Hockey 2006

[canadian_angel]

Heard from people at the game that most of the signs that were brought were confiscated at the door but some of the funny ones and costumes that made it in were:

- a girl dressed in a jersey with a baby bump holding up a sign saying "Chris, we need to talk."
- sign saying "1985 called they want their hairstyle back"
- sign saying "Stronger Without Pronger"
- sign saying "the gap left in the team is smaller than the gap between your teeth"

I think that's great! I mean, it's funny, and still somewhat tasteful. I can't imagine what didn't make it in. Well, I can, but some people are still quite creative.

[fluff]

I saw a sign that said "the gap in your story is bigger than the gap between your teeth".
It was a disappointing game imo.
Edmonton did not play well.

I heard Bouwmeester is on the team so far.

I also heard that M-A Fleury is the #1 goalie for the East, too.

I saw very quickly last week that Jay was second with 130,000 votes
McCabe was first with 170,000+ if memory serves.
I only saw the graphic very briefly and haven't been able to find updated figures anywhere so I'm not sure if I read it correctly.
That's one heck of a leap from the nhl figures I posted upthread, so I have been questioning my eye-sight.

I was surprised Fleurry was leading the goalie votes for the east.
I'd have thought Miller or even Raycroft simply by virtue of the fact there are so many Leafs fans.

If you're going to vote again, don't forget Rory needs those write-in votes.



From the Vancouver Sun


ETA I just gave in and checked the horribly-slow-to-load Florida Panthers official site and Jay is indeed in second place. He might even be top if he was playing for a decent team

Panthers Defenseman Jay Bouwmeester Jumps to Second Place Among Defensemen in the Eastern Conference All-Star Fan Balloting.

More Than 6.5 Million Votes Cast To Date

November 28, 2006

NEW YORK (November 28, 2006) – Florida Panthers defenseman Jay Bouwmeester jumped into second place among defensemen in the Eastern Conference All-Star Game Fan Balloting with 132,570 votes. Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby holds the top spot among Eastern Conference vote-getters with 247,854 votes in COLD-fX/NHL All-Star Fan Balloting, Presented by 2K Sports. The top two defensemen, top three forwards and top one goaltender will start for the Eastern Conference in the 2007 NHL All-Star Game, which will be played on Wednesday, Jan. 24, in Dallas (8 p.m. ET, VERSUS, CBC, RDS, NASN, NHL Radio). To date, more than 6.5 million votes have been cast in the first 12 days of the all-digital voting program, surpassing total voting results in the entire 2003-04 voting period by approximately 10 percent.


Fans can vote for six Eastern Conference All-Stars and six Western Conference All-Stars: three forwards, two defensemen and one goaltender for each team. If a player is not listed on the ballot, a space is provided for write-in votes. The three forwards, two defensemen and one goaltender from each Conference receiving the most votes will comprise the starting lineups. Each of the 30 NHL Clubs has at least two representatives on the ballot.

The leading vote-getters by position are forwards Crosby, his Penguins teammate Evgeni Malkin (156,469) and Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals (112,501); defensemen Bryan McCabe of the Buffalo Sabres (174,205) and Bouwmeester of the Florida Panthers (132,570); and Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury (138,151).

Link

[fluff]

I finally found the latest voting results on the NHL site.

Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh, 247,854; Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh, 156,469; Alex Ovechkin, Washington, 112,501; Daniel Briere, Buffalo, 110,913; Maxim Afinogenov, Buffalo, 105,737; Erik Cole, Carolina, 103,566; Chris Drury, Buffalo, 86,819; Jaromir Jagr, NY Rangers, 85,637; Marian Hossa, Atlanta, 48,150; Ilya Kovalchuk, Atlanta, 45,453; Brendan Shanahan, NY Rangers, 43,237; Mats Sundin, Toronto, 39,433; x-Tomas Vanek, Buffalo, 39,355; Rod Brind'Amour, Carolina, 38,551; Eric Staal, Carolina, 37,742; Peter Forsberg, Philadelphia, 32,574.

Saku Koivu, Montreal, 26,167; Dany Heatley, Ottawa, 22,375; Vincent Lecavalier, Tampa Bay, 20,560; Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay, 19,365; Jason Spezza, Ottawa, 18,529; Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa, 16,736; Patrice Bergeron, Boston, 15,689; Patrik Elias, New Jersey, 15,263; Simon Gagne, Philadelphia, 13,498; x-Darcy Tucker, Toronto, 13,306; Brian Gionta, New Jersey, 11,762; Scott Gomez, New Jersey, 11,735; Miroslav Satan, NY Islanders, 10,463; Olli Jokinen, Florida, 10,296; Brad Richards, Tampa Bay, 9,618; Michael Nylander, NY Rangers, 8,938.



Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh, 138,151; Ryan Miller, Buffalo, 123,224; Martin Brodeur, New Jersey, 111,389; Andrew Raycroft, Toronto, 35,255; Cam Ward, Carolina, 33,430; Kari Lehtonen, Atlanta, 24,545; Henrik Lundqvist, NY Rangers, 23,190; Olaf Kolzig, Washington, 19,369.

Bryan McCabe, Toronto, 174,205; Jay Bouwmeester, Florida, 132,570; Brian Campbell, Buffalo, 118,406; Zdeno Chara, Boston, 110,416; Tomas Kaberle, Toronto, 105,137; Henrik Tallinder, Buffalo, 92,131; Sheldon Souray, Montreal, 84,503; Brian Rafalski, New Jersey, 59,330; Wade Redden, Ottawa, 56,723; Alexei Zhitnik, NY Islanders, 33,736; Dan Boyle, Tampa Bay, 28,525; Chris Phillips, Ottawa, 21,405.

Joe Sakic, Colorado, 184,017; Martin Havlat, Chicago, 136,801; Brenden Morrow, Dallas, 131,107; Joe Thornton, San Jose, 116,130; Jarome Iginla, Calgary, 99,448; Jonathan Cheechoo, San Jose, 69,041; Teemu Selanne, Anaheim, 62,006; Mike Modano, Dallas, 57,959; Ryan Smyth, Edmonton, 54,091; Markus Naslund, Vancouver, 48,669; Paul Kariya, Nashville, 48,208; Petr Sykora, Edmonton, 40,335; Patrick Marleau, San Jose, 39,020; Henrik Sedin, Vancouver, 38,918; Daniel Sedin, Vancouver, 38,514.

Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit, 38,259; Marian Gaborik, Minnesota, 36,351; Ales Hemsky, Edmonton, 35,093; Brian Rolston, Minnesota, 32,760; Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit, 31,460; Rick Nash, Columbus, 29,005; Pavol Demitra, Minnesota, 23,755; Andy McDonald, Anaheim, 22,135; Milan Hejduk, Colorado, 21,014; Steve Sullivan, Nashville, 20,585; Doug Weight, St. Louis, 19,086; Keith Tkachuk, St. Louis, 16,605; Shane Doan, Phoenix, 13,058; Ladislav Nagy, Phoenix, 12,575; Nikolai Zherdev, Columbus, 9,613.

Marty Turco, Dallas, 158,417; Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary, 91,320; Roberto Luongo, Vancouver, 67,655; Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Anaheim, 60,336; Dwayne Roloson, Edmonton, 53,365; Manny Fernandez, Minnesota, 29,330; Thomas Vokoun, Nashville, 25,390; Nikolai Khabibulin, Chicago, 22,736.

Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim, 233,522; Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit, 214,789; Chris Pronger, Anaheim, 134,185; Dion Phaneuf, Calgary, 110,544; Sergei Zubov, Dallas, 59,269; Rob Blake, Los Angeles, 51,584; Mattias Ohlund, Vancouver, 43,340; John-Michael Liles, Colorado, 38,146; Scott Hannan, San Jose, 34,867; Robyn Regehr, Calgary, 34,552; Lubomir Visnovsky, Los Angeles, 31,664.

NHL.com

[Cornedbeef]

Very surprised that Marc-Andre Fleury has the most votes for the goaltenders since Pittsburgh isn't doing that well in the standings. Maybe Ryan Miller and Martin Brodeur will be able to pass him. Glad to see that Eric Cole is playing again and is getting a fair amount of votes.

[canadian_angel]

World Junior Selection camp invitees have been announced! I love the World Junior tournament so I'm already excited!!

http://www.tsn.ca/world_jrs/feature/?fid=10881

Goaltenders
Jonathan Bernier
Leland Irving
Steve Mason
Carey Price

Defence
Karl Alzner
*Luc Bourdon
Drew Doughty
Keaton Ellerby
Cody Franson
Dustin Kohn
*Kristopher Letang
Patrick McNeill
Brendan Mikkelson
*Ryan Parent
*Kris Russell
*Marc Staal

Forwards
Cody Bass
*Daniel Bertram
Codey Burki
Marc-Andre Cliche
*Andrew Cogliano
*Steve Downie
Angelo Esposito
Sam Gagner
Claude Giroux
Darren Helm
Bryan Little
Brad Marchand
Ben Maxwell
Kenndal McArdle
James Neal
*Ryan O'Marra
Mathieu Perreault
*Tom Pyatt
Devin Setoguchi
Chris Stewart
John Tavares
*Jonathan Toews

* denote returning player

[JR.]

Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh, 138,151; Ryan Miller, Buffalo, 123,224; Martin Brodeur, New Jersey, 111,389;

These numbers baffle me, no way should Fleury be that high. And, Kolzig? Who the hell is voting for him?

[fluff]

Updated voting figures for the Eastern conference.

Forwards

Player NHL Club Votes
Sidney Crosby Pittsburgh 401,365
Evgeni Malkin ; Pittsburgh 217,146
Daniel Briere ; Buffalo 214,295
Alexander Ovechkin ; Washington 203,138
Maxim Afinogenov ; Buffalo 200,776
Chris Drury ; Buffalo 156,788
Jaromir Jagr ; NY Rangers 151,576
Erik Cole ; Carolina 141,551
Ilya Kovalchuk ; Atlanta 97,011
*Thomas Vanek ; Buffalo 92,103
Marian Hossa ; Atlanta 88,554
Eric Staal ; Carolina 81,449
Rod Brind'Amour ; Carolina 79,796
Mats Sundin ; Toronto 78,574
Brendan Shanahan ; NY Rangers 77,962
Saku Koivu ; Montreal 77,068
Peter Forsberg ; Philadelphia 68,141
Dany Heatley ; Ottawa 43,709
Vincent Lecavalier ; Tampa Bay 38,682
Martin St. Louis ; Tampa Bay 35,534
Daniel Alfredsson ; Ottawa 33,623
Patrice Bergeron Boston 31,780
Jason Spezza Ottawa 30,566
Olli Jokinen ; Florida 27,302
*Marco Sturm ; Boston 26,772
Simon Gagne Philadelphia 25,611
Patrik Elias ; New Jersey 25,573
*Darcy Tucker ; Toronto 23,271
Brian Gionta ; New Jersey 20,287
Scott Gomez ; New Jersey 19,701
Miroslav Satan ; NY Islanders 19,639
Michael Nylander ; NY Rangers 17,881
*Chris Neil ; Ottawa 16,720
Brad Richards ; Tampa Bay 16,303

*write-in votes

Goaltenders
Ryan Miller ; Buffalo 253,024
Marc-Andre Fleury ; Pittsburgh 208,492
Martin Brodeur ; New Jersey 185,679
Cam Ward ; Carolina 57,826
Andrew Raycroft ; Toronto 57,677
Kari Lehtonen ; Atlanta 57,482
Henrik Lundqvist ; NY Rangers 52,035
*Cristobal Huet ; Montreal 51,363
Olaf Kolzig ; Washington 40,370

Defensemen
Bryan McCabe ; Toronto 245,976
Brian Campbell ; Buffalo 242,852
Zdeno Chara ; Boston 205,981
Jay Bouwmeester ; Florida 203,581
Henrik Tallinder ; Buffalo 202,637
Tomas Kaberle ; Toronto 194,850
Sheldon Souray ; Montreal 190,516
Wade Redden Ottawa 116,108
Brian Rafalski ; New Jersey 96,009
Dan Boyle Tampa Bay 78,211
Alexei Zhitnik ; NY Islanders 62,235
Chris Phillips ; Ottawa 41,847

I need to get voting so I can see Jay play alongside Brian Campbell.

[Cornedbeef]

Updated voting figures for the Eastern conference.
Goaltenders
Ryan Miller ; Buffalo 253,024
Marc-Andre Fleury ; Pittsburgh 208,492
Martin Brodeur ; New Jersey 185,679
Cam Ward ; Carolina 57,826
Andrew Raycroft ; Toronto 57,677
Kari Lehtonen ; Atlanta 57,482
Henrik Lundqvist ; NY Rangers 52,035
*Cristobal Huet ; Montreal 51,363
Olaf Kolzig ; Washington 40,370

Ryan Miller deserves to be the top vote getter among goaltenders.

[canadian_angel]

I have a silly question, is it only the top X votegetters that make it onto the allstar team. As in 3 forwards, 2 defence and 1 goalie for each conference?
If so, I'm going to have to keep voting.

[fluff]

I believe so, ca.
I think the GM's get to vote other players in as well, but it's only the top 3,2,1 that get in on fan votes as far as I know.
If nothing else I hope there are enough votes for someone to bump Mccabe out of the line-up...as long as it isn't Kaberle of course.