2008-2009 All Star Thread

[RiSeOnFiRe 0]

but it really serves no purpose at all anymore. Other than making some money for the league and being a big party for the corporate sponsors of course.

The game or the voting? I mean, im sure its always a blast for the young players.

[RadioGaGa 162]

Crosby has overtaken the Habs forwards. And, have you seen the "smear" ads that Kane & Toews did against each other? I think they are posted on the Hawks site. TSN showed them. They are on YouTube too. Search for:

"kane toews all star"

...very funny

[troy 12]

On an All Star related note, when are the YoungStars rosters announced?

[RadioGaGa 162]

On an All Star related note, when are the YoungStars rosters announced?

Usually the week before if I recall right

[RadioGaGa 162]

A Pens fans stole the script Habs fans had been using and edited it for Pens votes. Apparently.

[Penguinsfanatic 0]

Crosby has overtaken the Habs forwards. And, have you seen the "smear" ads that Kane & Toews did against each other? I think they are posted on the Hawks site. TSN showed them. They are on YouTube too. Search for:

"kane toews all star"

...very funny

dude hilarious....i wonder how they kept a straight face sayin I'm Patrick Kane or I'm Jonathan Toews and I approve this message

[RadioGaGa 162]

Crosby has overtaken the Habs forwards. And, have you seen the "smear" ads that Kane & Toews did against each other? I think they are posted on the Hawks site. TSN showed them. They are on YouTube too. Search for:

"kane toews all star"

...very funny

dude hilarious....i wonder how they kept a straight face sayin I'm Patrick Kane or I'm Jonathan Toews and I approve this message

They probably got those shots first...before they had seen the funny stuff.

[troy 12]

A Pens fans stole the script Habs fans had been using and edited it for Pens votes. Apparently.

Hahaha, no wonder I've been seeing stories in my NHL RSS feed about Crosby and Malkin beginning to overtake some Habs.

[chippa13 1844]

Crosby has overtaken the Habs forwards. And, have you seen the "smear" ads that Kane & Toews did against each other? I think they are posted on the Hawks site. TSN showed them. They are on YouTube too. Search for:

"kane toews all star"

...very funny

Sidenote: The ad for the Winter Classic is a great ad.

Shout out to B's fans: I've been down on the guy in the past but Tim Thomas deserves those votes. Let's get him in there. The top stopper in the East shouldn't have to hope for a coach's selection.

[Larry54 243]

A Pens fans stole the script Habs fans had been using and edited it for Pens votes. Apparently.

In addition to that, some montreal newspaper reporters got some computer hackers to modify the script to add a certain number of votes to Crosby and Malkin to see if the league would subtract those votes from the tally the way it did for the Habs. The league didn't. I guess there's a double standard for Crosby. Or maybe the league doesn't have the control over the voting that they claim.

[dsjunior1388 81]

I think its time to go back to paper ballots. 4 teams? just 4? and come on, anaheim isnt even doing that great. No red wings, bruins, or sharks? how is that possible. This is an embarrassment to the NHL. It should be:

West

Datsyuk

Thornton

Getzlaf

Lidstrom

Niedermayer

Nabokov

East

Malkin

Ovechkin

Carter

Chara

Komisarek(give the Homers 1 not 4)

Thomas

[RadioGaGa 162]

If you are only going to allow 1 of the Haba....it's gotta be Markov. He's Top 5 in D scoring...was a AS last year. I don't even think Komisarek should be on a ballot.

[chippa13 1844]

Agreed, Markov is the only Hab that deserves to be there.

[RadioGaGa 162]

Komi was funny though, when they told him he made the starting lineup...he says:

"I got a memo from the League that said there's no hitting in the ASG...so I guess I'll have to figure out something else..."

[JR Boucicaut 3797]

And that is why I have never participated in a fan ballot.

[Chadd 916]

And that is why I have never participated in a fan ballot.

Very few people do, that's why deserving people always seem to get left off the list. Well, that and the fact that very few people really seem to respect people on other teams.

[Steve_v3 289]

I think a problem has to be with the home teams advertising to vote for the players from there home team. On NESN after the ballot was released they ran promos asking fans to vote for Chara, Savard, and Bergeron. I think you could make a case for Savard starting but certainly not Chara or Bergeron. Chara should be on the team but not as a starter.

[jrhky36 1]

Komi was funny though, when they told him he made the starting lineup...he says:

"I got a memo from the League that said there's no hitting in the ASG...so I guess I'll have to figure out something else..."

too bad roenick never followed that "rule"

[RadioGaGa 162]

Komi was funny though, when they told him he made the starting lineup...he says:

"I got a memo from the League that said there's no hitting in the ASG...so I guess I'll have to figure out something else..."

too roenick never followed that "rule"

In an interview between period on RDS he said he'd try to block a couple shots early and throw a hit or 2 to try to win the car *L*

[sitzlejd 0]

I wrote in Steve Mason. He doesn't have a snowball's chance but I had to show some love.

[chippa13 1844]

Komi was funny though, when they told him he made the starting lineup...he says:

"I got a memo from the League that said there's no hitting in the ASG...so I guess I'll have to figure out something else..."

too bad roenick never followed that "rule"

The Roenick All Star Game check was a tradition. I'm still waiting for a couple power forwards to decide to up the ante and add a good natured scrap to the game.

[Chadd 916]

Komi was funny though, when they told him he made the starting lineup...he says:

"I got a memo from the League that said there's no hitting in the ASG...so I guess I'll have to figure out something else..."

too bad roenick never followed that "rule"

The Roenick All Star Game check was a tradition. I'm still waiting for a couple power forwards to decide to up the ante and add a good natured scrap to the game.

The people who fight for fun have to pay to get in to the all star game.

[chippa13 1844]

You just know that Shanny and Tkachuk would have loved to add a scrap to the game.

[interpathway 9]

I wrote in Steve Mason. He doesn't have a snowball's chance but I had to show some love.

Calder maybe...AS....not yet! Key word being "yet".

[pantherfan 0]

It's all a shit show anyway I don't see why the players don't just totally go for the entertainment value and have a huge bench brawl followed the D flipping their sticks so we can see some decent dangles and a big case of slew footing all round followed by Semin playing percussion in between periods.