Zibanejad selected for ASG but opts out

[TheGortonConspiracy]

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[AlaBlueShirt]

Rumours saying he is going to take a veggie cooking course instead

 

[TheBloodyNine]

That really sucks. My guess is that the personal reasons is going home to see his wife in Sweden?


Regardless nice to see the fanbase come together to get this done, we usually flub these ones.

 

[EdJovanovski]

I don’t like when players refuse to go

 

[NYR94]

"Thanks but no thanks" - Mika

 

[Fitzy]

I don’t like when players refuse to go

Honestly all stars should just be a title at this point.

It’s not even like the pro bowl which is an end of season party. It’s a distraction that no one cares about.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Honestly all stars should just be a title at this point.

It’s not even like the pro bowl which is an end of season party. It’s a distraction that no one cares about.

Eh I find it fun, especially the skills competition. And kids find it fun, most people never get to see all the leagues superstars and it’s an opportunity for kids to see all of them. These guys get paid millions & millions of dollars per year, regardless what you think of the festivities… I think it’s a bad look for players to scoff at it and refuse to go

 

[TominNC]

And brings you in close contact with guys from other teams.

 

[Beer League Sniper]

Good for him. Could be banged up. Could be wary of Covid. Or maybe he just wants to enjoy his time off however he sees fit.

 

[NYRFANMANI]

Good. Bro prolly wanna see the wifey.

 

[LionsHeart]

I hope everything back home is okay, but honestly the older I get the more I get it. The guy probably wants to go home and spend time with his wife and family for a little bit. I respect it.

 

[Beer League Sniper]

Eh I find it fun, especially the skills competition. And kids find it fun, most people never get to see all the leagues superstars and it’s an opportunity for kids to see all of them. These guys get paid millions & millions of dollars per year, regardless what you think of the festivities… I think it’s a bad look for players to scoff at it and refuse to go

Just pretend it's Kravtsov declining the invite. I'm sure you can come up with all kinds of exotic reasons why he's justified in not going.

 

[Fitzy]

Eh I find it fun, especially the skills competition. And kids find it fun, most people never get to see all the leagues superstars and it’s an opportunity for kids to see all of them. These guys get paid millions & millions of dollars per year, regardless what you think of the festivities… I think it’s a bad look for players to scoff at it and refuse to go

Maybe. But you take a season where players, a lot of whom missed their only shot to compete for Olympic medals with their country due to Covid cancellations, and I’m not gonna care too much of they say “well why the hell should i go to a meaningless all star game if we couldn’t go to China”

Im more sympathetic this year which is why presumably he won’t be suspended the way ovechkin has been for skipping under normal circumstances

 

[JimmyG89]

 

[ArPanet]

Will he get suspended? Didn’t that happen to players in the past?

 

[Unusual Suspect]

Nobody here knows what's going on in his mind, what kinds of commitments he may have made previously, or what sorts of injuries he may be playing through or trying not to aggravate for the benefit of the NYR season and his teammates. Stop having opinions about s*** you know nothing about, maybe?

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

LMAO

The team has been pushing to get him voted in and meanwhile behind he’s been like “I’d rather you didn’t”

I’m also shocked that Panarin has never made an all star team

 

[EdJovanovski]

Just pretend it's Kravtsov declining the invite. I'm sure you can come up with all kinds of exotic reasons why he's justified in not going.

There isn't a cabal of global elites trying to sabotage Zibanejad's career like there is Kravtsov

 

[LeprechauninBlue]

Couldn't he say that before the voting or?

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Why the all out campaign to get him voted in if he wasn't going to go?

If he was going to decline his invite, they could've pushed for someone else. Could've gotten Panarin, Strome or Trouba in.

This is assuming of course they weren't allowing goalies for the last main in obviously because Shesty should be there. Kind of hilarious the best goalie in the league isn't in the all star game.

 

[DutchNYR]

Just pretend it's Kravtsov declining the invite. I'm sure you can come up with all kinds of exotic reasons why he's justified in not going.

Speaking of Kravtsov; according to JVaS (Jovo adjusted stats), he's bound to be Putin's successor. The kid is basically a one man All-Star team.

 

[Hire Sather]

Love it

f*** the ASG

 

[Crease]

Will he get suspended? Didn’t that happen to players in the past?

This was the rule in 2020 prior to covid. Not sure if they are enforcing it this year. If enforced, Mika will have to sit out the game immediately before or after the break.

 

[mas0764]

I’m also shocked that Panarin has never made an all star team

If Panarin has never been on one but Guentzel and Troy Terry have then the thing has no meaning.

 

[mas0764]

Why the all out campaign to get him voted in if he wasn't going to go?

If he was going to decline his invite, they could've pushed for someone else. Could've gotten Panarin, Strome or Trouba in.

This is assuming of course they weren't allowing goalies for the last main in obviously because Shesty should be there. Kind of hilarious the best goalie in the league isn't in the all star game.

Yeah that too.