grr. ;)

by Becca H on Jan 25, 2009 9:06 PM EST reply actions

Dear Alex:

Please do that when it matters. Thanks.

xoxo,

All of us

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by J.P. on Jan 25, 2009 9:16 PM EST reply actions

a backhand no less

by bigonetimer on Jan 25, 2009 9:28 PM EST up reply actions

Ovi might have been the most comfortable guy out there – playing in an All-Star Game is just like playing on a line with Backstrom and Semin: ridiculous amounts of skill and over-passing.

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by J.P. on Jan 25, 2009 9:46 PM EST reply actions

cool, a penalty, and a shootout

by sergey606 on Jan 25, 2009 9:54 PM EST reply actions

White gloves

Something about the West’s white gloves looks…well…not right.

by hotdog88gt on Jan 25, 2009 11:40 PM EST reply actions

Berry Melrose just said “…the Caps have a great young scoring defenceman by the name of Mike Smith.”

ugh

"Simply Sensational!"

by Simply Sensational on Jan 26, 2009 1:25 AM EST reply actions

hahahaha

Mike Smith…yup, good ol’ mike smith, i think he’s on my fantasy team…wait no…that’s Mike Green, but Mike Smith is a killer (with the puck).

by sergey606 on Jan 26, 2009 2:05 AM EST up reply actions

He also called us the team to watch in the second half of the season.

Do you take the good with the bad?

Football's boring. Get over it.

by Whiter Mage on Jan 26, 2009 2:49 AM EST up reply actions

Barry’s still got his Tampa goalie on the brain, it seems.

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by J.P. on Jan 26, 2009 7:38 AM EST up reply actions

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