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Originally Posted by GirlySports
you can challenge that, Hrudey was an all-star 100 years ago when the Wales and Campbell Conference actually hated each other.
The fan is the paying consumer and they're voting however they want to. They are obviously not taking this game seriously anymore.
Freidman brought up that baseball has write in votes too, But nobody votes Kawasaki into the all-star game. Because that game still has value and tradition. At some point the NHL lost that.
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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
Hrudey is speaking as someone who played years ago, not now. His experience then has nothing to do with the players today. When Jagr is asking people not to vote for him you know it's not a huge deal. An honor? I guess in a way, but it's basically a joke now and the play on the ice reflects that.
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I'm not going to belabor this much more, but, as I said in my last reply, I'm open to someone with more recent experience countering Hrudey.
And sure, it's not as big a deal for 43 year old Jagr, who's been there a dozen times, but are you really so sure it wouldn't have been an honour for Max Domi, who will likely be passed over because of Scott? That it was a joke to Johnny to play in the game last year?
Guys may not play all out, but it's going to take someone who's been there to convince me that being selected an All Star is laughed off as a joke.