All-Star Ballot Snubs

[elocomotive]

Who ya got?

Alex Semin, Brandon Dubinsky, Chris Stewart, and Patrick Sharp are all in the top 10 for goals scored this year. But that didn't help them get on a ballot of more than 50 NHL forwards.

18 goalies on the ballot - Fleury and his .860 save percentage are on the ballot, while Bobo and Neuvirth get snubbed.

Why wait until November to do the ballot if its just going to be a list based on achievement in the previous season(s)?

Here's the list:
NHL opens All-Star Fan Balloting November 15 - 2011 NHL All-Star Game - Presented by Discover.

It's more than a little ridiculous.

 

[GagneFire12]

I think Claude Giroux qualifies as a snub.

 

[sbb122]

If we are using this season only Kris Letang deserves to be on the ballot over a few of the defensemen that are on there.

 

[naslundfan19]

Just this season? Raffi Torres, anybody?

 

[pixburgher66]

It seems like this ballot is set up on last year not this year...some of those names were great last year but pedestrian this year.

 

[GagneFire12]

It seems like this ballot is set up on last year not this year...some of those names were great last year but pedestrian this year.

Definitely. It shouldn't be surprising, though. That is essentially how the ballot has been built for years.

If the prerequisites were solid play this season, the IR would be Mark Streit's only list.

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

15 games does not an all star make

 

[elocomotive]

True, Biz. But the voting only starts next week and continues for a long time.

And there are definitely some snubs even when you include last season. Alex Semin finished 13th in points and 7th in goals last year despite missing 9 games. He was also in the top 20 in points two seasons ago. He's in the top 5 in points right now. How does a guy like that not make the BALLOT out of 50 forwards?

 

[PhillyPhaithful48]

Claude Jroo and Dubinsky

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

True, Biz. But the voting only starts next week and continues for a long time.

And there are definitely some snubs even when you include last season. Alex Semin finished 13th in points and 7th in goals last year despite missing 9 games. He was also in the top 20 in points two seasons ago. He's in the top 5 in points right now. How does a guy like that not make the BALLOT out of 50 forwards?

Oh.. I agree on Semin now... I do think that is kind of a snub based on past 12moth performance...
Maybe they had an unofficial cap for each team, who knows (guess... haven't even seen the ballot yet)

But the guys that always come up in these threads as "snub" based on a hot start? Meh... half the time those guys fall back by the ASG anyway and by then no one even remembers of cares about the early season "snub".

 

[Automattic]

No Jakub Voracek? This list sucks.

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

oh yeah... my bad..
I totally forgot...

WHAT?!?!?!?

Where the hell is Jeff Skinner!?!?!?
He has more points than half the names on that list.
Fraud list!
Monster snub!

 

[Automattic]

oh yeah... my bad..
I totally forgot...

WHAT?!?!?!?

Where the hell is Jeff Skinner!?!?!?
He has more points than half the names on that list.
Fraud list!
Monster snub!

Never heard of him. Does he play in the CFL?

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

Never heard of him. Does he play in the CFL?

Please, well all know that is a figment of puckhead and dash's imaginations. There's no actual football in Canada.

 

[elocomotive]

Please, well all know that is a figment of puckhead and dash's imaginations. There's no actual football in Canada.

Lock your doors! Doug Flutie is heading to your house as we speak!!!

 

[Darkstone42]

Voting should only last for the month directly preceding the All-Star game. Right now, it's not possible to make a proper judgment. But if we're going on performance so far this season, I'm with Pix on Letang, as well as with eloco on Semin. Both are top 5 in points in their respective positions, and have definitely contributed massively to their teams. Personally, I think Letang's been the third best Penguin skater this year, behind Crosby and Martin, respectively, and the race with Martin is pretty darned close.

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

Lock your doors! Doug Flutie is heading to your house as we speak!!!

doors locked.

doggie door may be a problem though...





get it?
he's little?
ha!
I slay me...

 

[h X c Chris]

Anybody on the Flyers that is on the list instead of Giroux should immediately write the NHL to have their names replaced.

 

[elocomotive]

doors locked.

doggie door may be a problem though...

Hahaha!

Small, but tenacious.

 

[Automattic]

doors locked.

doggie door may be a problem though...





get it?
he's little?
ha!
I slay me...

He's not a Boston Terrier....he's an eagle.