Jamie Benn Named To 2012 NHL All-Star Game Roster
by Brad Gardner on Jan 12, 2012 12:04 PM CST
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Word out of Stars' camp today is that Jamie Benn has been informed by the league that he'll be playing in the 2012 NHL All-Star Game in Ottawa on January 29th.
Benn leads the Stars in scoring with 42 points in 41 games this year (13 goals, 29 assists) and is a +10 on the season. This is his first (of many) All-Star appearance. It had been speculated that Loui Eriksson would be the lone representative from the Stars but he has not been chosen with his 14 goals and 24 assists (38 points) and a +12 rating on the year.
There is still a chance that Eriksson could attend the festivities if enough of the selected players decline due to injury, which happens every year. Loui Eriksson was one of the game's best players last year with a game high four points, though lost MVP honors to Patrick Sharp of the Chicago Blackhawks.
Elsewhere in the conference the Chicago Blackhawks get three in (Hossa, Toews and Kane). Kane has the same 38 points as Loui Eriksson in two additional games played and is seven worse in the plus/minus column, if you want to get into it. Nashville takes two in Shea Weber and Ryan Suter. The Sharks get just one in Logan Couture, and the Coyotes send Keith Yandle.
Brad Richards and James Neal have not been invited to attend (though Neal could have declined).
Congratulations to Jamie Benn. See the full roster here and after the jump.
Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks
Tyler Seguin, Boston Bruins
Jason Pominville, Buffalo Sabres
Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames
Marian Hossa, Chicago Blackhawks
Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks
Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks
Jamie Benn, Dallas Stars
Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
Mikko Koivu, Minnesota Wild
John Tavares, New York Islanders
Marian Gaborik, New York Rangers
Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers
Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins
Logan Couture, San Jose Sharks
Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning
Phil Kessel, Toronto Maple Leafs
Joffrey Lupul, Toronto Maple Leafs
Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks
Henrik Sedin, Vancouver Canucks
Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
Defensemen
Zdeno Chara, Boston Bruins
Brian Campbell, Florida Panthers
Ryan Suter, Nashville Predators
Shea Weber, Nashville Predators
Dan Girardi, New York Rangers
Kimmo Timonen, Philadelphia Flyers
Keith Yandle, Phoenix Coyotes
Alex Edler, Vancouver Canucks
Dennis Wideman, Washington Capitals
Dustin Byfuglien, Winnipeg Jets
Goaltenders
Jimmy Howard, Detroit Red Wings
Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings
Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens
Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers
Brian Elliott, St. Louis Blues
12 Rookies
Luke Adam, Buffalo Sabres
Justin Faulk, Carolina Hurricanes
Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado Avalanche
Ryan Johansen, Columbus Blue Jackets
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton Oilers
Craig Smith, Nashville Predators
Adam Henrique, New Jersey Devils
Adam Larsson, New Jersey Devils
Colin Greening, Ottawa Senators
Sean Couturier, Philadelphia Flyers
Matt Read, Philadelphia Flyers
Cody Hodgson, Vancouver Canucks
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If Loui played somewhere up North
He’d being going too. The whole fans voting in 4 Sens is ridiculous. Go Stars!
How long of a deal do you think we'll give him?
He’s only 22-freaking-years-old. He has the potential to be playing in the NHL for 17-18 more years. God, I want to see number 14 up in the rafters 20 years from now.
saving grace is that he's still an RFA....
That gives us some leverage…. but not much.
"He punched the highlights out of her hair.... He punched the HIGHLIGHTS out of her hair!!!" -- Young Neil
Good thing the Stars have an owner now
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Lenders to Joe..
Umm hey Joe your going to have to trade Benn, we won’t let you pay him that much
by can we get hatcher back on Jan 12, 2012 1:09 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Probably not, but they might not be able to pay him what he's worth
And if they weren’t able to offer a good deal for him, it might have made him worth the risk for another team to try to up the ante and try to steal him away
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This is why I don't want us acquiring a huge contract in trade
Yes, we have tons of cap room, but we have guys we need to re-sign and Benn is gonna warrant a big raise.
i think even with raises to goose and Benn
we’re still going to have about $20 mil of cap space…. and that’s not including the expansion of the ceiling.
