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Phaneuf preserves NHL All Star Fan Voting’s remaining shred of dignity

by on January 5, 2012 in League News - 315 Comments

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In what proves the process is a huge joke, Daniel Alfredsson led fan balloting for the 2012 All Star selection followed by Jason Spezza and Milan Michalek, meaning Kessel and Lupul will have to selected by the League. Democracy has indeed failed.

You have to feel for poor Dion Phaneuf, who was second highest vote getter among defencemen. He will have to skate alongside 4 Senators in the opening lineup and his D partner is Erik Karlsson, who will undoubtedly score three points the opening shift and still finish a -2.

Kessel garnered the fourth most fan votes among forwards, and Lupul was 5th. The two are 4th and 5th in the points scoring race and are the only two to have played more than 30 and never gone more than a game without a point.

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  • Anonymous

    This is correct Cameron sorry I was away and didn’t get back to you

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  • wendelsway

    I would think, given his relationship with Murray, he has a very good chance but what other teams are willing to cough up should also come into play as well.

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  • Anonymous

    I think if Burke trades for Getzlaf or one of the Ducks star players there will be a conspiracy that Murray is working for Burkie.

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  • Anonymous

    I think if Burke trades for Getzlaf or one of the Ducks star players there will be a conspiracy that Murray is working for Burkie.

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  • Anonymous

    Burke is just awesome.

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    New blog up

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  • Anonymous

    Thank you… Usually I just sit here refreshing the blog over and over just to find there is a new one with 50 comments already.

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  • dlb

    and he’s touted as a class act by some

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  • Potsy

    It’s nor just the instigator it’s the other guy not manning up as well

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  • Shawn

    Well said! A lot of people love to rag on dion for some reason. I think its because he had so much hype coming into the league that people though hed be scoring 20-30 goals every season lol like give me a break, the guy goes through what one off year and suddenly hes not a top pairing dman or allstar? Phaneuf is hands down my fav leaf, he has intensity, he hits, he scores, he puts up points, and as u mentioned hes refining his defensive game since coming to toronto. The guy is a keeper and I honestly hope he stays a leaf for a very long time

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