All-Star GDT: Western All-Stars vs. Eastern All-Stars -- 6:00pm 1/27

[Law]

ALL-STAR GAME ***WESTERN ALL-STARS*** -vs- ***EASTERN ALL-STARS***

GAMESET JANUARY 27th | 6:00pm | PHILIPS ARENA | ATLANTA, GA TV/RADIO TELEVISION | VERSUS | CBC | RDS RADIO | NHL.COM HEAD TO HEAD .....Year..... .....Site..... ...............Result............... .....MVP..... 2009 Montreal - - 2008 Atlanta - - 2007 Dallas West 12, East 9 Daniel Briere, Buffalo 2004 Minnesota East 6, West 4 Joe Sakic, Colorado 2003 Florida West 6, East 5 (SO) Dany Heatley, Atlanta 2002 Los Angeles World 8, North America 5 Eric Daze, Chicago 2001 Colorado North America 14, World 12 Bill Guerin, Boston 2000 Toronto World 9, North America 4 Pavel Bure, Florida 1999 Tampa Bay North America 8, World 6 Wayne Gretzky, N.Y. Rangers 1998 Vancouver North America 8, World 7 Teemu Selanne, Anaheim 1997 San Jose East 11, West 7 Mark Recchi, Montreal 1996 Boston East 5, West, 4 Ray Bourque, Boston 1994 New York (Rangers) East 9, West 8 Mike Richter, N.Y. Rangers 1993 Montreal Wales 16, Campbell 6 Mike Gartner, N.Y. Rangers 1992 Philadelphia Campbell 10, Wales 6 Brett Hull, St. Louis 1991 Chicago Campbell 11, Wales 5 Vincent Damphousse, Montreal 1990 Pittsburgh Wales 12, Campbell 7 Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh 1989 Edmonton Campbell 9, Wales 5 Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles 1988 St. Louis Wales 6, Campbell 5 (OT) Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh 1986 Hartford Wales 4, Campbell 3 Grant Fuhr, Edmonton 1985 Calgary Wales 6, Campbell 4 Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh 1984 New Jersey Wales 7, Campbell 6 Don Maloney, N.Y. Rangers 1983 New York (Islanders) Campbell 9, Wales 3 Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton 1982 Washington Wales 4, Campbell 2 Mike Bossy, N.Y. Islanders 1981 Los Angeles Campbell 4, Wales 1 Mike Liut, St. Louis 1980 Detroit Wales 6, Campbell 3 Reggie Leach, Philadelphia 1978 Buffalo Wales 3, Campbell 2 (OT) Billy Smith, N.Y. Islanders 1977 Vancouver Wales 4, Campbell 3 Rick Martin, Buffalo 1976 Philadelphia Wales 7, Campbell 5 Pete Mahovlich, Montreal 1975 Montreal Wales 7, Campbell 1 Syl Apps, Jr., Pittsburgh 1974 Chicago West 6, East 4 Gary Unger, St. Louis 1973 New York (Rangers) East 5, West 4 Greg Polis, Pittsburgh 1972 Minnesota East 3, West 2 Bobby Orr, Boston 1971 Boston West 2, East 1 Bobby Hull, Chicago 1970 St. Louis East 4, West 1 Bobby Hull, Chicago 1969 Montreal West 3, East 3 Frank Mahovlich, Detroit 1968 Toronto Toronto 4, NHL Stars 3 Bruce Gamble, Toronto 1967 Montreal Montreal 3, NHL Stars 0 Henri Richard, Montreal 1965 Montreal NHL Stars 5, Montreal 2 Gordie Howe, Detroit 1964 Toronto NHL Stars 3, Toronto 2 Jean Beliveau, Montreal 1963 Toronto NHL Stars 3, Toronto 3 Frank Mahovlich, Toronto 1962 Toronto Toronto 4, NHL Stars 1 Eddie Shack, Toronto 1961 Chicago NHL Stars 3, Chicago 1 None 1960 Montreal NHL Stars 2, Montreal 1 None 1959 Montreal Montreal 6, NHL Stars 1 None 1958 Montreal Montreal 6, NHL Stars 3 None 1957 Montreal NHL Stars 5, Montreal 3 None 1956 Montreal NHL Stars 1, Montreal 1 None 1955 Detroit Detroit 3, NHL Stars 1 None 1954 Detroit NHL Stars 2, Detroit 2 None 1953 Montreal NHL Stars 3, Montreal 1 None 1952 Detroit First Team 1, Second Team 1 None 1951 Toronto First Team 2, Second Team 2 None 1950 Detroit Detroit 7, All-Stars 1 None 1949 Toronto All-Stars 3, Toronto 1 None 1948 Chicago NHL Stars 3, Toronto 1 None 1947 Toronto NHL Stars 4, Toronto 3 None 1939 Montreal NHL Stars 5, Montreal 2 None 1937 Montreal NHL Stars 6, Montreal Stars 5 None 1934 Toronto Toronto 7, NHL Stars 3 None