"He punched the highlights out of her hair.... He punched the HIGHLIGHTS out of her hair!!!" -- Young Neil
I want them both long-term
If we sign Benn to a 8-10 year $40-$50M deal it’s a win for the Stars. I hope it happens before the end of the season to avoid any offer sheets.
i don't know about 8-10, but 5-6 is pretty likely.
"He punched the highlights out of her hair.... He punched the HIGHLIGHTS out of her hair!!!" -- Young Neil
The only reason I say 8-10 is to make sure he is not a UFA before the age of 30.
Realistically, it’ll prob be a 5-6. Benn knows what he’s worth to this team.
I think best for enn and us at this point would be something along these lines
A 3 year contract for 10 million and then
A 5, or 6 year contract for 5.5-6.5 AAV contract
by can we get hatcher back on Jan 12, 2012 1:33 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
If he got offersheeted and Joe didn't match
I would probably strangle Joe and then go become a fan of that team
by can we get hatcher back on Jan 12, 2012 1:14 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
depends on what the offer is...
But i’m pretty sure he would match almost anything.
"He punched the highlights out of her hair.... He punched the HIGHLIGHTS out of her hair!!!" -- Young Neil
Or L.A. or San Jose or Detroit or Anaheim or Philadelphia or Boston......
I might think about it
Hope by my you don't mean morrow
Benner plays more like malkin imo
by can we get hatcher back on Jan 12, 2012 12:27 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
And Mike just posted on his Facebook page about Jamie making the All Star team.
Only one comment so far, but that person agreed that Jamie reminds them a lot of Mike.
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couple years ago, I thought it would be Real Deal Neal
Now, I can’t get enough of watching him buzz around on double shifts. Goose and Benn are a great set of young players that need a long contract, but I REALLY don’t like the 15 years and a Billion dollar BS that has been showing up the last few years. 5-6 sounds about right…
YIPPEE!
Now Stars, think you can deliver the other half of my birthday present tonight?
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Congrats to Benn for making whatever team he'll be on
The only complaint I have about the ASG is the same one I had last year, and that’s every team is not represented in the actual game. It’s hard to do especially with some teams, but I rather see a bad teams best player then 4 guys from one team, but whatever I’ll still watch no matter what.
by chris1989 on Jan 12, 2012 12:43 PM CST via mobile reply actions
every team has 1 player selected this year though.
"He punched the highlights out of her hair.... He punched the HIGHLIGHTS out of her hair!!!" -- Young Neil
Now I love my new Benn sweater even more
best xmas present ever!
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Good for Jamie.
If he is so far the only one from the Stars, so be it.
Trevor Daley is my cup of tea.
Congrats to Mr. Benn
The only gripe I have is 3 blackhawk forwards. Selfish bastards…
What...just...happened?
I want to know how many declined the invite.
Lidstrom declined. Selanne declined. Couture from the Sharks? Someone declined out there too I’ll bet. James Neal probably declined due to the head injury (no way he isnt an all star with 21 goals).
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As a fan
I don’t want to have to wade through who declined and who didn’t.
They should announce the effing roster that they WANT, then give the players the chance to decline. Why not just put the truth out there?
I don’t know why I care. This is all really insignificant compared to what’s happening tonight at 9:30pm.
by Brad Gardner on Jan 12, 2012 1:53 PM CST up reply actions
Because then you'd have half the roster publicly stating they don't want to go.
And that would be embarrassing for the league.
yet another reason for them to have it in august.
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I'm just interested to know.
It’s heavily Eastern Conference, and the game is in Ottawa. Guys out West might just not want to deal with the travel.
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Benn & Loui...
…the new Mo & Lehts…
Our GM,
who art in the front office,
on Conn Smythe be they name.
by ex_seraphim (Angelou del Angel) on Jan 12, 2012 2:03 PM CST reply actions
Modano is laughing somewhere
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Tbh I think Benn and Loui will be better than Mo & Lehts
But thats my 5 pence
Tonight's forecast... a freeze!!!
