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Post by gsguy on Dec 21, 2006 18:35:11 GMT -5
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Post by Tyfo on Dec 21, 2006 18:37:49 GMT -5
Great, Dallas finally gets some kind of All Star Game and we are gonna get a joke player. Yay!  |
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Dec 21, 2006 18:49:09 GMT -5
eh... Rory used to be the captain here in Sudbury when he was in junior, and it's actually not that bad. I mean it's a friggin All-star game, not like it's something important by which the league should be judged or anything.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Dec 21, 2006 19:30:14 GMT -5
Yeah, except the All-Star game 100% voted on as by the fans......so, uh, it's the fans, not the NHL. And I voted for Rory as well.
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Post by shemmy86 on Dec 21, 2006 19:51:07 GMT -5
It could be worse, you could have the All-star game determine home field advantage in the World Series[/WTF]
If anything, All-Star games should be done away with, they usually are dull and pointless.
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Post by DukeDavis on Dec 21, 2006 20:05:38 GMT -5
I don't think it's a joke so much as a statement. While he's obviously not a star by any stretch, he's a good role player who does a lot of intangible hustle things on the ice. And a lot of hustle players don't have stats to back up what they actually get done. Every team has that one guy whom the fans love, even if he doesn't show up on the statsheet. Fitzpatrick represents that guy and him getting elected is a little bit of a sign of appreciation for the blue-collar guys in the league.
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Post by Voldemar H. "Brak" Guerta on Dec 21, 2006 20:20:20 GMT -5
I like the NHL All-Star Games more than the other sports, but it's all about the Skills Competition. That thing is greatness personified.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Dec 22, 2006 1:14:31 GMT -5
Sharks sent in 6-7 players. Nabokov could've been in just as easily as Toskala. It's hard to say one is better than the other right now.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Dec 22, 2006 3:36:22 GMT -5
I believe only the first lines on each team are All-Stars, they rest are simply playing in the All-Star game.
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Post by andre29bc on Dec 22, 2006 3:36:44 GMT -5
MLB and the NBA have done the same things. Grant Hill's first year in Orlando, he played 4 games and got voted by the fans into the All Star Game.
In Mike Schmidt's final year in baseball he only played until May 29th or something like that and then retired and got voted in.
Rory owns.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Dec 22, 2006 3:39:14 GMT -5
The All-Star game is ultimately pointless, it's nice to see the guys who don't always get the recognition make it. Not everyone is Gretzky, for every talented player, you have to have at least 2 or 3 grinders to get into the corners, make the hits and do the stuff the stars simply don't do.
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Dec 22, 2006 10:55:29 GMT -5
Its a damn joke that Kovalchuk and Hossa aren't at the top of the forwards list. Crosby, Ovechkin and Jagr are good also, but, no one else should be above them. Sorry. Its true.
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Post by Eugene Gurkin on Dec 22, 2006 10:56:39 GMT -5
No one watches hockey except for people in Canada.
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Post by LaParka Loves Candy on Dec 22, 2006 11:13:51 GMT -5
No one watches hockey except for people in Canada. Not true I watch it! |
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Post by Eugene Gurkin on Dec 22, 2006 11:25:14 GMT -5
No one watches hockey except for people in Canada. Not true I watch it! Okay. No one watches hockey except for people in Canada and LaParka Loves Candy. |
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Dec 22, 2006 11:54:16 GMT -5
And Godz.
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Post by Eugene Gurkin on Dec 22, 2006 12:01:02 GMT -5
Okay. No one watches hockey except people in Canada, LaParka Loves Candy, and Godz Is More Extreme Than ECW! DAMN!
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Dec 22, 2006 12:22:49 GMT -5
Its a damn joke that Kovalchuk and Hossa aren't at the top of the forwards list. Crosby, Ovechkin and Jagr are good also, but, no one else should be above them. Sorry. Its true. well, considering Crosby's the scoring leader right now and Wayne Gretzky's heir apparent it shouldn't come as a surprise that he's above Kovalchuk (who hasn't been as great this year as years past). |
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Dec 22, 2006 12:27:08 GMT -5
Its a damn joke that Kovalchuk and Hossa aren't at the top of the forwards list. Crosby, Ovechkin and Jagr are good also, but, no one else should be above them. Sorry. Its true. well, considering Crosby's the scoring leader right now and Wayne Gretzky's heir apparent it shouldn't come as a surprise that he's above Kovalchuk (who hasn't been as great this year as years past). Well thats why I listed Crosby as one of the few that I dont mind ranking ahead of them. Kovy and Hossa have both led the league in scoring at one point or another this year as well though. But they've both been somewhat dissapointing lately, true. |
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Post by Eugene Gurkin on Dec 22, 2006 12:28:25 GMT -5
I'm more of a baseball man. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS RULE! 2006 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS BITCHES!
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