STANDINGS 2007-08 EASTERN CONFERENCE Rk ..........Team.......... ..GP.. ..W.. ..L.. ..OTL.. ..PTS.. ..GF.. ..GA.. ..PP%.. ..PK%.. ..Home.. ..Away.. ..Last 10.. 1. OTTAWA 50 31 15 4 66 174 145 18.2 82.5 16-8-2 15-7-2 5-5-0 2. PHILADELPHIA 48 27 16 5 59 160 138 25.1 80.7 11-6-5 16-10-0 8-1-1 3. CAROLINA 52 24 24 4 52 158 170 18.7 77.1 11-11-2 13-13-2 4-6-0 4. MONTREAL 49 26 15 8 60 154 136 23.9 80.8 9-8-5 17-7-3 7-2-1 5. NEW JERSEY 49 28 18 3 59 125 115 16.4 83.2 14-8-0 14-10-3 6-4-0 6. PITTSBURGH 49 27 18 4 58 143 133 19.5 80.5 13-9-3 14-9-1 6-2-2 7. BOSTON 49 25 19 5 55 129 133 19.9 78.5 13-8-3 12-11-2 6-3-1 8. NY ISLANDERS 50 24 20 6 54 124 141 15.9 84.7 13-9-3 11-11-3 4-4-2 NY RANGERS 51 24 21 6 54 124 129 16.1 83.0 17-11-0 7-10-6 4-4-2 WASHINGTON 50 23 22 5 51 147 156 18.1 80.3 13-11-1 10-11-4 7-3- ATLANTA 52 23 25 4 50 141 175 18.4 79.3 12-12-2 11-13-2 3-4-3 FLORIDA 51 22 24 5 49 130 147 18.9 81.1 10-11-4 12-13-1 3-5-2 BUFFALO 48 21 21 6 48 142 139 17.1 84.2 12-8-2 9-13-4 2-5-3 TORONTO 51 20 23 8 48 142 164 14.5 79.2 11-8-5 9-15-3 4-6-0 TAMPA BAY 50 20 25 5 45 145 168 18.1 80.3 13-11-2 7-14-3 5-4-1 2007-08 WESTERN CONFERENCE Rk ..........Team.......... ..GP.. ..W.. ..L.. ..OTL.. ..PTS.. ..GF.. ..GA.. ..PP%.. ..PK%.. ..Home.. ..Away.. ..Last 10.. 1. DETROIT 51 37 10 4 78 174 110 21.9 84.1 19-4-2 18-6-2 7-2-1 2. SAN JOSE 49 27 15 7 61 129 119 18.4 86.5 11-11-4 16-4-3 5-3-2 3. MINNESOTA 50 28 19 3 59 138 138 19.4 83.8 15-8-1 13-11-2 5-4-1 4. DALLAS 53 28 20 5 61 154 138 17.5 86.5 15-9-2 13-11-3 5-4-1 5. ANAHEIM 53 27 20 6 60 135 137 16.8 81.3 16-7-4 11-13-2 6-3-1 6. CALGARY 50 25 17 8 58 146 143 16.7 81.0 12-8-7 13-9-1 6-3-1 7. VANCOUVER 50 26 19 5 57 131 121 17.6 82.8 14-9-2 12-10-3 4-5-1 8. COLORADO 50 26 20 4 56 138 138 13.2 81.4 17-8-1 9-12-3 5-4-1 COLUMBUS 51 25 20 6 56 128 126 16.2 86.8 16-6-4 9-14-2 6-4-0 NASHVILLE 50 25 20 5 55 146 138 15.9 85.4 14-8-2 11-12-3 5-2-3 PHOENIX 49 26 21 2 54 135 134 17.9 81.2 11-11-2 15-10-0 6-3-1 ST. LOUIS 48 22 19 7 51 123 136 12.7 84.0 14-8-4 8-11-3 3-5-2 EDMONTON 52 23 24 5 51 140 158 15.0 84.8 12-12-1 11-12-4 6-3-1 CHICAGO 50 23 23 4 50 139 143 16.2 81.4 13-13-1 10-10-3 4-5-1 LOS ANGELES 51 20 29 2 42 143 169 19.5 78.6 12-16-1 8-13-1 5-5-0

