NHL All-Star Rosters/Fan Fest Weekend/Game thread

[Cobiemonster]

2015 NHL All-Star selections highlighted by three Columbus Blue Jackets - 2015 NHL All-Star Weekend

 

[KennyBanyeah]

LOL @ 5 Hawks and Zemgus Girgensons as the 6 fan voted players.

 

[forty_three]

Just waiting until I see the Fo-LEEN-O jerseys on the rack.


Voracek and Nash coming back too. That's good to see.

 

[forty_three]

And no Jeff Carter. That is also good.

 

[elocomotive]

LOL @ 5 Hawks and Zemgus Girgensons as the 6 fan voted players.

They have to stop this completely retarded unlimited online voting policy. It's been bad for years.

 

[forty_three]

They have to stop this completely retarded unlimited online voting policy. It's been bad for years.

All six that I voted for made it. Granted none of them on votes...
Joey - Foligno - Nash
Suter - Giordano
Bob


Who was the guy they tried to stuff the box for a few years ago? The league didn't let him in. Can't remember who exactly it was. They don't have to let that keep happening. I mean Girgensons? I know they want one from every team, but he's not who should be going for Buffalo.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

All six that I voted for made it. Granted none of them on votes...
Joey - Foligno - Nash
Suter - Giordano
Bob


Who was the guy they tried to stuff the box for a few years ago? The league didn't let him in. Can't remember who exactly it was. They don't have to let that keep happening. I mean Girgensons? I know they want one from every team, but he's not who should be going for Buffalo.

Rory something... can''t remember his bloody name right now.

That was a BEAUT.

Fitzpatrick??

 

[forty_three]

Rory something... can''t remember his bloody name right now.

That was a BEAUT.

Fitzpatrick??

That's the one.

I remembered that right, didn't I? He didn't play, right?

 

[elocomotive]

Who was the guy they tried to stuff the box for a few days ago?

Zemgus Girgensons


I remember when Fleury and the Pens starting 5 made were all six back a few years ago, too.

 

[scoutyjones2]

Why the hell is Skid Crosby on the team? Do these people even watch the games

 

[mooger_35]

I really wish Rory got to play…

 

[esls79]

Tanner Pearson broke his ankle last night and Jimmy Howard was carted off.

 

[elocomotive]

So who got snubbed?

I'm pretty surprised that Nick Backstrom didn't make the squad.

 

[DragonfromTO]

All six that I voted for made it. Granted none of them on votes...
Joey - Foligno - Nash
Suter - Giordano
Bob


Who was the guy they tried to stuff the box for a few years ago? The league didn't let him in. Can't remember who exactly it was. They don't have to let that keep happening. I mean Girgensons? I know they want one from every team, but he's not who should be going for Buffalo.

He'd be one of the guys I'd be looking at for sure. Who is there that's an obviously superior choice?

 

[Mandoli]

They have to stop this completely retarded unlimited online voting policy. It's been bad for years.

I agree with this point. I don't get why they half-ass this idea. Does either NBA or MLB do it differently? I know that you were able to vote on NBA All-Stars in the past, and I remember in-park ballots for MLB. I don't know if either sport changed their voting policies.

Back on track, though...

I know that in past years, NHL allowed people to vote for players through texts. I believe that it was ten texts per number. Not per day, but total. They didn't even let people vote that way this year, which is ridiculous. If there was one thing that they got right, it was that particular method.

 

[puckhead]

That's the one.

I remembered that right, didn't I? He didn't play, right?

He was hundreds of thousands of votes ahead going into the final week, and the NHL basically fixed the voting to exclude him.
Here's a look of how it was statistically impossible for him not to have been a top vote getter:
The NHL's All-Star voting disaster: a Slate investigation.

 

[anotheridiot]

I agree with this point. I don't get why they half-ass this idea. Does either NBA or MLB do it differently? I know that you were able to vote on NBA All-Stars in the past, and I remember in-park ballots for MLB. I don't know if either sport changed their voting policies.

Back on track, though...

I know that in past years, NHL allowed people to vote for players through texts. I believe that it was ten texts per number. Not per day, but total. They didn't even let people vote that way this year, which is ridiculous. If there was one thing that they got right, it was that particular method.

cant really blame the nhl though, more votes, hits make them feel more popular.

 

[pixburgher66]

Why the hell is Skid Crosby on the team? Do these people even watch the games

You realize, even though he's in one of the toughest stretches of his career, he's still top 10 in league scoring? Tied for 8th...ahead of plenty of big names.

 

[forty_three]

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He'd be one of the guys I'd be looking at for sure. Who is there that's an obviously superior choice?

I didn't realize where he was on the team in scoring. I was thinking Moulson or Ennis.

 

[elocomotive]

Backstrom, Subban, and JVR - those are my snubs, in that order.