Ovechkin, Green Named All-Stars
Congratulations to Alex Ovechkin and Mike Green, who have been selected for the 2011 All Star Game. Full rosters are here.
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Pens fans love voting for all-stars. Yikes.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 11, 2011 11:33 AM EST reply actions
Umm…yes he has, or at least there could be worse choices.
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by red army line on Jan 11, 2011 9:22 PM EST up reply actions
any reason Carlson isn’t on the rookie team?
But still.. where did the lighter fluid come from?
by Ridley me this on Jan 11, 2011 11:36 AM EST reply actions
Because he murdered the dreams of Canadian youth?
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by can't skate on Jan 11, 2011 11:38 AM EST via mobile up reply actions 4 recs
Too many guys, not enough spots. I’m sure he’ll be there as a real All Star soon enough
If anyone needs me, I'll be at Kettler.
It’s hard not to call bullshit when all of the D are both Western Conference and also less impressive statistically than RAHJC.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 11, 2011 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
I’d put RAHJC in the regular game over Dan Boyle, that’s for doggone sure.
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by Chris Burton on Jan 11, 2011 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
At least Green will get a chance to steal ice time away from him this time!
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 11, 2011 11:48 AM EST up reply actions
I will never forget nor forgive Boyle’s Olympic slew foot.
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by can't skate on Jan 11, 2011 11:54 AM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Wrong, Couture is representing SJ too
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jan 11, 2011 11:59 AM EST up reply actions
The rookies only participate in the Skills Competition and for that part of the festivities, every team needs to be represented.
by JimCareyFanClub on Jan 11, 2011 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
My guess is that it has to do with the fact that four teams got rookies only - no All-Stars – so that limited the number of available rookie spots.
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I don’t see how Ekman-Larsson had any chance of getting on this roster. Most fans have no idea who he is, and I’m pretty sure he either spent as a healthy scratch or in the AHL. I thought Subban and/or Carlson were givens for this.
Does every team have to be represented? If that is the case, I would have thought Doan would get the nod ahead of him.
Yes, but that would require bumping a “real” All-Star. This way, they can appease PHX (sorta) without screwing a deserving All-Star.
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Well they could just bump Hemsky off the team and then they won’t have to worry about screwing a deserving player.
Release the Mackan!
by Killer_Carlson on Jan 11, 2011 12:00 PM EST up reply actions
BURNNNNNN
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 11, 2011 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
The Oilers already have Eberle and Hall in as rookies, so they didn’t need to put Hemsky or Whitney in the game. Whitney would be more deserving, but he still sucks.
Release the Mackan!
by Killer_Carlson on Jan 11, 2011 5:30 PM EST up reply actions
So now when are the actual teams picked, or have they been, already?
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 11, 2011 11:40 AM EST reply actions
I think they have.. said somewhere that the Sedins are playing against each other for the first time
They’re being picked on the 30th on Versus, I think?
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by Chris Burton on Jan 11, 2011 11:41 AM EST up reply actions
They should be allowed an off-the-board pick of players not in the 36, just for funsies.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 11, 2011 11:47 AM EST up reply actions
That owuld be so much better. Let the league pick two captains and have them pick from the whole league. Imagine the rivalries between players and teams that would create.
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The whole league doesn’t deserve to be there. That said, that might be A. Gordon’s best chance to ever get into the NHL All-Star game!
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 11, 2011 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
Ovechkin was making it if he had 5 goals this year.
Everyone looks at Green and sees scoring, but I know that his defense this year combined with any scoring would have gotten him there this season (were he looked at as a normal defenseman like everyone else, which he isn’t).
Backstrom is having a down year in points.. whatever. Semin should have been there had he not gone invisible the last month+.
Only one I’m irked about is Carlson. For some reason there’s 9 forwards and 3 defenseman (3:1 vs the 2:1 split of the regular all stars). I’m glad Dadonov earned a spot. He’s 3-7-10 in 14 GP. For anyone curious, Perreault 5-3-8 in 15 GP and I wouldn’t even consider him for this rookie nonsense.
Too bad voting didn’t end November 30.
Sincerely,
A. Semin
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
Too bad I couldn’t be re-signed before January 1.
Sincerely,
A. Semin
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by J.P. on Jan 11, 2011 11:47 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Too bad I couldn’t be re-signed before January 1.
Sincerely,
A. Semin
Goes double for me.
Regards,
A. Semin’s Agent
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Jan 11, 2011 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
Actually, it’s probably only his agent that cares. More likely:
Eh, whatever.
Sincerely,
A. Semin
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by J.P. on Jan 11, 2011 11:56 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
My agent also had a long-term deal in place for Alexander Semin.
Sincerely,
E. Belanger
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by Bonzai!!! on Jan 11, 2011 12:07 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Eh, все, что угодновсе, что угодно.
Задушевно,
A. Semin
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by DrinkingPartner on Jan 11, 2011 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
In a word....
говнюк.
"I tried to capture the spirit of the thing"
by tuvanhillbilly on Jan 11, 2011 1:40 PM EST up reply actions
Goes double for me.
Regards,
A. Semin’s Agent
What? You only get 10%
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 11, 2011 1:46 PM EST up reply actions
Oh Sasha, 10% of a new 12M contract is double the 10% I earned on your current 1 year $6M contract. How’s about you worry about scoring goals and I worry about the math. Would also be nice if you had some personality so I could have had you in the ceiling instead of Varly. MIght have led to some endorsement deals.