STATS ............TEAM LEADERS............ Daniel Alfredsson - 67 POINTS Jarome Iginla - 63 Alexander Ovechkin - 39 GOALS Jarome Iginla - 32 Marc Savard - 44 ASSISTS Joe Thorton - 45 Jason Spezza - +21 +/- Nicklas Lindstrom - +40 Zdeno Chara - 77 PIM Chris Pronger - 98 Zdeno Chara - 26:57 ATOI Nicklas Lindstrom - 27:14 Alexander Ovechkin - 16 PP GOALS Jarome Iginla - 12 Daniel Alfredsson - 6 SH GOALS Nash/Kopitar - 2 Alexander Ovechkin - 273 SOG Jarome Iginla - 225 Thomas Vokoun - 20 WINS Evgeni Nabokov - 27 Tim Thomas - 2.30 GAA Chris Osgood - 1.87 Tim Thomas - .930 SAVE % Chris Osgood - .925 Thomas Vokoun - 3 SHUTOUTS Evgeni Nabokov - 5

PREVIEW NHL ALL-STARS HEAD TO THE ATL It’s party time in the National Hockey League. Starting Friday in Atlanta and culminating with the 56th NHL All-Star Game at Philips Arena on Sunday (6 p.m. ET, VERSUS, CBC, RDS, NHL Radio), the League will host a 72-hour celebration of both its brilliant present and storied past. Current greats like Vincent Lecavalier, Alexander Ovechkin, Nicklas Lidstrom and Jarome Iginla aren’t the only stars of this weekend. A bevy of the League’s young studs, like Patrick Kane, Sam Gagner, Nicklas Backstrom and Marc Staal, will put their skills on display. Legends such as Tony Esposito, Rod Gilbert, Bobby Hull and Ted Lindsay will be honored guests at All-Star Weekend. And the NHL will continue celebrating one its foremost pioneers, Willie O’Ree, who 50 years ago broke the League’s color barrier when he suited up for the Boston Bruins on Jan. 18, 1958. Actually, that’s where we begin. O’Ree, who was honored last Saturday at the Bruins’ home game against the New York Rangers, will be celebrated again this afternoon at the NHL Diversity Luncheon at the Westin Peachtree Hotel. O’Ree is the Director of Youth Development for NHL Diversity. The luncheon will also feature the debut of George Fosty’s documentary film, Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League, which chronicles 190 years of blacks in hockey in North America. Later this afternoon at Philips Arena, the All-Star coaches, John Paddock of the Ottawa Senators and Mike Babcock of the Detroit Red Wings, will meet the media for the first time along with All-Star assistant coaches Brent Sutter of the New Jersey Devils and Ron Wilson of the San Jose Sharks. Following that, the 16 rookies slated to participate in the YoungStars Game on Saturday night during the Dodge/NHL SuperSkills competition will meet the media. It’s safe to assume Kane, one of the game’s rising stars, will be the star of that show. The Thrashers also are sponsoring a youth hockey tournament. The Atlanta Thrashers Junior NHL All-Stars Youth Hockey Tournament will take place in several area rinks during the course of All-Star Weekend. Friday night, the party moves to Tabernacle, an entertainment venue in Centennial Olympic Park that should be rocking as Verizon Wireless and the NHL All-Stars present an evening with Wyclef Jean to benefit Usher’s New Look Foundation. The Philips Arena doors swing open to eager fans early Saturday for the Verizon Wireless/NHL Rockin’ Skate 2008 presented by Upper Deck. On the ice, fans can see the Eastern Conference All-Stars practice at 9:30 a.m., and the Western Conference All-Stars at 10:30. But the entertainment won’t be limited to just hockey. Platinum recording artists, the Jonas Brothers, will perform during the open practice sessions while both global superstar Usher and Taylor Kitsch, the star of the hit TV show Friday Night Lights, will emcee the festivities. With a break in the action at Philips Arena from roughly 12:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., before the Player Red Carpet Arrivals for the Dodge/NHL SuperSkills competition, star-struck hockey fans can head to the CNN Center for the All-Star Trading Card and Memorabilia Show presented by Upper Deck and McFarlane Toys. That event begins at 8 a.m. and lasts until 7 p.m. From 4:30 p.m. until roughly 5:30 p.m. back at Philips Arena the players will be arriving and strolling down the red carpet, Oscars-style, as they head inside for the SuperSkills competition, which begins at 7 p.m. and will be televised live on Versus in the United States and CBC and RDS in Canada. The SuperSkills competition is always a major highlight of All-Star weekend. It encompasses seven events, and every NHL All-Star will likely take part in at least one. “I’m sure there will be a lot of smiles and jokes around,” Thrashers left wing Ilya Kovalchuk told NHL.com this week. “We all want to make the fans happy. It’s all about them. I think we’ll try to show them a couple of tricks.” The events this year include an obstacle course relay, the fastest skater competition, an elimination shootout, a 12-minute, 3-on-3 YoungStars Game, an accuracy shooting competition, a hardest shot competition, and the new breakaway challenge where a panel of celebrity judges will evaluate each breakaway attempt. Which of your favorite stars will dazzle under the bright lights Saturday night? “I’ll try to do something fancy, but if it doesn’t work out sometimes you look really stupid,” Thrashers right wing Marian Hossa told NHL.com. “You have to be prepared to embarrass yourself, but on the other hand when it looks good it really looks good. This is all about fun. There is some competition when the points get really tight, but in the beginning it’s all about fun. At the end you look up at the score and say; ‘Let’s beat those guys.’ ” We’ll let you sleep in on Sunday, but not too late because the Trading Card and Memorabilia Show presented by Upper Deck and McFarlane Toys opens up at noon. At 2 p.m. there is an NHL All-Star Pregame Celebration at the Georgia Aquarium. Of course, though, all the aforementioned events are preludes to the main event of the entire weekend, the 56th NHL All-Star Game, which begins at 6 p.m. and can be seen live in the U.S. on Versus and in Canada on both CBC and RDS. In his 10th All-Star appearance, Detroit Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom will be making his eighth start. It’ll be the first appearance for Eastern Conference starting defenseman Andrei Markov and reserve Mike Richards, plus Western Conference reserves Shawn Horcoff, Ryan Getzlaf, Henrik Sedin, Duncan Keith, and Manny Legace, among others. Kovalchuk and Hossa are excited to serve as the pseudo hosts since the spectacle will play out on their home ice in front of their home fans. “Everybody wants to win, but it’s also one of those games that you want to score as many goals as you can because those are the kinds of games that make fans happy,” Kovalchuk said. “It’s exciting. It’s going to be a great time. In the middle of the season, I think we need it.” So get ready Atlanta, the National Hockey League is coming to town. It’s party time. NHL.com Preview OTHER PREVIEWS: ESPN Preview TSN Eastern All-Stars TSN Western All-Stars

