7 posts tagged “all star game 06-07”

I expected this ASG to be a major flub compared to the past ASG's I've seen, mostly because I wasn't impressed with some of the players that were picked and ignored for both the East and West rosters.

Surprisingly, this has been one of the more exciting All Star Games I've seen. I actually enjoyed it. I love that I didn't feel stressed out while watching it, except when Roberto Luongo was on the ice. I love how you can sort of feel the "East vs West" rivalry brewing up between the fans, and with the Vancouver Canucks just coming out of a 4 game Eastern road trip, some bragging rights were on the line to prove once (and for all) that the West is the Best.

And they did.

A lot of this year's All Star game revolved around the NHL's young stars, especially Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin. They were put in the same line with Brendan Shannahan, and sadly, their line had no chemistry at all, and they ended up not producing.

On the other hand, it was the Western's much more experienced players that brought home the bacon, with 4 players 1 goal away from scoring a hat trick. All the lines for the West pretty much clicked and were very effective. The same can be said for the East, except for the Crosby line.

I wasn't pleased with the way the Cheechoo-Thornton-Marleau line played... None of them can finish! I couldn't resist pulling my hair out! It was just so frustrating seeing that line out because they created so many good scoring chances, but they just couldn't put it in.

Rick Nash was so good this game! Brian Rolston's slapshot is a killer, and it makes me wonder why they didn't use him on the "Hardest Shot" competition in the SuperSkills. Heck.. the whole Western all stars were freaking awesome and really proved to the fans that they were deserving of the title this year.

Roberto Luongo had 2 scary moments in the first period.. the first one was when Jason Blake accidentally knocked his helmet off when he got his stick caught up and hit Luongo in the back of the head. I swear, all the Canucks' fans held their breath at that moment, and collectively breathed a sigh of relief to see he was alright. Then, Daniel Briere accidentally "bumped" into Luongo, and Lui has a "WHAT THE FUCK DUDE" look on his face, though he was smiling. At least Briere apologized. Blake didn't. Watch your back when we play you, Blake. X(

All 3 goaltenders for the Western Conference allowed 3 goals each. :D I felt bad for Brodeur. :( He looked ... not so good tonight. Really, if there was a goalie in that game that I wanted to get lit up, it was Ryan Miller. LOL!

It's kinda funny how both Brodeur and Luongo were taking this game really seriously. If you compare their reactions when a goal got scored on them to Miller, Kipprusoff, Huet, and Turco's reaction, there's a major difference. The other 4 goalies are actually smiling, probably thinking "HAHA D: GOOD GOAL". Broduer and Luongo are fiercely competitive, that when they got scored on, they looked really pissed off.

You still did good, Lui! :D

But yes! 12-9 for the West!! HAHAHAHA

Seems like they're ignoring each other, though. What dramaqueens.

(and is it just me or sometimes Sidney Crosby looks like he's wearing lipstick? Maybe cause he has thick lips? o_O???)

I CAN'T WAIT.

Currently watching the Young Stars competition!!! and after this is the Super Skills competition (though I already know who won cause CBC is showing the tape delayed version in the West.. and not live. :\)

RORY FITZPATRICK IS NOW #2 IN THE ALL-STAR BALLOT FOR DEFENCEMEN!

Official NHL news link. HAHAHA. Now it's time to vote him for number 1 and hopefully, all the Lidstrom fans don't get ticked that Fitz just beat him.

LOL!

VOTE FOR RORY! It took them long enough, but the campaign finally reached media attention in Vancouver, Vancouver Canucks players, and most importantly, the man himself: Rory Fitzpatrick.

I don't remember if I actually voted for Fitz yet, I do remember laughing a lot at first when I heard about this campaign in the Canucks.com forum then laughed some more when I heard about the even bigger campaign at HFboards.com, and then maybe, I cried a little for Fitz cause well....... XD Yeah

Seems like he and the team are taking it all in good stride. I wonder who the mystery person, who brought all those VOTE FOR PEDRO RORY t-shirts for everyone to wear, is? XD Love how Fitz has the full support, moral or by vote, from his teammates. :D I wonder if they vote for Canucks players while they vote for Rory in the write-in?

Anyway, so let's hear what they had to say:

Well I think it's pretty funny. Especially when you hear him [Rory] talk about it. He's just as surprised as the rest of us. But it's nice. Pretty funny. - Markus Naslund

Yeah I think it's pretty cool. He has my full support. I mean I haven't actually physically sat down and voted, still need to do that, but I'm talking morally, He has all my support. - Brendan Morrison

Yeah I've got to get back to my room sit down and keep voting. I voted quite a few times earlier and so I got to get back on the computer now. It's cool - Roberto Luongo

It’s great, everyone’s got their t-shirt today, it’s exciting. Hopefully he can get enough votes to get in. I haven’t voted yet but it’s the first thing I’m going to do when I get home, get on the internet and start voting. I don’t know how many times you can vote but I’m going to be on it all night. - Josh Green

It’s unlimited? Then there’s my day then - Josh Green

It’s kind of funny actually, there’s no other way to comment on it, I guess. I’ll just have fun with it and all the guys are having fun with it as you can see so just enjoy it and see what happens. - Rory Fitzpatrick

LOL! When I look Lui's quote, it makes me wonder if he votes for himself the whole day....... XDDDDD!!!

WELL, since it has the team's approval, I guess I'll vote for Fitz at least once. :x My write-in for 99.9% of the time will still go to Sami Salo, though.

So DID YOU VOTE yet?