James Neal - 45 points. Alex Goligoski - 46 points. Nieuwendyk lost?
by Great British Stars Fan on Jan 12, 2012 2:42 PM CST up reply actions
They certainly show potential to be.
Our GM,
who art in the front office,
on Conn Smythe be they name.
by ex_seraphim (Angelou del Angel) on Jan 12, 2012 3:03 PM CST up reply actions
Mike Modano is one of the 50 best skaters in the history of the NHL.
And he came out of the gates at a faster pace than Jamie Benn, and did so at a younger age. I don’t see any reason to believe that Benn will be better. Modano was more skilled.
Loui is a better offensive player than Lehtinen was, but Jere was an other worldly defender. They’re a convenient comp, but it doesn’t entirely fit.
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Whoa I'm not suggesting Benn will be better than Modano
I just think the combo (ish, I know it’s kind of tits up at the moment with Loui going with Ribs) will do us better than the classic combo of Mo & Lehts.
Sorry if I didn’t make that clear, I just think they have far more upside as a tandem and defensively well above average over the rest of the NHL to do us a service similar, and possibly better than the other two.
We’ll never get another Mo, but it’s not an impossibility that Benn will break the 91 points in a season Mike had (I think it’s 91)
Tonight's forecast... a freeze!!!
James Neal - 45 points. Alex Goligoski - 46 points. Nieuwendyk lost?
by Great British Stars Fan on Jan 12, 2012 3:53 PM CST up reply actions
They have far more upside than a certain HOF and a 3 time Selke winner?
I find that incredibly hard to believe. I think people underestimate just how good those teams were.
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Ditto- those teams from 96-06 were always a contender.
Jere was a perennial Selke candidate for a reason, it was like having a third Dman on the ice for his shifts. Couple that with the vintage scoring of a young Mo and it was magic. I still miss Zubov and many others. We need to build us another champion caliber team and Goose and Benn should be great contributors to that effort but it isn’t justified to say they will be better. Let that wine age a few more years…
Not to mention how hard it Is for wingers to win selkes
And Zubie doesn’t get the credit he deserves Imo he was the offensive defender of his era imo
by can we get hatcher back on Jan 12, 2012 5:07 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
For me its hard to appreciate those times as much as I could due to not really having internet at the time and being 7!
So I caught up through the yearly rendition of NHL 20[insert numerical year here]
I like this debate though, on one hand we have a legendary tandem and the other we have what we hope is the future of this franchise.
I love Mo and Lehtinen, don’t get me wrong I know what they did for this team (I hope I’m not sounding like they were merely Sestito and Avery on an unbelievably-hot-it-melts-diamonds hot streak) I just hope we can have something that can surpass that because we need to if we are ever to win a Cup again. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say the younglings will be better offensively as a pair, the only problem being Benn’s distribution (which I think is one of his biggest flaws – then looks at assist total – but I still think it). Also the older pair had a much better supporting cast than our current group, I’d like to see what would happen with a possession centre and top pairing d-men.
Tonight's forecast... a freeze!!!
James Neal - 45 points. Alex Goligoski - 46 points. Nieuwendyk lost?
by Great British Stars Fan on Jan 12, 2012 6:54 PM CST up reply actions
Yes, it's 91 - a record held by both Mo and Brad Richards, who tied the mark two seasons ago.
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How about this:
Benn and Loui are Mo and Lehts “Lite”
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They can be.
I still think there are a lot of little things Modano did that Benn can’t yet do. He might eventually, but he isn’t there yet.
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The Only Question Now
Is if Benn can tone it down for the All Star Game.
Would you guys like the All-Star game to take on more meaning?
Like the winner has home-ice advantage in the Cup Finals like baseball? Obviously the Rangers have been screwed by that for 2 years now (though CJ letting up the winning home tun off Fielder shows that it might be pretty fair)….but I loathe the All-Star game.
Let's sign fielder and then have him and yu do the same presser
Screw LAA
by can we get hatcher back on Jan 12, 2012 7:02 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Its A Big Joke
I had such a horrible time when it was here in Dallas. Yes, we got kinda screwed by the league and it was during the week, but the whole production and game was awful.
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