LINEUPS / INJURIES ***EASTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STARS*** .........................LW......................... .........................C......................... .........................RW......................... 17 - Ilya Kovalchuk 4 - Vincent Lecavalier 11 - Daniel Alfredsson 8 - Alexander Ovechkin 9 - Jason Spezza 26 - Martin St. Louis 71 - Evgeni Malkin 12 - Eric Staal 91 - Marc Savard 10 - Mike Richards 19 - Scott Gomez 18 - Marian Hossa .........................D......................... .........................D......................... 33 - Zdeno Chara 79 - Andrei Markov 51 - Brian Campbell 15 - Thomas Kaberle 44 - Kimmo Timonen 55 - Sergei Gonchar ..............................G.............................. 39 - Rick DiPietro 29 - Thomas Vokoun 30 - Tim Thomas .........................Player......................... .........................Injury......................... 30 - Martin Brodeur Withdrew 87 - Sidney Crosby Ankle 15 - Dany Heatley Shoudler ***WESTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STARS*** .........................LW......................... .........................C......................... .........................RW......................... 61 - Rick Nash 13 - Pavel Datsyuk 12 - Jarome Iginla 33 - Henrik Sedin 97 - Joe Thornton 9 - Marian Gaborik 19 - Jason Arnott 15 - Ryan Getzlaf 18 - Corey Perry 10 - Shawn Horcoff 11 - Anze Kopitar 63 - Mike Ribeiro .........................D......................... .........................D......................... 3 - Dion Phaneuf 5 - Niklas Lidstrom 27 - Scott Niedermayer 25 - Chris Pronger 2 - Duncan Keith 55 - Ed Jovanovski ..............................G.............................. 30 - Chris Osgood 20 - Evgeni Nabokov 34 - Manny Legace .........................Player......................... .........................Injury......................... 1 - Roberto Luongo Withdrew 56 - Sergei Zubov Foot/Groin 26 - Paul Stastny Appendix 40 - Henrik Zetterberg Back

