News Article: Malkin and Letang named to ASG. Sid not.

[AR5]

Surprised at Letang. There's obviously some kind of internal quota that they can select per team, and they probably needed a D-man over a forward to round out the Metro, but still pretty shocking to see Geno in over Sid. Especially how Sid has been playing lately.

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[Harv]

Pierre LeBrun hinting that Crosby maybe turned it down.

 

[Shady Machine]

Even if Sid didn't turn it down, that's probably the right decision. Malkin, until recently, has been better than Sid. Letang, when healthy, has put up a lot of points and offense and skating is what this game will be about.

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Good, he won't be "suspended" this way!!!

 

[hockeykicker]

Every team has to have one player so it came down to Crosby vs Backstrom

 

[Empoleon8771]

Letang is among the league leaders in PPG for D. I'm not too surprised he's going.

 

[Shady Machine]

Metro and Central are my picks for the final with the Central winning. That's a ridiculous team:

Benn
Seguin
Josi

Toews
Kane
Weber

Duchene
Tarasenko
Buff

Just my guess at lines.

 

[Shady Machine]

I know the All star game is a joke, but I actually think this will be fun to watch (if they remotely try).

 

[PensBandwagonerNo272*]

Crosby is too ****ing cool for the ASG.

srs

 

[IcedCapp]

But Sid's legacy...

 

[DesertPenguin]

Letang at his best deserves it. We have only recently begun seeing that version of Letang though. His body of work since the start of the season is not ASG worthy.

I'm surprised Sid didn't get it purely because of name recognition, but I'm glad he's not going. Same with Flower. Give those guys a rest.

 

[TheSniper26]

I really hope Crosby did turn it down just because I know how much it would annoy a lot of people.

I'm actually glad he's not going. I wish Geno/Letang were staying home too. It's such a dull, pointless event and knowing our luck one of these guys is gonna blow out a knee or something.

 

[Waffle Fries]

Even if Sid didn't turn it down, that's probably the right decision. Malkin, until recently, has been better than Sid. Letang, when healthy, has put up a lot of points and offense and skating is what this game will be about.

Eh, even with his really slow start he's still outplaying Tavares and Giroux.

He wouldn't have showed up either way, he never does.

 

[IcedCapp]

After seeing him play with a week off, he should be encouraged to take breaks as often as possible

 

[hockeykicker]

Eh, even with his really slow start he's still outplaying Tavares and Giroux.

He wouldn't have showed up either way, he never does.

Tavares and Giroux have to be there. They are the islanders and flyers selection

 

[Al Smith]

After seeing him play with a week off, he should be encouraged to take breaks as often as possible

This.

 

[Shaftception]

Tavares and Giroux have to be there. They are the islanders and flyers selection

Ignorant opinions on team forums are nothing new, why you feel the need to venture to one's other than your own to correct them is puzzling.

 

[42]

Toews and Tavares should not be in based on their play this season.

 

[Winger for Hire]

Sid turned it down because Kunitz was not invited

 

[Harv]

Wow.





And Dbag Barney chimes in..

 

[SEALBound]

Can't wait for another 3 part main board series on this.

 

[Empoleon8771]

IMO, they should have kicked out Backstrom and Letang and put in Crosby and Carlson. That's not getting into how little Tavares or Giroux deserve to be there for the Metro.

 

[WayneSid9987]

I don't think you can turn it down?
Or maybe i'm wrong.
Was Sid one of the voted in ones last year?

I know the 4 top vote getters in each division are the captains i believe and they said NHL's hockey ops picks the rest.

I mean, i don't care, like, at all.
But i can see Hockey Ops steering away from Sid with his play + what happened last year.

 

[Kristopher Letang]

Good job Sid. Let's boycott them untill they get the players protection situation fixed. Sucks that Letang/Geno are going

 

[Hossa die Waldfee]

Crosby does not deserve it. He has like 10 good games this season. In these 10 games he is looking like the best player in the world again and I love how he is playing but to think he would deserve an All-Star nomination, shows how short memories on message boards are. I'm confident in Sid and was it all the time during his slump but 75% of his games were ****. He obviously was hindered by MJ and still is by his wingers but he simply did not deserve it.

Malkin and MAF carried this team for the most part of this season (to this point).


And I'm not sure if there are 2 better defenseman than Tanger this year in the Metro, because he is clearly better than McD. Carlson is but the Caps already send 3 players and I believe Backstrom was sent because he is constantly a top point producer but never went before. Kuzy could have gone too. The Caps are playing a hell of a season