Where is the Love?

by StarryEyedLizzy on Nov 29, 2011 3:13 PM CST

I stopped by the NHL site to cast my vote for our players on the All-Star ballot and I was saddend to see we are seriously slacking! Only Studly Wonderbomb is in so far - and he's all the way at the bottom - currently at #20 of 20. C'mon ya'll, lets show these guys some true Texas pride and love and get them in. Let's find a way to spread the word and get everyone voting.

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All it dictates is the "starters" for the team.

Not worth voting for, IMO.

The good players on the Stars will make it.

"He punched the highlights out of her hair.... He punched the HIGHLIGHTS out of her hair!!!" -- Young Neil

by Tsudbury on Nov 29, 2011 3:32 PM CST reply actions

The Good Players?

What do you mean? And what’s with the font on my post? :)

by StarryEyedLizzy on Nov 29, 2011 3:37 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

The players on the Stars team who should be on the All Star team will probably be on there regardless...

they just won’t be starting.

Voting on the ballots has no effect on who actually makes the team. So even if we did spend forever and a day voting for Morrow, and getting him to 20th on the list (because we don’t have enough people to make it to the top 10), he wouldn’t be at the All Star game, due to his terrible season so far.

"He punched the highlights out of her hair.... He punched the HIGHLIGHTS out of her hair!!!" -- Young Neil

by Tsudbury on Nov 29, 2011 3:57 PM CST up reply actions

Got it

Thank you, I understand that now. :)

by StarryEyedLizzy on Nov 29, 2011 11:32 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

y'all

"...out of the shadows of unprecedented success, the sun shines down upon this team waiting to thrill anew." - ghostofErikThompson

by jam0152 on Nov 29, 2011 4:10 PM CST reply actions

LOL

Now go tell it to Faulkner, Hemingway, and McCullers as they used it my way too :)

Could be it boils down to personal preference, but I thank you for your concern in correcting me. One of my best friends was a teacher and she tried too, I guess I’m kinda stubborn though

by StarryEyedLizzy on Nov 29, 2011 11:30 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

it's ya'll for me too...

…and no one can convince me otherwise!

Stars fan stuck in S.TX

by pippichongos on Nov 30, 2011 1:43 PM CST up reply actions

It's short for "you all"

You’re removing the “ou” so that’s where the apostrophe goes. “Y’all”

Otherwise it would be short for Yaoull. :-D

"He punched the highlights out of her hair.... He punched the HIGHLIGHTS out of her hair!!!" -- Young Neil

by Tsudbury on Nov 30, 2011 1:50 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs

rec'd

"...out of the shadows of unprecedented success, the sun shines down upon this team waiting to thrill anew." - ghostofErikThompson

by jam0152 on Nov 30, 2011 1:52 PM CST up reply actions

For what it's worth, I did my voting a while back.

At this point I’d vote for Nystrom if I went to vote again. He’s been awesome.

by Travis Drybread on Nov 29, 2011 4:19 PM CST reply actions

lol that'd be hilarious

GET OFF NIEUWENDYK'S NUTS

by 8thegreat on Nov 29, 2011 5:44 PM CST up reply actions

I did too

As a write in :)

by StarryEyedLizzy on Nov 29, 2011 11:33 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

NHL All-Star voting is useless.

Unless you’re in a big hockey market, your home team players aren’t getting voted in.

by Why on Nov 29, 2011 5:11 PM CST reply actions

I wish it was like the rangers where if you vote like 30 times you get free tickets

by JQ$ on Nov 29, 2011 11:36 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

It's a popularity contest?

Is that what you mean?

by StarryEyedLizzy on Nov 29, 2011 11:37 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

Exactly

by LilEagle on Nov 30, 2011 10:53 AM CST up reply actions

And in a world where the media pushes East Cost + Redwings, and only markets Crosby & Ovi as players...

It’s kind of hard to get any Stars players in there.

If the players could vote on each other, it would be a different story.

"He punched the highlights out of her hair.... He punched the HIGHLIGHTS out of her hair!!!" -- Young Neil

by Tsudbury on Nov 30, 2011 11:13 AM CST up reply actions

there's gotta be more to it

Otherwise, whats the point of even having us vote?

by StarryEyedLizzy on Nov 30, 2011 3:36 PM CST up reply actions

Annnnnd now you've caught on. :-)

There is no point. That’s why it’s terrible.

