The logo for the 2009 All-Star game in Montreal
It’s that time of year again, when NHL fans all around the world, sit starry eyed, with cofee in hand, glaring at their computer screens stuffing the NHL’s online ballot box, hoping that their favorite player will start in the all-star game. Unfortunately for all 108 players on the ballot, they don’t all have a fair chance. With the all-star game being played in Montreal for the first time since their last stanley cup victory in 1993, and the Canadiens celebration of their centennial, the players other than the Canadiens six on the ballot, have no chance of starting…unfortunately. All six (6) of the Canadiens players on the ballot are in the starting positions, with sizeable leads as well. Carey Price leads the league with just over 203,000 votes, thats more than anyone in the NHL, even Crosby, Ovechkin, Semin and Luongo. Who all seem more deserving than lets say; Kovalev, Koivu, Tanguay and Komisarek as well. If the all-star game were to be played right now, the Habs would have all the starting positions in the eastern conference to themselves. The only true all-star the Canadiens have on their team is Andrei Markov and even he could start behind Mike Green as the second ranked defenceman, but in usual fashion us Canadiens fans cannot resist filling up the ballot box screen with the blue-blanc et rouge. It really is too bad that no one elses fans seem to care as much as Montreal’s, because if that were they case, the NHL would be in great standing. The starters in the east should be easy to identify, at (F)-Alexander Semin, (F)-Sidney Crosby, (F)-Evgeni Malkin on (D)-Andrei Markov, (D)-Mike Green and in (G)-Henrik Lundqvist. At the end of the day, Canadiens fans need to realise that its for the best players in the world, not the most popular, because then every backup goalie would be starting and so would shaun avery. Now im going to go and vote…with all six (6) going to the blue-blanc et rouge…(yes im a hypocrite)
