[slapshot]

Skills competition: Saturday, Jan 28, 7pm (EST)
All-star game: Sunday, Jan 29, 4pm
Regular season resumes Tuesday, Jan 31

All-star teams:

Team Zdeno Chara (alternate captain Joffrey Lupul)
1. Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings (No. 1 overall)
2. Tim Thomas, Boston Bruins
3. Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins
4. Marian Hossa, Chicago Blackhawks
5. Kimmo Timonen, Philadelphia Flyers
6. Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks
7. Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens
8. Phil Kessel, Toronto Maple Leafs
9. Ryan Suter, Nashville Predators
10. Jimmy Howard, Detroit Red Wings
11. Brian Campbell, Florida Panthers
12. Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks
13. Dion Phaneuf, Toronto Maple Leafs
14. Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames
15. Dennis Wideman, Washington Capitals
16. Marian Gaborik, New York Rangers
17. Jordan Eberle, Edmonton Oilers
18. Tyler Seguin, Boston Bruins
19. Jamie Benn, Dallas stars
Rookies: Colin Greening, Gabriel Landeskog, Ryan Johansen, Cody Hodgson, Luke Adam, Raphael Diaz

Team Daniel Alfredsson (alternate captain Henrik Lundqvist)
1. Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators
2. Jason Spezza, Ottawa Senators
3. Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings
4. Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers
5. Kris Letang, Pittsburgh Penguins
6. Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning
7. Brian Elliott, St. Louis Blues
8. Shea Weber, Nashville Predators
9. Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks
10. Dan Girardi, New York Rangers
11. Keith Yandle, Phoenix Coyotes
12. Milan Michalek, Ottawa Senators
13. Henrik Sedin, Vancouver Canucks
14. James Neal, Pittsburgh Penguins
15. Alex Edler, Vancouver Canucks
16. John Tavares, New York Islanders
17. Scott Hartnell, Philadelphia Flyers
18. Jason Pominville, Buffalo Sabres
19. Logan Couture, San Jose Sharks (final selection)
Rookies: Sean Couturier, Carl Hagelin, Nick Johnson, Matt Read, Craig Smith, Justin Faulk

[BamaHockey437]

stamkos with the sedins better be a line. leafs suck leafs suck leafs suck

[jonnyg123]

kessel and lupul are gonna put on a show imo

[slapshot]

Kessel and Seguin on the same line would be funny. Giroux and the Sedins would be pretty awesome. Datsyuk + Malkin + random 3rd donk star would be pretty sick. And I imagine the there will be an all Senators line with Alfredsson, Spezza, and Michalek. Edited By: slapshot Jan 27th, 2012 at 09:40 PM

[DBo Fo Sho Taking advantage of Official Threads]

I don't get the random day off from the festivities today. Hasn't there been a young stars game in the past? Personally like the offensive star power on team Chara more. Defense means nothing when u can't be physical and people are gonna be getting undressed left and right. Edited By: DBo Fo Sho Jan 27th, 2012 at 09:48 PM

[TMLMS13]

Lupul and Chara forgot that you need to pick 4 centers

All they have by my count is Datsyuk, Malkin, (Seguin plays RW I think)

[chancemcc]

rly wish the ASG would die. god this week sucks

[TMLMS13]

 

Originally Posted by chancemcc

rly wish the ASG would die. god this week sucks

says the guy who's team doesn't have anyone there.

[chancemcc]

ok guy, plz do us all a favour and go get laid for the first time and that stick up ur ass surely doesnt count. is this even an argument? the ASG fucking blows and always have, season could be over a week earliar. u would fit right in with bettman and his chronys tho

[slapshot]

EDIT, shit didn't paste well. I'll try again later. Edited By: slapshot Jan 27th, 2012 at 11:05 PM

[jonnyg123]

 

Originally Posted by chancemcc

ok guy, plz do us all a favour and go get laid for the first time and that stick up ur ass surely doesnt count. is this even an argument? the ASG fucking blows and always have, season could be over a week earliar. u would fit right in with bettman and his chronys tho

maybe I missed a backstory but this seems like an over reaction :p

[slapshot]

OT fantasy hockey league...I ran some numbers to see what the projected final standings would look like based on 2 assumptions:

#1 - everyone achieving max games
#2 - maintaining the same points per game average as of today

Current standings as of today 1/27/2012:
(doesn't paste very well)

Rank Team Points
1 Maryland Snipers 1565.00
2 Grey Geese 1417.05
3 Finkle Is Einhorn 1411.60
4 slapshot 1368.80
5 The FMXers 1322.70
6 kellykip 1306.95
7 DBo Fo Sho 1293.10
8 Dallas Destroyers 1290.85
9 Reservoir Dogs 1262.25
10 Holy Mackinaw! 1217.50
11 GraboGraboGrabo 1186.10
12 Sparty Rules 968.30

Projected final standings:
(Max games @ current points per game avg)

Rank Team Projected
1 Maryland Snipers 2426.99
2 Grey Geese 2415.31
3 Reservoir Dogs 2341.07
4 Finkle Is Einhorn 2329.9
5 slapshot 2302.51
6 Dallas Destroyers 2227.2
7 kellykip 2207.8
8 The FMXers 2177.34
9 DBo Fo Sho 2169.07
10 GraboGraboGrabo 2027.75
11 Holy Mackinaw! 2025.1
12 Sparty Rules done

I wouldn't read too much into this tho because obv the two assumptions won't hold exactly true. Some positions probably won't reach max games (Blonde's goalies, for example). Injuries could be a factor, especially the way this year has been crazy with injuries. And just plain old run good/bad variance points per game will be the biggest factor.