Respectfully,
Your Agent Who needs a new Mercedes
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Jan 11, 2011 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
not shocking
Really is there at this point anyone else worry on our roster?
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by can't skate on Jan 11, 2011 11:53 AM EST via mobile reply actions
………..come again?…….
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 11, 2011 11:54 AM EST up reply actions
No gym for home, work out floor with 30, but is it for 20 like 30 lb when you no lift it to be for men, for 30 lbs instead? or half is 10 for 20 pounds?
by TFG on Jan 11, 2011 11:55 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I meant worthy
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by can't skate on Jan 11, 2011 11:57 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Congratulations Ovechkin and Green! You won a trip to Carolina and some new Bridgestone tires!
The stars, as now, were waning overhead // Listen! Again the shrill-lipped bugles blow // Where the swift currents of the river flow // Past Fredericksburg; far off the heavens are red
Also, every contestant gets a copy of the home version of the All Star Game, and Rice-a-Roni… the San Francisco Treat!
Gads, I am so depressed I remember this.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 11, 2011 1:48 PM EST up reply actions
I’ll post first, read second. Congrats to Green, who deserved this the past two seasons as well. It’s about time!
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So why does everyone think Green got in this year and not in years past?
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
Green has been a Norris candidate the past 2 years, but nothing really odd about why not an all-star.
2 years ago, in his 30 goal season, he put up most of those points in the second half of the year, after voting ended (he had 10 goals at this time of year).
Last year, the Olympics were held instead on an all-star game. He likely would have made that team if it was played.
In the 30 goal year they had the Habs voting thing, and all starters were PIT/MTL/ANA/DET IIRC.
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by red army line on Jan 11, 2011 9:24 PM EST up reply actions
That will give him more time to count the money he is stealing from the Devils earning…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 11, 2011 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
Glad to see Green finally getting some recognition for his play the past 2 1/2 years. Ovechkin is a no-brainer. Sure he’s not having an Ovechkin year, but he’s still 11th in scoring in the NHL, leading the Caps, and he would be leading 22 other teams in scoring as well.
Part of the All-Star game is recognize players having a good year this year, and part of it is to recognize greatness over a player’s entire career. The NHL made some good choices this year. Now the fun begins as the players vote for captains and alternates…
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he would be leading 22 other teams in scoring as well
jesus, we’re spoiled. “AHHHHH! Ovie’s having a bad season!” Oh, he’d only be leading 22 other teams. Perspective, I like it. Thanks, Mike.
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I guess 100 points and 30 goals in a season doesn’t qualify as all star when your making another all stars job that much easier
Bruce Boudreau when asked about Brooks Laich's return to the lineup, he said: "He just adds another dimension to our team. If it was puzzle, he just fits that thing. He completes us."
Brooks Laich completing everything from teams to tires and everything in between.
that’s what happens when you let fans vote. Pens fans are nothing if not obsessed about voting their guys in year after year.
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No one voted for rookies though right? Because Carlson should be the only rookie pressing Logan couture Or that guy from Carolina for Calder
Bruce Boudreau when asked about Brooks Laich's return to the lineup, he said: "He just adds another dimension to our team. If it was puzzle, he just fits that thing. He completes us."
Brooks Laich completing everything from teams to tires and everything in between.
right, rookies were selected like the rest of the all-star team is selected: by NHL Ops.
BUT, the NHL decided that rookie reps could count towards every team being represented. So we ended up with some rookies who probably aren’t the top rookies being named so their teams would have a rep, rather than “wasting” a spot on the actual All-Star roster with a “every team has to have one representative so you’re the pity selection” player.
there’s good and bad to it.
Still, I think they should scrap the fan vote entirely. it’s such a joke. It’s a bigger joke than MLB all-star voting (and I will happily admit to being an old school ballot box stuffer. I love punching out those little chads and trying to vote in every single National).
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NFL is some combination of fan and player vote I think. That would alleviate the ballot stuffing effect.
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I’m wavering on Malkin, but I sure as hell don’t think he’s the third best forward in hockey, which is where the fans voted him.
Every year, there’s people, either voted by fans or selected by hockey ops so every team is represented, who don’t deserve to be there. Heck, I’m not even sure Mike Green deserves to be there this season. That’s a bit of a make-up pick, imo.
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All-Star games should be about who the fans want to see, the best players in the league, regardless of how they’re doing.
I think Kovalchuk would’ve been great in the game. Same with Semin and Backstrom. Because they would’ve made it more entertaining to watch.
I think we have very different ideas of what the all-star game should be.
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fleury and duncan keith both.
keith has two more points than doughty (despite doughty missing ~2 weeks with a concussion). doughty didn’t make the cut at all, nonetheless as a starter.
by Natty Bumppo on Jan 11, 2011 7:02 PM EST up reply actions
Katie has some reactions up from Ovie and Green on CI.
“I hope I’m going to stay on the same team as Greenie, because I don’t want to hit him hard,” Ovechkin said with a laugh after Washington’s morning skate at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla.
“There’s no hitting in the All-Star game,” Green quickly replied.
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i’m a little bit surprised OV made it.
has he really been one of the best players in the league this year?
eh. Although he’s still 12th in scoring.
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yes
Leads the caps in points. Has huge hits numbers. Probably up there in shots leaguewide. And one of the most marketable and recognizable faces in the game.
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by can't skate on Jan 11, 2011 4:12 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
5 goalies from the east
That was a surprise.
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