Saturday, January 03, 2009
Boycott the NHL All-Star Game
This is an embarrassment and a disgrace.
Obviously the NHL was in a bad spot, having allowed fan voting over the Internet that allowed fans to spam the vote. But having detected and rectified that issue the league should have had the guts to wipe the slate clean and start the voting over.
Whatever outcry that would have engendered would be preferable to the ridiculous spectacle of four teams representing the entire starting lines of both the Eastern and Western Conferences.
The Montreal Canadiens and the Pittsburgh Penguins are in 5th and 8th place. The Chicago Blackhawks and Anaheim Ducks are in 4th and 6th place.
Where are the San Jose Sharks? The Detroit Red Wings? The Washington Capitals? The Boston Bruins?
Sorry -- we will not be watching. If the NHL is going to allow Montreal to turn their 100th Anniversary All-Star Game Celebration into a home-town event, then they can have it.
Hope they enjoy it. A party they're throwing for themselves that no one else is coming to.
Obviously the NHL was in a bad spot, having allowed fan voting over the Internet that allowed fans to spam the vote. But having detected and rectified that issue the league should have had the guts to wipe the slate clean and start the voting over.
Whatever outcry that would have engendered would be preferable to the ridiculous spectacle of four teams representing the entire starting lines of both the Eastern and Western Conferences.
The Montreal Canadiens and the Pittsburgh Penguins are in 5th and 8th place. The Chicago Blackhawks and Anaheim Ducks are in 4th and 6th place.
Where are the San Jose Sharks? The Detroit Red Wings? The Washington Capitals? The Boston Bruins?
Sorry -- we will not be watching. If the NHL is going to allow Montreal to turn their 100th Anniversary All-Star Game Celebration into a home-town event, then they can have it.
Hope they enjoy it. A party they're throwing for themselves that no one else is coming to.
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The All-Star game voting, from the minute the ballots were announced, has been a joke.
The fact that people like Sergei Gonchar, who hasn't played a game all year, was on the ballot but people like Tim Thomas, goaltender for the Eastern Conference-leading Bruins, wasn't is ridiculous.
We're boycotting it:
http://boycott.penguinsexperience.com
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The fact that people like Sergei Gonchar, who hasn't played a game all year, was on the ballot but people like Tim Thomas, goaltender for the Eastern Conference-leading Bruins, wasn't is ridiculous.
We're boycotting it:
http://boycott.penguinsexperience.com
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