NOTES What makes an All-Star? If it was just size, speed and skill, then we’d be leaving out a veteran like 5-foot-9, 185-pound Martin St. Louis, who has one Stanley Cup ring already, or a YoungStar like 5-10, 163-pound Patrick Kane, who was the first pick in last summer’s Entry Draft. "Great players come in all sizes, shapes and tongues. Just look at my roster in Detroit," said Western Conference All-Star coach Mike Babcock. "My right arm with the Red Wings is (GM) Kenny Holland, (assistant GM) Jim Nill and (chief European scout) Anders Hakansson. They find players all over the world." And the universal language is hockey. Looking at the 65 players named to play or replace a player in the All-Star Game and YoungStars this weekend in Atlanta, 32 come from Canada, 10 from the United States and 23 from other countries (eight from Russia, seven from Sweden, four from Czech Republic, two from Slovakia and one each from Finland and Slovenia). ***** For those who think that every great has to be spotted immediately and becomes a first-rounder, here’s a breakdown that might surprise you: - Twenty-nine of the 65 players in Atlanta for the All-Star Game were first-round picks. - A total of 10 were first-overall picks in the draft (Kane, Erik Johnson, Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin, Rick Nash, Ilya Kovalchuk, Rick DiPietro, Vinny Lecavalier, Joe Thornton, Ed Jovanovski). - Five were second overall (Eric Staal, Evgeni Malkin, Jason Spezza, Dany Heatley, Chris Pronger). - Four were third overall (Jack Johnson, Marian Gaborik, Henrik Sedin, Scott Niedermayer). ***** How about individual drafts? What stands out? - The first three players were named from the 2000 draft (DiPietro, Heatley and Gaborik). - The 2003 draft, which has been proclaimed the most productive class in recent years, surpassing 1993 or 1990 and someday being considered comparable to 1979, which produced Hall of Famers Mike Gartner, Ray Bourque and Michel Goulet, plus major contributors like Mike Foligno, Rick Vaive, Craig Hartsburg, Mike Ramsey, Paul Reinhart, Brian Propp, Brad McCrimmon, Duane Sutter and Kevin Lowe. But there are five players each here from the first round of the 2003 and 2005 drafts -- Eric Staal, Dion Phaneuf, Ryan Getzlaf, Mike Richards and Corey Perry from ‘03 and Crosby, J. Johnson, Anze Kopitar, Marc Staal and Matt Niskanen. There are three players from the 2006 (E. Johnson, Niklas Backstrom and Peter Mueller), 2000 (DiPietro, Heatley and Gaborik) and 1997 (Thornton, Roberto Luongo and M. Hossa). ***** We know the dramatic stories of Detroit finding Pavel Datsyuk 171st in 1998 and Henrik Zetterberg 210th in ‘99. But here’s a sampling of some other late gems: 188 -- Manny Legace in 1993. 204 -- Tomas Kaberle in 1996. 217 -- Tim Thomas in 1994. 219 -- Evgeni Nabokov in 1994. 226 -- Tomas Vokoun in 1994. 239 -- Tobias Enstrom in 2003. 250 -- Kimmo Timonen in 1993. ***** Want a goalie? DiPietro, Luongo and Brodeur were first-rounders, but that last draft fact tells us you can find all All-Star netminder way past the fifth round. Go back to 1993 and you’ll find Manny Legace 188th. One year later, NHL teams hit the mother lode late with Tim Thomas (217), Evgeni Nabokov (219) and Tomas Vokoun (226). ***** But we also know that some great players were never drafted, don’t we? Martin St. Louis and David Clarkson represent that group.

