R.E: MTL Residents - All Star Voting
 

I had made a facsimile thread on the main board, but it just turned into people take shots at Habs' fans, which isn't what I wanted.This was my first post in my original thread.


Again, My question is for Habs' fans who live in Montreal ONLY. To make it clear I don't want to discuss if they are deserving or not that's not the point of this thread. Just how would you enjoy the event more?

Since the even is being held in Montreal, wouldn't you want all the best players from the east instead any entire line of Habs players instead?

My argument is that the fans see those players at the Bell Centre all the time anyway.

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Originally Posted by Serenade View Post
Polite and minimal....useless comment. It doesn't contribute to anything and its unnecessarily rude.

I've considered a exploit, but I didn't know it was reported. Still the question still stands, as a Montrealer do you really want only habs players on the east roster?
That's pushing it a bit, no? 6 players roughly make up an entire roster. We're excited about the centennial season, it's in our city, of course we want to see our players participate. It's not like we're also voting dead wood.

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The one person who stuck to the topic with out turing it into a P*ss*ng Match. Though I'd add it here.

And him...

Do we have to live in Montreal or just being a Habs fan is ok? :sarcasm:

I want montreal players to play in montreal, it would make it more exciting. If the best players are really the best then they should consider a new fan base if we are beating them so bad in votes. Not my problem if Habs players are in the lead in voting, they should be there.

First of all, Habs fans love their hockey team. Take a walk around the city, you won't see many people in other teams jersey's. Besides, you see these players from other teams on any given day on TV, and they come by every now and then to play us.

Secondly, the fact that we actually have a bunch of players on the ballot is a big help as well. I don't recall ever having this many on any all-star ballot before, so there's a lot of excitement here to vote for guys with talent.

Third, we're quite obnoxious as fans, and nothing would please us more than to have our starting lineup announced to the world and cheer in the way that only 21,256 maniac Habs fans can.

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I guess if you are going to be attending the event than its ok. Other than not really...I really want to see what residents have to say


nice replies so far, keep it coming.

I would actually go out of my way to watch the event rather than turning it on if I have nothing else to do.

Wow, best argument I've heard on the subject.

Having all starters as the Habs would make other team's star players think.

You have to remember that only a minority of the fans will actually be AT the game so even if it's in montreal, alot of us will watch it on TV like the rest of the hockey fans. So the fact of seeing other players just because it's in our city doesn't stand.

However, aside from that, I agree that it would be better to have guys like Malkin and Ovechkin instead of Tanguay and Koivu, but again, it's not because the game is in Montreal, it's just because they simply deserve it more.

Malkin and Ovechkin will be there.

Isn't there a rule that every team should have at least one player? If the habs take all the spots for the starting lineup, they will have to chose between crosby malkin gonchar, ovechkin semin green, etc. So even if Malkin and Ovechkin go to the all-star, Crosby and Semin wont.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st_Na..._All-Star_Game no habs player :)

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puc...urn=nhl,122914

The actual vote is a popular vote...not who deserves to me there more...

With that in mind, if the habs players are the most popular, then be it. Of course some stars will not go because of that, but at least, it will give fans and Habs player the chance to go at the all-star game. Players like Malkin, Crosby, Ovy will be there every year so...

Dear Mr. Serenade,

I really don't like your post(s). That being said in a totally polite and minimal way of course. There are a lot of insinuations in your post(s) that clearly express your position on this issue. And you also seem to have such strong opinions that no matter what we tell you they won't change...which bring questions about the purpose of this thread. But I digress.

BTW - why would only Montreal based opinions be worthy of note? beats me.

We don't want the "full roster" to be Hab, as you claim, but just the starting line. Plenty of room for the "really best players" as you suggest.

We are playing the game exactly by the rules it was always played and intended to. In a very legit manner too. The whole bot voting issue was completely the NHL's fault and was favouring all fanbases in an equal manner. Even after they added all the fraud prevention options we are still gaining votes more then any other team.

And let this be clear for you and others. We are one of the best (if not the best) hockey fanbase. The game is here and we are in our centennial year. No matter if Koivu and Kovy will be at -30, I will still vote for them 20 times per day during the next month. Cause, you know, this is what real fans do. Most are like me btw - don't let a few threads here fool you.

oh...I'm sorry - I wasn't minimal enough it seems. But hey, neither were you.

Fans vote for their favorite players. If their favorite players happen to all be Canadiens, then so be it. If it bothers the rest of the fans of the league, vote against it.

I don't understand why this is such a big deal. The prospect of cheaters voting, sure, but other than that... who cares? A lot of Canadiens fans of the previous two all-star games voted in an all-Canadien line-up, and nobody complained; now that they're doing it in droves, it's a problem?

My votes don't involve all Canadiens, BTW (though I've only voted twice). I just don't see the big fuss.

Right on dude. I think im gonna like ya.

Ok, I'll try to put out some facts even if I know it won't change anything.

First you got to consider the numbers :

Lets say there are 1 500 000 habs fan in Quebec (cause it concerns every fan from the province of Quebec and not only resident of Montreal)

Lets say about 5% of them have voted for the all star game at least once = 75 000 votes

Lets say about 5% of the voters have vote every day for 10 times a day and they are the one who are voting for all 6 habs players = 3 750 voters * 10 time a day * 8 days !? = 300 000 votes.

300 000 votes is what Markov has and I'm pretty sure a lot of fans of other teams have voted for him so my numbers are inflated. I know the numbers aren't probably right, but you see how easy it is for a small group of people to get some players to the all star game.

What the numbers are showing is that if around 0,5 % of habs fan think it would be funny to have a starting line-up made of habs player in the all-star game for the 100 years of the habs, they can easily do it by voting 10 times a day for those player…

This Logic is applied for every fan base :

Biron -> 21 089 votes (shouldn't really have votes this year)
Toskala -> 16 226 votes
Kaberle -> 39 626 (on so-so year)

Etc…

For every fan base, there are small groups who are voting for their players; it just happens that this year is a special year so there's a lot more habs fan then a lot of other teams…

Second, it doesn't change anything that the game will be held in Montreal. It's a pain in the *** to get tickets for a regular game for the habs so don't even think that a regular fan will get tickets. It will be a lot of companies and rich fans, the ones who don't spend their time voting on internet. The ones who are voting will watch the game on tv just like if it was anywhere else…

21 273 tickets / 1 500 000 fans (habs fans only, not even including fans of other teams who will attend the game) = so under 1,5% of habs fans will see the game live, the others will watch it on tv like if it was any other city.

So the "you always see them play, why vote for them" concern about 1,5% of the fans, for the others, it concerns them as much as it concerns fans of any other teams in the nhl who will watch this game on tv. And there are as much fans of other teams who are voting for their players without reason then there are habs fans who are doing it.

doh!

We vote for our players because we want to make history. Simple, no?

i feel sorry for the fans who put up the effort to vote
the nhl will find a way to screw us
buttman sucks

I guess people forget that the other slots to fill the team would be other top players from the East. Meaning The Kid, Ovy, Semin, Malkin, etc. are all making the All-star team, even if not through the voting.

Due to the that representative rule, one of those 4 won't be there.

12 F + 6 D + 3 G = 21

21 - 6 Habs = 15 spots for 14 other teams.

Each team has to have 1 player, so there's 1 spot open for Malkin to go in with Crosby or for Semin to go in with Ovechkin

Who cares? Blame the people responsible for making the rules of getting to the all star game, not the fans who legitimately go about getting their fav. players in - just the same as any fan of any team can do.