NHL All-Stars Announced

[A.E]

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Sidney Crosby (PIT)*
Jonathan Toews (CHI)*
Evgeni Malkin (PIT)*
Eric Staal (CAR)
Patrick Sharp (CHI)
Patrick Kane (CHI)
Henrik Sedin (VAN)
Daniel Sedin (VAN)
Ryan Kesler (VAN)
Steve Stamkos (TB)
Martin St. Louis (TB)
Alex Ovechkin (WAS)
Jarome Iginla (CGY)
Rick Nash (CMB)
Anze Kopitar (LA)
Patrik Elias (NJ)
Corey Perry (ANH)
Brad Richards (DAL)
Loui Eriksson (DAL)
Matt Duchene (COL)
Phil Kessel (TOR)
Ales Hemsky (EDM)
Claude Giroux (PHI)
David Backes (STL)

Defensemen

Duncan Keith (CHI)*
Kris Letang (PIT)*
Nicklas Lidstrom (DET)
Dustin Byfuglien (ATL)
Tobias Enstrom (ATL)
Marc Staal (NYR)
Mike Green (WAS)
Erik Karlsson (OTT)
Brent Burns (MIN)
Zdeno Chara (BOS)
Shea Weber (NSH)
Dan Boyle (SJ)

Goaltenders

Marc-Andre Fleury (PIT)*
Cam Ward (CAR)
Henrik Lundqvist (NYR)
Tim Thomas (BOS)
Carey Price (MON)
Jonas Hiller (ANH)

Rookie representatives

Jeff Skinner (CAR)
Cam Fowler (ANH)
Michael Grabner (NYI)
Kevin Shattenkirk (COL)
Oliver Ekman-Larsson (PHX)
Taylor Hall (EDM)
Tyler Seguin (BOS)
Jordan Eberle (EDM)
Tyler Ennis (BUF)
Evgeny Dadonov (FLA)
Logan Couture (SJ)
Derek Stepan (NYR)

'*' denotes starters. 2 captains will be chosen by players, who will then, draft their teams the Friday before the game.

No John Tavares? Red Wings and Flyers only have 1 representative each? Briere, Brad Richards, and Zetterberg get the huge snub. Semin, Vanek, Havlat, Suter, and Jack Johnson...also snubbed.

 

[Phil The Thrill]

Phil Kessel made it <3

But like you said many snubs.

How the hell is Zetterberg not in this???

 

[RipCity32]

One Red Wing is laughable.

 

[STLZACH]

Backes made it, HELL YEA. Guy finally gets what he deserves.

How did Halak miss it though? He was the top western conference vote getter...

 

[A.E]

These are fucking disgusting....

 

[LeafsFan4Life]

No John Tavares? Red Wings and Flyers only have 1 representative each? Briere, Brad Richards, and Zetterberg get the huge snub. Semin, Vanek, Havlat, Suter, and Jack Johnson...also snubbed.

They can only pick a certain number of players and every team has to have a player either in the all star game or rookie game so obviously there are going to be players getting snubbed. There's really no point in complaining about it.

How did Halak miss it though? He was the top western conference vote getter...

Probably has something to do with there being many goalies having a better season than him...

Number of fan votes doesn't matter when it comes to the rest of the players being picked..

 

[sheed]

Not quite sure why Zetterberg got snubbed, out of everyone.

 

[STLZACH]

Surely, it's the wish of every player to be selected to the All-Star game, year in and year out? Isn't it?

Well no, as a matter of fact, it's not.

If you're wondering why your favorite star wasn't chosen this year, there's a solid chance it's because he preferred it that way - as implied by Pierre LeBrun of ESPN.com:

"In the case of (Henrik) Zetterberg, yes my educated guess is that Wings quietly (let) league know not to take him ... same would apply for a few others ..."

"... Keep in mind that some star (players), via their GMs, quietly tell league not to pick them ..."
To access the list of 2011 All-Star selections, click here.

Via ESPN Insider. That's why Zetterberg wasn't chosen, amongst others.

 

[Phil The Thrill]

Yeah only reason I can see being possible.

 

[snipezo]

3 Canucks nbd. Don't really care much. Asg is a joke.

 

[sheed]

ESPN - Flames captain Jarome Iginla has withdrawn from the NHL All-Star Game so he can spend time with his ailing grandmother.

Flyers forward Danny Briere will replace Iginla in the lineup.

Iginla, 33, has a goal and two assists in five All-Star games (2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009) and was named the Western Conference captain in 2008.