NHL SUPERSKILLS COMPETITION SATURDAY | JANUARY 26TH | 7:00 PM EVENT OBSTACLE FASTEST SKATER SHOOTOUT ACCURACY HARDEST SHOT BREAKAWAY YOUNG STARS Dodge/NHL SuperSkills Challenge .........................EASTERN YOUNG STARS......................... .........................WESTERN YOUNG STARS......................... 23 - Alexander Edler (VAN) 39 - Tobias Enstrom (ATL) 6 - Erik Johnson (STL) 58 - Kris Letang (PIT) 3 - Jack Johnson (LA) 39 - Mike Lundin (TB) 5 - Matt Niskanen (DAL) 18 - Marc Staal (NYR) 89 - Sam Gagner (EDM) 19 - Nicklas Backstrom (WAS) 88 - Patrick Kane (CHI) 17 - Brandon Dubinsky (NYR) 88 - Peter Mueller (PHX) 23 - David Clarkson (NJD) 57 - David Perron (STL) 17 - Milan Lucic (BOS)

*2008 NHL ALL-STAR GAME | ATLANTA, GA*

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[Jaromir Jagr]

As always, Law does great jobs on GDT's. Thanks for this one Law.

[Law]

No idea what the lines are, but if anyone does, PM me and I can update everything above.

Here't to an entertaining game.

[markzab]

Amazing GDT. Good job.

I live in Sunny Isles too. You think Porterhouse will be playing the game?

[Shoalzie]

Great GDT...sets the tone nicely. It should be another entertaining exhibition as always.

[Law]

Originally Posted by markzab

Amazing GDT. Good job.

I live in Sunny Isles too. You think Porterhouse will be playing the game?

Holy crap, there's another hockey fan down here?!?

NMB Ale House should have it (or you can ask and they should be able to throw it on a TV), not sure about Porterhouse.

[Klaus*]

Great GDT as always.

I don't know whether I should look forward to the game or not. So many of the regulars out.

[markzab]

Originally Posted by Law

Holy crap, there's another hockey fan down here?!?

NMB Ale House should have it (or you can ask and they should be able to throw it on a TV), not sure about Porterhouse.

I was thinking the exact same thing.

I came down here from Philly 2 years ago so that should explain it.

[Law]

Originally Posted by markzab

I was thinking the exact same thing.

I came down here from Philly 2 years ago so that should explain it.

Long Island 4 years ago for me. While the passion for hockey down here is debatable, you can't argue with the weather.


PS - For some real enjoyment, walk into a sports bar and try to get a college hockey game on the TV.

[NYRMatt]

I heard on NHL Network last night that Scott Gomez would be playing with Mike Richards and Marian Hossa. It was during his interview.

[IslesFanatic]

Great GDT as usual Law! Looking forward to watching the game later today.

[markzab]

Originally Posted by Law

Long Island 4 years ago for me. While the passion for hockey down here is debatable, you can't argue with the weather.

PS - For some real enjoyment, walk into a sports bar and try to get a college hockey game on the TV.

Before I came here I actually lived in Brooklyn for about 1.5 years. I regret coming down here everyday. 3 reasons. The food = bleh, compared to NY. The weather = meh, I miss having my morning cofee and cigarette in 30 degree weather. The hockey = they have a team down here?

I live a freakin block off the beach (behind Rascal House) and can count the amount of times I've actually gone in 2 years. Oh well. Thank god for Center Ice.

[TeMoZ]

Lets Go Ducks!!!!









and the west i guess.

[danno2530]

Wow what a great GDT. Good job.

I'll miss the All-star game but I believe VS. is showing the replay at 11, so I'll see it then.

[Arjun]

Now THATS a GDT.

[TheLeastOfTheBunch]

Tomas Kaberle for MVP!

[ajjg123*]

Evgeni Malkin 3rd line LW? ewwww

[Panthers Rock]

Wow, what a beautiful GDT. Massive kudos go out to you!

I hope for an entertaining game and to PLEASE mic up as many guys as possible. The incident last year where Turco's mic wouldn't turn off all period was hilariously awesome.

[Jaromir Jagr]

Originally Posted by ajjg123

Evgeni Malkin 3rd line LW? ewwww

Hope that's a joke.

[Mistress Mandy]

Very nice GDT. Nothing says "All-Star Game" like a kick-arse thread.

I'll definitely have to tune in, regardless of the lineups for each conference. It should be a good game. Rooting for the Eastern Conference here. If they have anyone mic'd up like they did last year, it will seriously be a plus.

Can't wait for it to start.

[spoon*]

Awesome GDT!

Here's to an Alfie double hat-trick!

[Raoul Duke*]

Lets Go HORCOFF

[milbs06]

great job law.

[Next Best Thing]

So how is Chara gonna play with Andrei Markov? IS he going to pass him the puck then punch him in the face?

[#11_THEBEST!]

What a great GDT......Awesome job!!