Remember When The All Star Game Ruled?

November 13, 2008 by Mother Pucker
Filed under: NHL News 

Do you remember when the NHL all star game was actually a compilation of bonafide all stars? I bet many new fans don’t, and surely the latest joke that is the fan all star balloting isn’t helping things at all. At time of writing, there are some noticeable standouts that are getting way too many votes, and players that are being overshadowed by this voting imbalance.

What the heck are three Montreal Canadiens doing at the top of the Eastern Conference forwards list? Is it not glaringly obvious that things aren’t realistic when they already have double the votes of the player in fourth (Semin)? How about out West where Marty Turco has double the votes of Evgeni Nabokov? Thankfully people are using their heads on this one and the deserving Roberto Luongo has a solid lead. Regardless of the fair voting that is going on, I have to say that the NHL needs to consider the way it allows people to vote. I’m no rocket appliance when it comes to figuring out how someone may have hacked this voting system, but I will declare right now that something is up. Seriously NHL, fix it!

And now for a little fun. Who can name all of the players in the caricature above from the 1997 all star game? I’ve got 12 at first glance and will take a little more time to figure out the others. Post your guesses in the comments below!

Comments

9 Comments on Remember When The All Star Game Ruled?

  1. Pioneerhall on Thu, 13th Nov 2008 11:02 am

    2. Hull, Sakic, Roy, Vanbiesbrouck, Gretzkey, Chelios, Kariya, Yzerman, Cicerelli?, Bourque, Jager, Ozolinsh, Lindros, Leetch

  2. Jason on Thu, 13th Nov 2008 11:02 am

    3. Hahahahaha… Jagr’s hair.

  3. Mother Pucker on Thu, 13th Nov 2008 11:05 am

    4. Yeah Jagr’s hair rules in that picture.

    And you think the guy beside Chelios looks like Kariya?

  4. Jason on Thu, 13th Nov 2008 11:08 am

    5. Not only are three Canadiens killing the competition in the forwards’ voting, they have the top 2 defensemen spots (with 5 times as many votes as #3) and the top goalie as well. Carey Price has almost 3 times as many votes as Henrik Lundqvist? Yeah, right. Something fishy is going on.

  5. Steven on Thu, 13th Nov 2008 11:16 am

    6. The caricature of Leetch kind of makes him look like Modano.

  6. Hate Your Favorite Team on Thu, 13th Nov 2008 12:48 pm

    7. Seems like the All-Star game is nothing more than a popularity contest. If that’s what fans want to see, I’m ok with it. However, when you look back and say so and so was a 2-time All Star, you’re almost just saying he was a really popular guy. I liked it when it was North America vs the rest of the world.

  7. Chad on Thu, 13th Nov 2008 12:50 pm

    8. Looks to me like the NHL is trying to have the Eastern starting all star line be all Montral Canadiens to go along with the Habs 100 year celebrations.

  8. Donny on Fri, 14th Nov 2008 8:19 pm

    9. You are bang on here!I just finished voting and went to look at the results.What a waste of my time this was!

    If Montreal fans wanted to why don’t they just go back to the old format of the previous years cup champs taking on an all star team consisting of the rest of the league’s players.Oh wait the Canadiens DIDN’T win the cup last year.

    The NHL needs to fix this and fast.I smells a cheater!!!

  9. Mother Pucker on Sat, 15th Nov 2008 9:38 am

    10. I’ve done some looking into this, and apparently the league is going to investigate what is going on. Its glaringly obvious that something is up, and its about time that they dug into it.

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