SvechneJerk
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Wouldn't you take someone like Seth Jones over Subban?
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Wouldn't you take someone like Seth Jones over Subban?
GIN ANTONIC
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Yes for sure. But NJ needs someone and no one is deserving at all really so whoever goes is taking the spot of someone who earned it. Figured that Subban filled the role of ‘undeserving star’ and then NJ is taken care of.
Id also be fine with Lundqvist not being there instead having one of the Nyi goalies but Lundy brings the star power and he’s having a decent year. Really Holtby would be the best choice but you know OV is going to be there and Carlson absolutely needs to be there too.
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GIN ANTONIC
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I guess. The game is still over a month away and a lot can happen by then. He doesn’t deserve to go this year. He’s played 17 games. Maybe he gets selected but declines. It’s all a crapshoot
HisIceness
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Sigurd
Slavin, our Lord and Saver (AKA Extra Goalie)
It should be both Hamilton and Svechnikov. It'd be a shame if they didn't both get in.
Slavin and Aho would both be solid picks too. TT has certainly been on fire for a while now too.
Slavin and Aho would both be solid picks too. TT has certainly been on fire for a while now too.
Listen guys, let's send Svech. Simply to show all the hockey world that he is so much more than THE MOVE. He is getting so much flag from so many people because he dared to use his move twice. Let's send him to compete with the best of the best in this skills competition and I would love him to imbarass the super stars, so that he gets the respect finally that he deserves, even if he is not Canadiens or American.
zman77
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Do NOT let Svechnikov go near your goalie's right post.
https://www.chartinghockey.ca/shot-maps/
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hblueridgegal
We'll bounce back
This was hard..felt guilty not picking each of the other 3.
Wonder if the league will go with their marquee favorites? Hockey media seems to go to the well with the same 15-20 players in so much of their content, promotion, video - so tiresome. Makes it hard to build awareness for the others actually performing well.
Wonder if the league will go with their marquee favorites? Hockey media seems to go to the well with the same 15-20 players in so much of their content, promotion, video - so tiresome. Makes it hard to build awareness for the others actually performing well.
My Special Purpose
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I thought of this, too, and I really like P.K. as a personality, but he's just having a gawd-awful season (2+3 in 33 games, zero PPP, minus-13), and rewarding him for that is really insulting to a lot of players. Looking at the Devils' roster, there really is no choice but to send Palmieri.
And I don't know if you looked at Korpisalo's stats, but his .908 sv. pct. puts him at No. 32 among qualifiers. Mackenzie Blackwood lost his job to Louis Domingue and he's at .910. Korpisalo in the All-Star game would also be a slap in the face, IMO. With Nyquist leading the team with 23 points in 34 games, there's really no choice for CLB outside of Jones.
The requirement of every team having a rep is going to kill our chances of getting more than two, but there have been many seasons that it's the only reason we got anyone.
GIN ANTONIC
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If we’re going by who actually deserves to go, this is the pool of players in the metro who should be eligible. I’m leaving off Aho because there’s just too many good forwards and you need to ppg to be considered. When he reaches that mark in the next game he can go back on the list.
Was - Kuzy, Carlson, Holtby
Nyi - Varlamov/Greiss
Car - Turbo, Svech, Hamilton
Pit - Malkin, Guentzel, Letang, Jarry (only 15 games though)
Phi - Konecny, Provorov
Nyr - Panarin
Clb - Jones
NJ - No rep
If we just took best of best regardless of team, this is how I would have it...
G - Holtby, Varlamov
F - Kuzy, Svech, Malkin, Konecny, Panarin, Guentzel
D - Carlson, Hamilton, Provorov/Jones/Letang
Alternate - TT
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Cardiac Jerks
Asinine & immoral
Sean Tierney @ChartingHockey 14h14 hours ago
Do NOT let Svechnikov go near your goalie's right post.
https://www.chartinghockey.ca/shot-maps/
pic.twitter.com/dwHKCTvBdi
Svech will learn to do it on the left side.
That best of the best isn't far off. Take Jones as the 3rd D, and then take out one of the forwards (not Panarin or Konecny) to replace with Palmieri and you have the roster.
So the forward missing out comes down to:
Malkin, Guentzel, Svech, Kuznetsov
Anton Dubinchuk
aho
I’m sorry but where’s Ovechkin on that list, did I miss something? Did you just put Kuzy instead of him?
GIN ANTONIC
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If you’re not ppg as a forward you aren’t qualifying in my version of best on best. I’m drawing the line somewhere and that’s the line for right now to narrow it down
Anton Dubinchuk
aho
Ovechkin has more points than Kuzy and is 3rd in the league in goals. Kuznetsov has played 3 less games, because he did cocaine in the offseason. I doubt the league lets him in.
GIN ANTONIC
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In not disagreeing with you, I’m just saying for the version of narrowing it down that was my filter. There’s lots of guys near ppg and you can argue them one way or the other over guys who have more points. I’m certain Ovechkin will be there but Th is was just a way of narrowing things down a bit.
Navin R Slavin
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Aho has 20 goals.
He is on pace for a 40+ goal season.
Out of the 54 votes cast here, Aho has three of them.
That's insane. And what's even more insane is that it's not wrong.
He is on pace for a 40+ goal season.
Out of the 54 votes cast here, Aho has three of them.
That's insane. And what's even more insane is that it's not wrong.
Lempo
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Damn those Vegas people who left the coke on the table and managed to get Kuzy intrigued.
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What's more insane is 1 vote for TT.
Aho has 13-14 goals without some of the passes from TT. Svech has at least 2 fewer goals and 4 fewer points on the PP. Haula has 3 fewer goals.
PLUS--TT is the only regular penalty killer in the league with xGF>xGA on the kill.
I think he has surprised almost everyone with his continued improvement, still he must be near his peak. That means this is likely his best chance to make the All-Star game given that Aho and Svechnikov will likely both get better.
My Special Purpose
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AD Skinner
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As much fun as the 3 on 3 is it's made the every team has a representative rule much more of a deal than it used to be. Like Hamilton and Carlson are pretty consensus 1 and 2 best defensemen in the league, and one of them might not make it because the division they both play in is so stacked
Honestly, from the perspective of a casual hockey fan turning more serious hockey fan, I think we’ve got a lot of amazing and entertaining talent this year ( Which are good characteristics for any All-Star game).
considering that this is the only team I am a fan of that is not from NYC, it’s actually pretty fascinating to see firsthand how “small market“ franchises are treated in regards to these sort of things.
As a Yankees and A Knicks fan for instance, I always feel a bit disoriented when we are not cartoonishly overhyped or disproportionately represented in things of this nature. LOL
FreshSeabass
Aho!
Anton Dubinchuk
aho
The good news is Ovechkin isn't going - so unless they've already selected a replacement they need a winger. We happen to have a pretty good one - and he'd be knocking Ovechkin out of something for a change which would be nice.
Plus Svech and Doogie at the All-Star Game needs to happen.
Plus Svech and Doogie at the All-Star Game needs to happen.
