Tidbits: Suter, Dubnyk join Boudreau on Central All-star game team

[tomgilbertfan]

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[Wild11MN]

Well-deserved for all three! Congrats!

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Too bad Colorado needs a guy in there, otherwise I'm sure Staal would've been the next guy up.

 

[tomgilbertfan]

Too bad Colorado needs a guy in there, otherwise I'm sure Staal would've been the next guy up.

Scheifele probably in the mix, he's having a great season, 17g+20a=37pts.

 

[Wabit]

Couldn't we have sent Pominville and let the important players have a nice break? (kind of serious)

Yay, for the guys going.

 

[Engebretson]

Blackhawks have 4 players on the Central roster, the Wild have 2 and everyone else in the division has 1.

Couldn't we have sent Pominville and let the important players have a nice break? (kind of serious)

Yay, for the guys going.

Actually, this was the first thought that crossed my mind. Dubnyk and Suter are probably the main two guys you want resting up heading into the meat-grinder schedule in the 2nd half of the season.

 

[Uberdachen]

Couldn't we have sent Pominville and let the important players have a nice break? (kind of serious)

This is the part that does make it better that Chicago has more players going.

 

[Nharris31]

Couldn't we have sent Pominville and let the important players have a nice break? (kind of serious)

Yay, for the guys going.

That's what the bye week is for.

 

[BagHead]

How the 'H' is Johnny Toes on this team again? There is no way he deserved that over Scheifele, Ehlers, Wheeler, Staal, Coyle, Granlund, Benn, or Duchene.

Is this about pandering to a large fanbase, or is the NHL just in love with him?

 

[ThatGuy22]

How the 'H' is Johnny Toes on this team again? There is no way he deserved that over Scheifele, Ehlers, Wheeler, Staal, Coyle, Granlund, Benn, or Duchene.

Is this about pandering to a large fanbase, or is the NHL just in love with him?

They are releasing their list of 100 greatest players, and Toews is on it (for some reason) so they want him there.

Atleast that's the prevailing theory.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Too bad Colorado needs a guy in there, otherwise I'm sure Staal would've been the next guy up.

yup, agreed

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

They are releasing their list of 100 greatest players, and Toews is on it (for some reason) so they want him there.

Atleast that's the prevailing theory.

It would be so damn funny if he's on that list.

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

Is he not worthy? I honestly don't know. He did captain the team to three cups didn't he?

Edit: the top 100 list I mean. he's obviously not worthy of being on the all star team this year.

 

[Minnesota]

It would be so damn funny if he's on that list.

Is he not worthy? I honestly don't know. He did captain the team to three cups didn't he?

If you look at the collective hardware he's won to date (often in a leadership role), it's pretty impressive.

2-time U20 WJC Gold
World Championship Gold, Silver
2-time Olympic Gold
Wold Cup Gold
3 Stanley Cups

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Is he not worthy? I honestly don't know. He did captain the team to three cups didn't he?

Edit: the top 100 list I mean. he's obviously not worthy of being on the all star team this year.

If you look at the collective hardware he's won to date (often in a leadership role), it's pretty impressive.

2-time U20 WJC Gold
World Championship Gold, Silver
2-time Olympic Gold
Wold Cup Gold
3 Stanley Cups

I guess I just don't really see the separation between him and his own teammates: Kane and Keith both have 3 Cups too, 1 Conn Smythe, and their respective awards (Hart/Art Ross and Norris) both trump Toews' Selke IMO.

Then how do you separate Toews from a guy like Kopitar, who is every bit the defensive player that Toews is, is a better offensive player, and also has Cup credibility.

 

[BagHead]

Is he not worthy? I honestly don't know. He did captain the team to three cups didn't he?

Edit: the top 100 list I mean. he's obviously not worthy of being on the all star team this year.

On the top 100 because of captaining his team during 3 cup wins? Well, the cups are a team stat, not a personal stat. Unless Keith, Seabrook, Kane, Hossa, and Crawford are all on it, too, that seems irrelevant. Is Toews a better (or on par) player than Pat LaFontaine, Mats Sundin, Peter Stastny, Mike Gartner, Dale Hawerchuk, Pavel Bure, etc.?

I bet you can make a list of players that NEVER won a cup but are better than Toews, and if you inserted them into the top 100 list it would push Toews out. Thing is, I actually like Toews as a person and a player, but the media's and NHL's unabashed love for him defies logic

 

[Sharppi]

Nick Johnson.

 

[Minnesota]

Nick Johnson.

Never forget.

Johnson has had an interesting season, too; he figured when the Pittsburgh Penguins placed him on waivers Sept. 28, his next stop would be Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Instead, he was claimed by Minnesota, and now Johnson will be the Wild’s representative at the NHL All-Star Game, taking part in the skills competition Saturday in Ottawa as one of several rookies.

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He was picked to represent Minnesota in Ottawa when Wild center Mikko Koivu, named to the All-Star Game early this month, was ruled out because of an upper-body injury. Although Minnesota is not stocked with all-stars, Johnson said it has become almost a bragging point that the team can win anyway.

Fun tid-bit.

The Wild’s healthy scratches were defensemen Marek Zidlicky and Mike Lundin, and forward Brad Staubitz. …

 

[NotYou]

If you look at the collective hardware he's won to date (often in a leadership role), it's pretty impressive.

2-time U20 WJC Gold
World Championship Gold, Silver
2-time Olympic Gold
Wold Cup Gold
3 Stanley Cups

Oh no doubt. My problem is that his 10-11 year was the only season thought he was probably a top 10 player. Him being a key part of a bunch of great teams is great but never being really close to best player :in the league should disqualify him from a top 100 list. Hall of famer if he retired today though