A translation from Canoe.ca
Could we see six Montreal Canadiens players as the starting lineup for the Eastern Conference at the All Star game?
The question has some merit since Montreal fans attacked the NHL website since this morning to support their favourite players. To a point where the website had some slowdowns.
From November 12th to January 2nd, fans are asked to vote for the starting lineup of the All Star Game. Then the coaches will pick the players to complete the team.
Saku Koivu, Alex Tanguay and Alex Kovalev, with over 14 000 each, easily lead in the forward category. Following are Marc Savard and Patrice Bergeron with less tha n 8000 as I am writing this (note from BB: 16:30)
The scenario is the same on defense where Andrei Markov (20 280) and Mike Komisarek (16 763) are flying over their competition. To illustrate, the following defensemen is Zdeno Chara with 8 797 votes.
In the goalie category, Carey Price has twice as many votes as anybody else with more than 21 000 votes. That’s the highest amount of any player in the NHL so far.
In the Western Conference, Mike Ribeiro, Brenden Morrow, Henrik Zetterberg, Nicklas Lidstrom, Sheldon Souray and goalie Roberto Luongo are leading the votes for starters.
The All Star game will be held in Montreal on January 25th 2009.
Big Brother
Can we please relax? I hope I’m not gonna have to translate daily results from the NHL ballot. Yes, the Habs fans are voting a lot but this can’t be serious. After ONE day we needed an update? This is going to be a long two months.
Also, I absolutely loved Komisarek reaction when he learned of his inclusion on the ballot:
“Can someone tell me who makes those decision? I don’t belong there”
No. He doesn’t. For two main reasons. First, his play, while solid defensively, doesn’t really warrant a starter position on the All Star game. But most importantly… can you tell me what the guy is going to do in a game where hitting is seen as bad sportsmanship?