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Originally Posted by The_Future
It really shouldn't be dependant on if he is a Flame or not. Even if Johnny Hockey was an Oiler it is still an outrage. How can you favour two rookies and not a third? Additionally what kind of message does this send to the Calder Cup contention? Johnny Hockey need not apply. NHL has always favoured Eastern and US teams.
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This.
Even if Johnny passes Forsberg in scoring, I can see the award going to say Ekblad, just cause I don't trust anyone within the league to make the obvious or sensible choice when It comes to a member of a western Canadian team. Like why hold a vote when you weren't going to take the actual winner in the first place? AND then have the audacity to put "received the most votes" in the press release. Either there's some secret biased fans being put behind these decisions or the league is run by a bunch of crooks and all this rigging talk over the years hasn't been that far off.
It's not that I really care much about this weekend as a whole and am trying to blow it out of proportion, but the league is really toying with their respectability from fans by pulling sketchy business like this right in front of our eyes. And it has to make one wonder about things beyond the all star event. Things that hold real importance.