NHL All-Star Voting Update

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Posted November 27th, 2007 by Jeremy Kenter
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The latest results from fan voting for the 2008 NHL All-Star Game to be held Jan. 27 in Atlanta... Martin Brodeur currently stands in second place behind New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lendqvist who is among league leaders in GAA (1.81) and save percentage (.931) and second in shutouts (4) behind Pascal LecLaire, who should be starting for the Western Conference.

Please do vote here:

Eastern Conference Gossip:

First:
Martin St. Louis should be No. 1 in votes, Alfredsson second, Briere third, and Crosby fourth or fifth.  Crosby's team is in last place in the Atlantic Division- 'nough said about him.  Briere's Flyers are not only out of the cellar from last season but are leading their division.

I cannot understand Patrik Elias getting 9,000 plus votes.  Why Gionta has nearly 3,000 votes as well beats me... both players are underachieving and need the time off to regroup, not to think that they are the premier forwards in the league... which, of course they are not...

In fact, the Devils best player, Zach Parise, is not even mentioned as a top forward.  He might not be the best forward in the Eastern Conference, but he's definitely worthy of as many votes as Elias.

Former Devil:

Brian Rafalski started for Devils in the 2003-2004 NHL All-Star Game before, but now plays behind Nicklas Lidstrom.  I still think he's one of the best defenseman in the Western Conference and is fourth among all defenseman in assists (17), third in power play assists (8), and fourth overall in points (3G 17A= 20Pts).

Here is the most updated list:

Eastern Conference
Forwards

Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh, 94,118; Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa, 41,198; Daniel Briere, Philadelphia, 32,751; Alexander Ovechkin, Washington, 30,686; Vincent Lecavalier, Tampa Bay, 28,615; Dany Heatley, Ottawa, 27,121; Ilya Kovalchuk, Atlanta, 26,628; Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh, 18,015; Saku Koivu, Montreal, 17,891; Maxim Afinogenov, Buffalo, 17,782; Jaromir Jagr, N.Y. Rangers, 16,604; Chris Drury, N.Y. Rangers; 15,600; Mats Sundin, Toronto, 14,046; Jason Blake, Toronto, 13,317; Simon Gagne, Philadelphia, 12,394; Jason Spezza, Ottawa, 11,902; *-Mike Richards, Philadelphia, 10,315; Thomas Vanek, Buffalo, 9,701; Patrik Elias, New Jersey, 9,358; Eric Staal, Carolina, 8,746; Marian Hossa, Atlanta, 8,648; Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay, 7,546; Brendan Shanahan, N.Y. Rangers, 7,057; *-Alexei Kovalev, Montreal, 5,990; Bill Guerin, N.Y. Islanders, 5,805; Vyacheslav Kozlov, Atlanta, 4,651; Justin Williams, Carolina, 4,611; Olli Jokinen, Florida, 4,466; Scott Gomez, N.Y. Rangers, 4,304; Marc Savard, Boston, 3,205; Brian Gionta, New Jersey, 2,909; *-Nik Antropov, Toronto, 2,373; Brad Richards, Tampa Bay, 2,275.

Defensemen
Andrei Markov, Montreal, 48,134; Zdeno Chara, Boston, 45,949; Tomas Kaberle, Toronto, 36,125; Brian Campbell, Buffalo, 33,857; Kimmo Timonen, Philadelphia, 30,951; Wade Redden, Ottawa, 29,457; Ryan Whitney, Pittsburgh, 27,028; Jay Bouwmeester, Florida, 23,454; Chris Phillips, Ottawa, 19,174; Bryan McCabe, Toronto, 18,840; Dan Boyle, Tampa Bay, 17,255; Henrik Tallinder, Buffalo, 12,702.

Goaltenders
Henrik Lundqvist, N.Y. Rangers, 30,324; Martin Brodeur, New Jersey, 29,631; Martin Biron, Philadelphia, 27,849; Cristobal Huet, Montreal, 24,515; Ryan Miller, Buffalo, 14,112; Ray Emery, Ottawa, 11,752; Cam Ward, Carolina, 10,565; Rick DiPietro, N.Y. Islanders, 10,352; Tomas Vokoun, Florida, 6,949; Olaf Kolzig, Washington, 5,623.

Western Conference
Forwards
Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit, 58,074; Jarome Iginla, Calgary, 42,552; Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit, 39,041; Joe Sakic, Colorado, 33,307; Mike Cammalleri, Los Angeles, 32,650; Joe Thornton, San Jose, 28,117; Paul Stastny, Colorado, 25,408; Jonathan Cheechoo, San Jose, 23,802; Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim, 20,546; Marian Gaborik, Minnesota, 20,539; Rick Nash, Columbus, 20,508; Jason Arnott, Nashville, 19,015; Mike Modano, Dallas, 17,753; Paul Kariya, Saint Louis, 13,994; Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles, 13,203; Ales Hemsky, Edmonton, 11,122; Shane Doan, Phoenix, 10,787; Ryan Smyth, Colorado, 10,634; Martin Havlat, Chicago, 8,948; Milan Hejduk, Colorado, 8,832; Andy McDonald, Anaheim, 6,965; Brian Rolston, Minnesota, 6,774; Patrick Marleau, San Jose, 6,289; Daymond Langkow, Calgary, 6,175; Keith Tkachuk, Saint Louis, 5,801; Markus Naslund, Vancouver, 5,796; Henrik Sedin, Vancouver, 5,075; x-Patrick Kane, Chicago, 4,019; Daniel Sedin, Vancouver, 3,699; Brenden Morrow, Dallas, 3,568; David Legwand, Nashville, 2,279.

Defensemen
Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit, 80,903; Dion Phaneuf, Calgary, 56,664; Chris Pronger, Anaheim, 41,046; Rob Blake, Los Angeles, 30,393; Francois Beauchemin, Anaheim, 22,954; Brian Rafalski, Detroit, 22,054; Sheldon Souray, Edmonton, 18,018; Scott Hannan, Colorado, 17,741; Sergei Zubov, Dallas, 16,082; Ed Jovanovski, Phoenix, 14,249; Lubomir Visnovsky, Los Angeles, 12,479; Mattias Ohlund, Vancouver, 11,840; Robyn Regehr, Calgary, 7,382 .

Goaltenders
Pascal Leclaire, Columbus, 37,574; Roberto Luongo, Vancouver, 34,050; Dominik Hasek, Detroit, 21,062; Niklas Backstrom, Minnesota, 19,756; Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Anaheim, 18,325; Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary, 17,026; Evgeni Nabokov, San Jose, 11,246; Nikolai Khabibulin, Chicago, 8,592; Marty Turco, Dallas, 8,400.





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