"He punched the highlights out of her hair.... He punched the HIGHLIGHTS out of her hair!!!" -- Young Neil

by Tsudbury on Nov 30, 2011 4:08 PM CST up reply actions

Don't misunderstand my negativity towards voting though...

I actually enjoy the All-Star game. I just look at is as a chance to take a pause in the middle of the season, and enjoy the sport itself. And I love getting to see any of the Stars be on the team.

It’s just voting for the starters that I think is pointless.

"He punched the highlights out of her hair.... He punched the HIGHLIGHTS out of her hair!!!" -- Young Neil

by Tsudbury on Dec 1, 2011 7:49 AM CST up reply actions

To give the illusion that fans have a say

by Why on Nov 30, 2011 6:19 PM CST up reply actions

all star games are pointless.

I don’t think i have watched one from any sport in 20 years.

I've never really felt guilty. I've been FOUND guilty.

by harry wagstaff on Nov 30, 2011 12:54 AM CST reply actions

except the MLB one.

winning side gets home field in the world series.

terrible setup

by Travis Drybread on Nov 30, 2011 1:22 PM CST up reply actions

Of which the rangers have now suffered twice.

"He punched the highlights out of her hair.... He punched the HIGHLIGHTS out of her hair!!!" -- Young Neil

by Tsudbury on Nov 30, 2011 1:50 PM CST up reply actions

Not like it mattered the first go-around

by Why on Nov 30, 2011 6:20 PM CST up reply actions

i havent watched baseball since they went on strike midseason.

So it is still pointless in my opinion. I couldn’t even name a baseball allstar player.

I've never really felt guilty. I've been FOUND guilty.

by harry wagstaff on Nov 30, 2011 1:54 PM CST up reply actions

I actually like the skills competition in the NHL

But the actual game is more like a scrimmage, and it’s not really fun to watch because neither team cares who wins. I’d rather watch a late February game between Carolina and Calgary, with no playoff implications, than the All-Star game, because at least some of the players on both sides are competing for their jobs.
And I don’t know anyone who likes the MLB ASG set-up. Maybe now that the NL is winning them, Selig will change the rule. God forbid the Red Sox or Yankees encounter a competitive disadvantage in the World Series.

by Uncle Mo's Family Feedbag on Nov 30, 2011 2:47 PM CST up reply actions

Skills competition rocks!

I do enjoy wathcing the game too, even if its less competative. I like it because its some of the best players of our time playing all at once – seriously, how can you not enjoy that. Well, maybe not everyone gets starry eyed like I do?

by StarryEyedLizzy on Nov 30, 2011 3:35 PM CST up reply actions

Maybe they should give the winning conference...

…home ice in the cup final. Give ’em something to play for….at least the contenders.

Our GM,
who art in the front office,
on Conn Smythe be they name.

by ex_seraphim (Angelou del Angel) on Dec 1, 2011 10:27 PM CST up reply actions

While I am opposed to this

it at least makes more sense in the NHL than it does in the MLB. At least in the NHL, most teams are still mathematically alive for a playoff spot when the all-star game is played. By the time of the MLB all-star game, at least half of all teams are no longer in realistic contention and could probably care less which league gets home-field.

by Uncle Mo's Family Feedbag on Dec 2, 2011 2:36 AM CST up reply actions

Not just no

Hell no

I've never really felt guilty. I've been FOUND guilty.

by harry wagstaff on Dec 2, 2011 8:49 AM CST up reply actions

It's dumb in the MLB

It’s dumb in any sport.

by Why on Dec 4, 2011 1:43 AM CST up reply actions

The game would be great if either side cared about the results

But it’s in the very nature of an all-star game that nothing is really on the line (or it should be…looking at you, Selig). So yes, most of the NHL’s best are there, but they’re not really doing what makes them great. Otherwise you wouldn’t have all-star caliber goalies allowing 23 goals in one game.

by Uncle Mo's Family Feedbag on Nov 30, 2011 6:08 PM CST reply actions