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The Sporting News has announced their All-NHL team in recent days, with two members from both the Boston Bruins and Washington Capitals earning honors.
From SportingNews.com:
The voters consisted of 39 different coaches and executives throughout the league. As you may have expected, with his appearance on the list, Tim Thomas was also named as Sporting News' goaltender of the year. 292 players voted on who they deemed to be the best netminder in 08-09, and Thomas edged out Sporting News' rookie of the year winner, Steve Mason, by just nine votes.
Mike Green was the leading vote getter among defensemen with 30, while Zdeno Chara received 17 votes. Considering the two are the likely front-runners for the Norris Trophy, one has to wonder if this is any sort of indication of what the results may be in Las Vegas on June 18th. However, the Norris winner is decided by the members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
Alex Ovechkin was named on 36 of the 39 ballots, Evgeni Malkin on 31 and Zach Parise on 20.
At first glance, I was wondering how three coaches/GMs failed to put Ovechkin, and his league leading 56 goals (10 ahead of runner-up Jeff Carter's 46), among the top three forwards in the league this year, but upon further review, found myself even more baffled by Malkin's situation. How on earth does the Art Ross Trophy winner, as the league's leading scorer, fail to crack eight voters' top three? You mean to tell me that more than 20% of those who cast ballots didn't think Malkin and his 113 points cut it this year?
I'm not sure what makes less sense: these eight dingbats ignoring Malkin on their ballot or Hollywood being so desperate that they've decided to turn the game Battleship into a movie! I wish I was kidding:
http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/05/battleship-movi.html
Turning "Clue" into a movie I can grasp. It might be a reach, but I can see potential in Ridley Scott's (Alien, Blade Runner) film based on Monopoly (like Battleship, slated to release in 2011). But Battleship? Really?!?
B4? No. C6? Ugh, yep. J3? No. C5? Son of a.....
*inserts peg*
And scene! Or blog?
JC
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From SportingNews.com:
Alex Ovechkin, F, Capitals
• Topped 50 goals for the third time in the past four seasons.
Evgeni Malkin, F, Penguins
• Led the NHL with 113 points, the highest total of his skyrocketing career.
Zach Parise, F, Devils
• Gets better every year; 45 goals put him among the league's elite scorers.
Zdeno Chara, D, Bruins
• Led Boston's resurgence with a physical presence and NHL's hardest shot.
Mike Green, D, Capitals
• The seventh defenseman in league history to score 30 goals in a season.
Tim Thomas, G, Bruins
• Led the league in save percentage (.933) and goals-against average (2.10).
The voters consisted of 39 different coaches and executives throughout the league. As you may have expected, with his appearance on the list, Tim Thomas was also named as Sporting News' goaltender of the year. 292 players voted on who they deemed to be the best netminder in 08-09, and Thomas edged out Sporting News' rookie of the year winner, Steve Mason, by just nine votes.
Mike Green was the leading vote getter among defensemen with 30, while Zdeno Chara received 17 votes. Considering the two are the likely front-runners for the Norris Trophy, one has to wonder if this is any sort of indication of what the results may be in Las Vegas on June 18th. However, the Norris winner is decided by the members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
Alex Ovechkin was named on 36 of the 39 ballots, Evgeni Malkin on 31 and Zach Parise on 20.
At first glance, I was wondering how three coaches/GMs failed to put Ovechkin, and his league leading 56 goals (10 ahead of runner-up Jeff Carter's 46), among the top three forwards in the league this year, but upon further review, found myself even more baffled by Malkin's situation. How on earth does the Art Ross Trophy winner, as the league's leading scorer, fail to crack eight voters' top three? You mean to tell me that more than 20% of those who cast ballots didn't think Malkin and his 113 points cut it this year?
I'm not sure what makes less sense: these eight dingbats ignoring Malkin on their ballot or Hollywood being so desperate that they've decided to turn the game Battleship into a movie! I wish I was kidding:
http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/05/battleship-movi.html
Turning "Clue" into a movie I can grasp. It might be a reach, but I can see potential in Ridley Scott's (Alien, Blade Runner) film based on Monopoly (like Battleship, slated to release in 2011). But Battleship? Really?!?
B4? No. C6? Ugh, yep. J3? No. C5? Son of a.....
*inserts peg*
And scene! Or blog?
JC
Shameless Twitter Self-Promotion:
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