[blueandwhite]

Sidney Crosby topped All-Star voting for the second straight year.
He received 507,274 votes, nearly 200,000 more than anyone else in the East, and about 30,000 more than West leader Nicklas lidstrom.
Brodeur makes his 10th all star game appearance. markov makes his first.

The East:

Crosby, Lacavalier, and Alfredsson.
Andrei markov and Chara.
brodeur.

The West:

Iginla, Datsyuk and Zetterberg.
Phaneuf and Lidstrom.
Luongo.

not that this is ever a serious hockey game, but my $$'s on the west

[ThePundit]

Originally Posted by blueandwhite

Sidney Crosby topped All-Star voting for the second straight year.
He received 507,274 votes, nearly 200,000 more than anyone else in the East, and about 30,000 more than West leader Nicklas lidstrom.
Brodeur makes his 10th all star game appearance. markov makes his first.

The East:

Crosby, Lacavalier, and Alfredsson.
Andrei markov and Chara.
brodeur.

The West:

Iginla, Datsyuk and Zetterberg.
Phaneuf and Lidstrom.
Luongo.

not that this is ever a serious hockey game, but my $$'s on the west

I'd like to see the who the reserves are going to be. I think DiPietro has a shot.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by blueandwhite

Sidney Crosby topped All-Star voting for the second straight year.
He received 507,274 votes, nearly 200,000 more than anyone else in the East, and about 30,000 more than West leader Nicklas lidstrom.
Brodeur makes his 10th all star game appearance. markov makes his first.

The East:

Crosby, Lacavalier, and Alfredsson.
Andrei markov and Chara.
brodeur.

The West:

Iginla, Datsyuk and Zetterberg.
Phaneuf and Lidstrom.
Luongo.

not that this is ever a serious hockey game, but my $$'s on the west

GTG's Gotham is well represented...uhm...I mean the Red Wings...

[blueandwhite]

from canada.com:
2008 XM/NHL All-Star Fan Balloting, Presented by 2K Sports
FINAL RESULTS

Eastern Conference Goaltenders

Martin Brodeur New Jersey 220,392
Henrik Lundqvist NY Rangers 175,350
Cristobal Huet Montreal 170,215
Martin Biron Philadelphia 123,025
Ryan Miller Buffalo 90,146
Ray Emery Ottawa 56,293
Rick DiPietro NY Islanders 55,395
Cam Ward Carolina 42,753
Olaf Kolzig Washington 34,712
Tomas Vokoun Florida 28,029
Eastern Conference Forwards

Sidney Crosby Pittsburgh 507,274
Vincent Lecavalier Tampa Bay 224,661
Daniel Alfredsson Ottawa 224,483
Daniel Briere Philadelphia 188,740
Alex Ovechkin Washington 177,574
Ilya Kovalchuk Atlanta 173,629
Dany Heatley Ottawa 134,782
Saku Koivu Montreal 112,794
Maxim Afinogenov Buffalo 111,425
Chris Drury NY Rangers 92,337
Evgeni Malkin Pittsburgh 79,566
Mats Sundin Toronto 77,814
Jason Blake Toronto 72,905
Jaromir Jagr NY Rangers 72,646
Alex Kovalev * Montreal 67,340
Simon Gagne Philadelphia 63,074
Jason Spezza Ottawa 62,595
Marian Hossa Atlanta 58,991
Thomas Vanek Buffalo 56,936
Mike Richards * Philadelphia 55,145
Martin St. Louis Tampa Bay 47,798
Patrik Elias New Jersey 47,536
Brendan Shanahan NY Rangers 46,016
Vyacheslav Kozlov Atlanta 39,528
Eric Staal Carolina 35,179
Marc Savard Boston 27,870
Bill Guerin NY Islanders 27,097
Scott Gomez NY Rangers 26,936
Olli Jokinen Florida 25,959
Justin Williams Carolina 21,532
Brian Gionta New Jersey 20,752
Brad Richards Tampa Bay 15,458

* write-in candidate


Eastern Conference Defencemen

Andrei Markov Montreal 316,136
Zdeno Chara Boston 271,272
Brian Campbell Buffalo 205,332
Tomas Kaberle Toronto 193,634
Kimmo Timonen Philadelphia 156,471
Wade Redden Ottawa 150,284
Jay Bouwmeester Florida 140,058
Ryan Whitney Pittsburgh 138,655
Bryan McCabe Toronto 111,154
Dan Boyle Tampa Bay 106,203
Chris Phillips Ottawa 103,203
Henrik Tallinder Buffalo 86,070


Western Conference Goaltenders

Roberto Luongo Vancouver 263,221
Pascal Leclaire Columbus 180,381
Dominik Hasek Detroit 119,465
J-S Giguere Anaheim 102,051
Miikka Kiprusoff Calgary 84,416
Niklas Backstrom Minnesota 79,727
Evgeni Nabokov San Jose 58,434
Nikolai Khabibulin Chicago 53,217
Marty Turco Dallas 47,680