It just sort of puts things into perspective tho since some teams are way ahead in games played and some are behind a little. Holy Mackinaw (TMLMS) will probably do better than projected because he took over for a team that quit (if I remember right) and has been moving up. I took out Sparty from the projected standings since it looks like he quit a while ago.

I like Grey Geese's chances of catching Maryland Snipers.

gl the rest of the way. Edited By: slapshot Jan 28th, 2012 at 02:15 AM

[TMLMS13]

grabo is going to be way over on games played with all forward spots.

I was in 12th by like 100 points when I took over.

even if Maryland Snipers runs out of games early I still think he can hang on he has such a stacked team. Edited By: TMLMS13 Jan 28th, 2012 at 02:49 AM

[Spiltbongwater]

I think the score will be 8-7, and to winning team will come back from 7-5 down in final 4 minutes. They should just make the all star game the outdoor game imo.

[jonnyg123]

ya, i fucked up the forward spots. I loaded up on ducks and leafs and when getz/ryan slumped it hurt me a lot

[chancemcc]

 

Originally Posted by Spiltbongwater

I think the score will be 8-7, and to winning team will come back from 7-5 down in final 4 minutes. They should just make the all star game the outdoor game imo.

ugh., that would be terrible too, on so many levels. they should just scrap it.

[TMLMS13]

From twitter earlier this evening:

@JLupul Joffrey Lupul
Gary Bettman just told me I handled the boo's very well last night... And that's coming from an expert in that field.

[TMLMS13]

http://espn.go.com/nhl/allstar2012/s...-all-star-game

 

The Columbus Blue Jackets will host the 2013 NHL All-Star Game.Commissioner Gary Bettman made the announcement Saturday at the Board of Governors meetings.
The Blue Jackets, who play at Nationwide Arena, had applied for hosting rights in 2013, 2014 or 2015. Next year's All-Star Weekend will be Jan. 26-27 and will mark the third straight year a city has hosted the game for the first time.

[DBo Fo Sho Taking advantage of Official Threads]

How embarrassing if they can't even get one of their own players in. I'm under the assumption Nash gets moved before then. What a brutal choice.

[chancemcc]

CBJ hosting an obv joke.

CBC cameras just got phaneuf puffing a cig and he quickly tried to hide it lololol.


top 5 NHL douchebag of all time?

[TMLMS13]

I'm not trying to defend the choice of Columbus. But at least they tried to get another high end player to take some pressure of Nash. It failed but at least they tried.

 

Originally Posted by chancemcc

top 5 NHL douchebag of all time?

Matt Cooke
Sean Avery
Dale Hunter
Ulf Samuelsson
Dany Heatley
Chris Simon
Darcy Tucker (as hard as that is to say)

just off the top of my head

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lol in the player introductions, Scott Hartnell just gave the Jagr Salute to the crowd Edited By: TMLMS13 Jan 29th, 2012 at 12:21 AM

[Paki_Poker]

Team Alfie FTW! Picking Karlsson #1 was awesome!

[Randinho]

I don't mind the ASG for what it is. It's a chance for the players to unwind, have some fun and show off their lighter side a bit.

[Mr. Blonde Supreme Moderator]

 

Originally Posted by TMLMS13

Dany Heatley

dude...he's a fucking all-star

BTW how awesome is Chara? that 108.8 mph slapshot was incredible. A 106.2 and a 107.0 to back it up. I would hate to be the defender in front of the net when that dude winds up.

[Pker4Dummies]

Holy fuck just noticed this is on NBC sports and not NBC.

Fucking kill yourself slowly Gary Bettman you fucking peice of human garbage.

[SirLiesAlot]

 

Originally Posted by Randinho

I don't mind the ASG for what it is. It's a chance for the players to unwind, have some fun and show off their lighter side a bit.

This exactly. It's the best asg of any major sport. That skills comp was like watching a bunch of kids have fun, I enjoyed the hell out of it.

[slapshot]

Kessel/Seguin line is happening, haha...

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-pu...180858577.html

[TMLMS13]

 

Originally Posted by Mr. Blonde

dude...he's a fucking all-star

BTW how awesome is Chara? that 108.8 mph slapshot was incredible. A 106.2 and a 107.0 to back it up. I would hate to be the defender in front of the net when that dude winds up.

also killed a guy, asked for a trade from Ottawa, then refused to go to the place he was traded to, then wanted a trade out of San Jose

 

Originally Posted by slapshot

Kessel/Seguin line is happening, haha...

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-pu...180858577.html

and Lupul on the other wing. It's going to be wierd since Seguin isnt a center, but with the team Chara picked they dont have many centers Edited By: TMLMS13 Jan 29th, 2012 at 08:35 PM

[smheilbron]

all star games suck

[TMLMS13]

don cherry was pretty entertaining this week. mainly cause ron mclean was such an idiot