jshockeyguy7 Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=28355...ge&service=page Top 5 Forwards in all-star voting Sidney Crosby - Pittsburgh 83,664 Alex Ovechkin - Washington 63,921 Daniel Briere- Buffalo 53,749 Maxim Afinigenov- Buffalo 53,320 Chris Drury - Buffalo 42,201 Top 4 Defenceman Brian Campbell - Buffalo 57,988 Zdeno Chara - Boston 56,939 Thomas Kaberle - Toronto 56,139 Henrik Tallinder - Buffalo 46,924 Top two goaltenders Ryan Miller - Buffalo 63,818 Martin Brodeur - New Jersey 59,386 Thomas Vanek - Buffalo 14,182 (15th on the list of Eastern Conference forwards) Some people above him that I'm surprised are regarded higher than Vanek - Peter Forsberg, Evgeni Malkin, Mats Sundin, Brendan Shanahan It seems most people end up on the ballot strictly due to name recognition, which is more evident in names like forsberg, shanahan, brodeur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 not a bad start for a team w/o "superstars" in the traditional sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluca67 Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=28355...ge&service=page Top 5 Forwards in all-star voting Sidney Crosby - Pittsburgh 83,664 Alex Ovechkin - Washington 63,921 Daniel Briere- Buffalo 53,749 Maxim Afinigenov- Buffalo 53,320 Chris Drury - Buffalo 42,201 Top 4 Defenceman Brian Campbell - Buffalo 57,988 Zdeno Chara - Boston 56,939 Thomas Kaberle - Toronto 56,139 Henrik Tallinder - Buffalo 46,924 Top two goaltenders Ryan Miller - Buffalo 63,818 Martin Brodeur - New Jersey 59,386 Thomas Vanek - Buffalo 14,182 (15th on the list of Eastern Conference forwards) Some people above him that I'm surprised are regarded higher than Vanek - Peter Forsberg, Evgeni Malkin, Mats Sundin, Brendan Shanahan It seems most people end up on the ballot strictly due to name recognition, which is more evident in names like forsberg, shanahan, brodeur. I'm not suprised with : Shanahan with 17 goals. Or Malkin 9 + 9 in 15 games. It is an "All-Star" game. People like to see the "next great player" or an all-time great having a great year. Vanek will have his day in the spotlight. If he cashed in on half his chances this year he would have 30 goals already. He should have had four or five last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jshockeyguy7 Posted November 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Oh i'm not doubting the players I listed by any means, just pointing out the peculiararity of the vote gap between Vanek and some of these "allstars". I looked at the numbers more carefully and I still stand by my comment somewhat, Vanek is 10th in the league in scoring with 15g 11a Shanahan has 16g 11a, But when you look closer at his stats, 8 of those come on the powerplay, and the more telling number is his -2, compared to Vanek's +15. While Malkin will be a star in this league for the years to come, this year I think his success is more a by-product of playing with Crosby, I didn't do my research, granted, but I would be willing to bet all of his points have Crosby somewhere in there on the scoresheet. So while all 3 are very deserving of any All-Star accolades, I was just curious as to why Vanek, with comparable or better stats, was A) Not even on the ballot, and B) is suffering such a huge gap disadvantage below the forementioned players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcrusho Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 You know what this means right.... It means you need to vote again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jshockeyguy7 Posted November 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 You know what this means right.... It means you need to vote again.... Already have an organization on facebook gathering write-in votes for Vanek, as well as normal ones for the others, I don't forget about them :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JujuFish Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 I was just curious as to why Vanek, with comparable or better stats, was A) Not even on the ballot, and B) is suffering such a huge gap disadvantage below the forementioned players. A is your answer to B. From that article, Vanek is EASILY the most written-in vote, with nearly three times as many votes as next closest write-in, Darcy F*cker. That's saying something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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