[News] Johnny Gaudreau named to the 2022 All Star game

[Chi-Town Hustler]

I want to see d-bag crysaitl have to play with Chucky again. That was hilarious. He's such an entitled a$$hat.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Really a “we need a Canuck” thing.

Hughes leads the division in points for defensemen and it's a 3 on 3 thing... kind of an obvious choice over Pietrangelo you'd think, especially when Vegas already has Mark Stone on the team.

But far weirder is having Adrian Kempe of all people on there in place of Jonathan Quick, who has a better sv% than both Demko and Gibson and is a bigger name... or Kopitar, who has 8 more points than Kempe, or Doughty, who is over a PPG. Very odd.

Putting Bergeron in over Marchand also doesn't make any sense.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Hughes leads the division in points for defensemen and it's a 3 on 3 thing... kind of an obvious choice over Pietrangelo you'd think, especially when Vegas already has Mark Stone on the team.

But far weirder is having Adrian Kempe of all people on there in place of Jonathan Quick, who has a better sv% than both Demko and Gibson and is a bigger name... or Kopitar, who has 8 more points than Kempe, or Doughty, who is over a PPG. Very odd.

Putting Bergeron in over Marchand also doesn't make any sense.

Fair points except I don’t think they consider the 3 on 3 format in deciding. It’s more about the honour and representation than who is best for the team.

[Samonadreau]

Why is there only one dman on Team Pacific?

[DoubleK]

Timo Time over Hertl is wierd.

Points must mean more than goals.

[Philly06Cup]

Why does the NHL refuse to market its stars.

Too many no-names and omissions to count. I'd guess guys like Crosby don't want to participate, but it's in the best interest of growing the game for the real stars to come.

[cKy]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

I don't blame him. I find All-Star games to be unwatchable. I can't recall the last time that I actually watched one.

Not that I disagree, but how do you know they are bad if you don't watch them?

It's like saying I had a 1983 Ford and it was a giant POS so now every Ford is a POS (which is still probably true)

They do tweak the format a little so it isnt like its always the same

[dino7c]

I actually enjoy the 3x3 10x more...especially with Gaudreau

[agulati]

Originally Posted by Samonadreau

Why is there only one dman on Team Pacific?

Looks to be the same case with Central too. Metro, on the other hand has 3 defensemen. 3 on 3 all star game. Doubt positions matter much.

[GirlySports]

is there a list of all the Flames that have ever gone to the all-star game?

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

is there a list of all the Flames that have ever gone to the all-star game?

This is a list from 2020 so it doesn’t include last year (Tkachuk/Gio/Rittich).

6 – Theoren Fleury, Jarome Iginla, Al MacInnis
5 – Mike Vernon, Johnny Gaudreau, Gary Suter
4 – Joe Nieuwendyk
3 – Tom Lysiak, Mark Giordano
2 – Curt Bennett, Kent Nilsson, Lanny McDonald, Joe Mullen, Gary Roberts, Dion Phaneuf
1 – Randy Manery, Al McDonagh, Eric Vail, Bill Clement, Pekka Rautakallio, Paul Reinhart, Brad McCrimmon, Valeri Bure, Phil Housley, Miikka Kiprusoff, Mike Smith, David Rittich, Matthew Tkachuk

[DoubleK]

I'd like to see them change the format a touch.

Would have the divisions in the same conference play each other in round 1. Then have the winners play each other and the losers play each other. Winner of the winner game makes the final. The loser of the winner game plays the winner of the loser game. Winner goes to the final.

Then have a winner take all final for all the cash money on Sunday night.

Basically a double knockout until the grand final. May need to shorten the games further, but would be good to see more action.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

This is a list from 2020 so it doesn’t include last year (Tkachuk/Gio/Rittich).

6 – Theoren Fleury, Jarome Iginla, Al MacInnis
5 – Mike Vernon, Johnny Gaudreau, Gary Suter
4 – Joe Nieuwendyk
3 – Tom Lysiak, Mark Giordano
2 – Curt Bennett, Kent Nilsson, Lanny McDonald, Joe Mullen, Gary Roberts, Dion Phaneuf
1 – Randy Manery, Al McDonagh, Eric Vail, Bill Clement, Pekka Rautakallio, Paul Reinhart, Brad McCrimmon, Valeri Bure, Phil Housley, Miikka Kiprusoff, Mike Smith, David Rittich, Matthew Tkachuk

Kipper only made one all star team, amazing. Never would have thought that.

[Goriders]

Johnny is deserving this year for sure. It’s been one of his best.

But I agree with a lot of the comments around deserving players being overlooked because of the need for each team to send a player. I don’t think that makes sense.