the ballot just came out today for the all star game.


i'm shocked that neither montador or leopold made the ballot, but marc staal made it with his 2 goals 2 assists.

but here's the list..

2011 NHL ALL-STAR FAN BALLOT

Goaltenders
Craig Anderson, Colorado Avalanche
Niklas Backstrom, Minnesota Wild
Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils
Ilya Bryzgalov, Phoenix Coyotes
Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh Penguins
Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Toronto Maple Leafs
Jaroslav Halak, St. Louis Blues
Nikolai Khabibulin, Edmonton Oilers
Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames
Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers
Roberto Luongo, Vancouver Canucks
Ryan Miller, Buffalo Sabres
Antti Niemi, San Jose Sharks
Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings
Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators
Tim Thomas, Boston Bruins
Tomas Vokoun, Florida Panthers
Cam Ward, Carolina Hurricanes

Defensemen
Jay Bouwmeester, Calgary Flames
Dan Boyle, San Jose Sharks
Dustin Byfuglien, Atlanta Thrashers
Brian Campbell, Chicago Blackhawks
Zdeno Chara, Boston Bruins
Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings
Tobias Enstrom, Atlanta Thrashers
Sergei Gonchar, Ottawa Senators
Mike Green, Washington Capitals
Dan Hamhuis, Vancouver Canucks
Ed Jovanovski, Phoenix Coyotes
Tomas Kaberle, Toronto Maple Leafs
Duncan Keith, Chicago Blackhawks
Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings
Andrei Markov, Montreal Canadiens
Paul Martin, Pittsburgh Penguins
Bryan McCabe, Florida Panthers
Dion Phaneuf, Toronto Maple Leafs
Joni Pitkanen, Carolina Hurricanes
Chris Pronger, Philadelphia Flyers
Brian Rafalski, Detroit Red Wings
Stephane Robidas, Dallas Stars
Brent Seabrook, Chicago Blackhawks
Marc Staal, New York Rangers
Mark Streit, New York Islanders
Ryan Suter, Nashville Predators
Kimmo Timonen, Philadelphia Flyers
Shea Weber, Nashville Predators
Marek Zidlicky, Minnesota Wild

Forwards
Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa Senators
Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Capitals
Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins
David Booth, Florida Panthers
Danny Briere, Philadelphia Flyers
Michael Cammalleri, Montreal Canadiens
Jeff Carter, Philadelphia Flyers
Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
Shane Doan, Phoenix Coyotes
Johan Franzen, Detroit Red Wings
Marian Gaborik, New York Rangers
Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Ducks
Brian Gionta, Montreal Canadiens
Dany Heatley, San Jose Sharks
Milan Hejduk, Colorado Avalanche
Ales Hemsky, Edmonton Oilers
Marian Hossa, Chicago Blackhawks
Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames
Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks
Phil Kessel, Toronto Maple Leafs
Mikko Koivu, Minnesota Wild
Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings
Ilya Kovalchuk, New Jersey Devils
David Krejci, Boston Bruins
Vincent Lecavalier, Tampa Bay Lightning
Patrick Marleau, San Jose Sharks
Brenden Morrow, Dallas Stars
Rick Nash, Columbus Blue Jackets
TJ Oshie, St. Louis Blues
Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
Zach Parise, New Jersey Devils
Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks
Brad Richards, Dallas Stars
Mike Richards, Philadelphia Flyers
Derek Roy, Buffalo Sabres
Bobby Ryan, Anaheim Ducks
Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks
Henrik Sedin, Vancouver Canucks
Teemu Selanne, Anaheim Ducks
Ryan Smyth, Los Angeles Kings
Jason Spezza, Ottawa Senators
Eric Staal, Carolina Hurricanes
Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning
Paul Stastny, Colorado Avalanche
Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay Lightning
John Tavares, New York Islanders
Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks
Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks
RJ Umberger, Columbus Blue Jackets
Thomas Vanek, Buffalo Sabres
Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit Red Wings


any other players you feel are missing/ or just should not be on there?

edit: they also didn't fix last years glitch which lets you vote as many times as you want in a day. good job, nhl.

So only 3 sabres. Roy, Vanek, and Miller.

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LETS GO BUFFALO!

i'm really not surprised. i feel like 75% of this list every year is just the guys with well known names. and we all know buffalo isn't comprised of those guys. it really does make me mad, though, seeing marc staal, and brian campbell on there over our guys at D.


roy definitely deserves to make his first all star game this year, though.

I just voted for my sabres and a couple of my favorite players around the league.

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Aye I think Roy is deserving of it this year, I think its too early in the season to open balloting for the all-star game, I mean we aren't even a quarter of the way through the year yet and they've already picked the ballot, just doesn't seem right to me. I will however be voting multiple times everyday for our Sabres and a few who I think are deserving to go. Hoping I can make it to the game this year also since its only a couple hours drive from where I live.

Just voted.

I'd like to see Roy make it this year, I think he deserves it.

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Staal is on there solely because of his pedigree. What's in a name? A whole heck of a lot, apparently.

Just cast my vote. Roy, Alfredsson, Doan. Leopold, Montador. Miller.

Roy, Oshie, Vanek, Montador, Leopold, Lalime.

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Why is Hamhuis on that, he's played in like 4 games this year.

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Those political ads were hilarious.

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That was awesome

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Hold my beer and watch this...

My Ballot:

Roy
Vanek
Ennis

Leopold
Motador

Miller

Nothing wrong with being extremely fucking biased

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"Let's just trap Sekera in the caverns underneath HSBC arena." -BlueandYellow

Reporter: "Steve, you guys now lead the league in defensive scoring."
Montador: "It's probably because of how good-looking we are."

Get that man a beer!

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He's a middling AHL player who had the good fortune of a drunk arbitrator. - The Squanto re: Tim Kennedy

These ballots usually are based off of last season.

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"And I love that I have an erection that doesn't involve homeless people." Kreiger

That was my ballot also.

Oh, Montador leads the league in +/- and Ennis leads all rookies in +/- and is second only to Jeff Skinner in scoring, tied with Eberle, but if he keeps playing with Roy and Vanek, watch out.

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Ennis is going to be a star. Thanks for the pick, San Jose!

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"Let's just trap Sekera in the caverns underneath HSBC arena." -BlueandYellow

Reporter: "Steve, you guys now lead the league in defensive scoring."
Montador: "It's probably because of how good-looking we are."

nothing at all. also nothing wrong with voting about 5 times in a row with that exact same ballot.

Fuck 5 times, I voted about 50 times yesterday, gonna make it a daily routine to sit here and vote for 15-30 minutes everyday