How about those Pro Hockey Writers?

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TSNBobMcKenzie: Ovechkin named 1st team all-star RW AND 2nd team all-star LW embarrassing. Some guys hard to label as L or R but not Ovie, not this year.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

He's that good.

 

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I can't wait until Ovie starts getting Norris and Vezina consideration...

 

[elocomotive]

OV named first team All-Star... AND second team All-Star

Ovechkin somehow made both the first and second team end-of-year All-Star teams.

He was voted as a right wing for the First Team and made the left wing spot for the Second Team. Hopefully this double-shifting will help him lose some weight.

It appears that the Professional Hockey Writers Association is not all that professional since many of them did not know the position of one of the games' highest profile players. From the Post...

As anyone who follows the Capitals even remotely knows, Ovechkin made a high-profile and well documented switch to right wing this season at the suggestion of Coach Adam Oates after playing the first seven years of his NHL career on the left side. Ovechkin played only four games at left wing during the lockout-shortened season.

You'd think the writers would have picked up on that. Oh well.

In all seriousness, Ovechkin becomes only the second player (after Messier) to be named to the First Team at two different positions.

 

[elocomotive]

Had to beat me by a minute there. You're true to your SN today, sir.

 

[esls79]

Yet these dipshits get to vote on the Hart, Selke, Calder. Lady Byng, congressional elections, american idol...

 

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In Soviet Russia, right wing is left wing...

 

[TiLoBrown]

And a certain someone trying to say Kovy is as good as OV...

 

[forty_three]

Yet these dipshits get to vote on the Hart, Selke, Calder. Lady Byng, congressional elections, american idol...

Next flavor of Jolly Ranchers.

 

[elocomotive]

In Soviet Russia, right wing is left wing...

To be fair, they are on the opposite side of the globe. So when we are both looking at the North Pole, our right IS their left.

 

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To be fair, they are on the opposite side of the globe. So when we are both looking at the North Pole, our right IS their left.

 

[sherbert1421]

here's the twitter account of one of the writers who voted ovehckin as LW

https://twitter.com/Dejan_Kovacevic

says that they were told to vote for positions as listed on nhl.com and that he didn't get the memo about ovechkin being counted as RW on the ballot until 2 days after he submitted his votes

 

[Jimmy_the_Tongue]

He is not human. He is a piece of iron.

 

[elocomotive]

He is not human. He is a piece of iron.

Russian machine never break, it just leave playoff early.

 

[Vadered]

He is not human. He is a piece of iron.

Ovechkin is out there. He can't be bargained with. He can't be reasoned with. He doesn't feel pity, remorse, or fear. And he absolutely will not stop, ever, until he's voted first team all-star at every position.

 

[puckhead]

How PHWA voting blunder nearly cost Taylor Hall $1 million - The Hockey News


I do like how the Canucks shitting the bed in the final game of the season cost Katz $2 million
wish I had know that at the time, I might have enjoyed the game a little bit