Western Conference Forwards

Henrik Zetterberg Detroit 326,244
Pavel Datsyuk Detroit 303,309
Jarome Iginla Calgary 244,538
Mike Cammalleri Los Angeles 165,042
Joe Sakic Colorado 162,489
Joe Thornton San Jose 147,795
Jonathan Cheechoo San Jose 143,375
Marian Gaborik Minnesota 139,828
Ryan Getzlaf Anaheim 132,180
Jason Arnott Nashville 127,288
Rick Nash Columbus 118,240
Paul Stastny Colorado 113,928
Mike Modano Dallas 98,086
Paul Kariya St. Louis 76,703
Shane Doan Phoenix 75,595
Anze Kopitar Los Angeles 64,856
Markus Naslund Vancouver 54,788
Ryan Smyth Colorado 50,222
Ales Hemsky Edmonton 49,680
Henrik Sedin Vancouver 47,797
Daniel Sedin Vancouver 46,795
Martin Havlat Chicago 46,321
Milan Hejduk Colorado 42,255
Andy McDonald St. Louis 35,196
Keith Tkachuk St. Louis 32,576
Patrick Marleau San Jose 31,268
Brian Rolston Minnesota 27,423
Daymond Langkow Calgary 26,157
Brenden Morrow Dallas 23,991
Patrick Kane * Chicago 18,589
David Legwand Nashville 13,881

* write-in candidate


Western Conference Defencemen

Nicklas Lidstrom Detroit 477,787
Dion Phaneuf Calgary 307,358
Chris Pronger Anaheim 206,590
Rob Blake Los Angeles 177,113
Francois Beauchemin Anaheim 151,746
Brian Rafalski Detroit 139,492
Sergei Zubov Dallas 101,585
Sheldon Souray Edmonton 97,539
Scott Hannan Colorado 96,621
Ed Jovanovski Phoenix 91,644
Mattias Ohlund Vancouver 88,579
Lubomir Visnovsky Los Angeles 53,250
Robyn Regehr Calgary 37,022

[blueandwhite]

Hey Luongo's skipping the game - his wife is pregnant and still in Florida and he wants to be with her over the break.
A guy after my own heart.
he's also been given permission to stay there into the first game back as well.
Next goalie up is leclaire but he is unwell - will he be ok by then?
After that, third place went to some dude named hasek.

[Phils20]

Pretty good results for Kovalev and Richards, for write in votes!

I might watch. I'm not real big on the NFL and NHL all star games. It's hard to play games based on Physical play with a bunch of players just trying to not get hurt!

Now the skills competion is something else! I never miss that!!!!

[blueandwhite]

I totally agree-the skills stuff is great, the game is a waste of time.

[ThePundit]

They interviewed Milbury the other night about whether he was sorry he traded Luongo.

He said that he felt in that draft, there wasn't a lot of offensive talent so they traded him to get Kvasha and Parrish and then drafted DP.

No offensive talent? Did he ever hear of a guy named Dany Heatley?

Every time I think about that draft, it still makes me sick.

[blueandwhite]

aren't you pleased with Rick 15-year, gazillion dollars contract DiPietro?

[Seahawker 562]

Getzlaf should be higher up there

[blueandwhite]

Turns out, Osgood is an all star.
He was just named to the NHL Western Conference All-Star squad. the Red wings dominate.
The game is in Atlanta this year.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by blueandwhite

Turns out, Osgood is an all star.
He was just named to the NHL Western Conference All-Star squad. the Red wings dominate.
The game is in Atlanta this year.

So wait, does that mean Detroit's sending both goalies to the All-Star Game?

[blueandwhite]

I'm not sure I get it but the goalie team for the western conference is:
legace, nabokov, and Osgood.
Yeah the vting I posted has the top three after Luongo as Leclaire hasek and Giguere so I'm not sure.
Defense is Lidstrom, Phaneuf, Jovanonski, Duncan keith, pronger and Zubov.
Forwards are Zetterburg, Datsyuk, Iginla, Arnott, gaborik, Getzlaf, Horcoff, Anze Kopitar, Nash, henrik Sedin, Paul Statsny and Thornton.

I'm still searching for the official Eastern Conference roster.
maybe alot of the players say, No thanks.

[blueandwhite]

Got it.
Eastern Conference all-stars:

brodeur, DiPietro and Vokoun.
markov, chara, brian Campbell, Gonchar, Kaberle and Kimmo Timonen.
Crosby, Lecavalier, Alfredsson, Gomez, Heatley, Hossa, Kovalchuck, Ovechkin, Mike Richards (I think he was a write-in), Eric Staal, Spezza and St. Louis.

[blueandwhite]

Just one note - Kaberle does not deserve this honour.