Ryan Suter, Shea Weber & Craig Smith chosen for NHL All-Star Weekend
by Dirk Hoag on Jan 12, 2012 12:58 PM EST
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PrintThe Nashville Predators landed three representatives at the 2012 NHL All-Star Weekend taking place in Ottawa later this month. The All-Star Game itself falls on Sunday, January 29, and Preds captain Shea Weber and his partner in crime Ryan Suter will carry the banner for Nashville, while Craig Smith has been named to the group of 12 rookies who will participate in the SuperSkills competition on Saturday.
On Thursday, January 26, another All-Star Fantasy Draft will be held, in which the players will be split between the two teams. Last year, Weber was the 8th-overall choice (and 2nd defenseman after Zdeno Chara), and enjoyed a standout performance which included a 2nd-place finish in the Hardest Shot Competition. This will be his 3rd appearance at the event.
Ryan Suter is having his best year as a pro, and currently ranks 8th among all NHL defensemen in scoring. This is his first selection for the All-Star Game.
Despite a goal-scoring drought, Smith still stands 3rd in rookie scoring behind Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of Edmonton, and the Devils' Adam Henrique.
The complete list of participants can be found at NHL.com.
So, any surprising omissions here? I know many will tout Pekka Rinne as being overlooked, but outside of Wins he's pretty much in the middle of the pack everywhere else.
For me, perhaps the most interesting bit about this story is the prospect of seeing Suter & Weber line up on opposite teams in this game. Hopefully that's not a preview of things to come...
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Glad Smith made the rookie team.
His lack of production lately has been optimistically attributed (by me) to his first NHL season schedule.
Suter V Weber. Fine, as long as it makes whichever one get touted on the trading block in the next month and a half look that much better.
We'll miss you Belak...
Go Predators!
Timonen in though.
"We want to keep beating them...to break their pride and break their season...is a huge thing for us." - David Legwand
Is Hartnell hurt or something?
Why wouldn’t he be in there?!
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by preds4ever on Jan 12, 2012 3:09 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I love Pekka
He is undoubtedly our MVP but anyone who says his first half performance has been better than the goalies who are going is a Homer wearing Pred colored glasses—Rationally, I’d a voted for Tim Thomas over him, but i’m not always rational so I didn’t :)
by Melissa Vanderpool Wallace on Jan 12, 2012 1:25 PM EST reply actions
Not True
Not only is Pekka 2nds in Wins and 1st in Saves, but he also beats Carey Price in the following categories:
Save %
Shutouts
Games Started
Shots Against
Assists
They’re tied in Goals Against, and Goals
Price beats Pekka in:
Goals Against Average
Time On Ice
Penalty Minutes
I think there’s a very substantial case for Pekka over Price
Price gets in b/c of 2 contingencies—1) have to have someone from Montreal and they suck this year.. 2) have to have 3 EC goalies and 3 WC goalies. If you get rid of contingency #1, you’d get Marc-Andre Fleury instead. Pekka has to be better than Quick, Elliott, and Howard to get in. He hasn’t been.
R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
Rakastan suuria maalivahteja Skandinaviasta.
Love is but a song we sing And fear's the way we die.
True, but I was basically responding to the fact that what was stated is that all the goalies in the All-Star game are more deserving than Pekka. It’s obviously not the case, and I don’t think I’m wearing Pred-colored glasses for pointing it out. As for the 3 from each conference idea, is that new? Last year there were 5 from the East.
No. Price shouldn’t have gotten it. But I love Flower and so I’m biased.
I didn’t pay much attention last year, to be honest. But what I’ve heard this year says 3 west, 3 east. (InGoal’s FB page) Not a lot of in-depth reading about it. As always, I could be wrong.
R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
Rakastan suuria maalivahteja Skandinaviasta.
Love is but a song we sing And fear's the way we die.
this should be fun
Got 4 guys from our current roster in an all star game. Glad HB got onto the rookie team thats great for him im thrilled but more excited for suter he deserved it
by Shadow23 on Jan 12, 2012 1:25 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
3 guys.
"We want to keep beating them...to break their pride and break their season...is a huge thing for us." - David Legwand
Ellis made the ahl all star team so 4
by Shadow23 on Jan 12, 2012 1:36 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
lol ok, if you’re counting that.
"We want to keep beating them...to break their pride and break their season...is a huge thing for us." - David Legwand
I said an all star gam not the all star game gotta give the ahl some love
by Shadow23 on Jan 12, 2012 2:06 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Gotta ask...
How on earth do they overlook Teemu Selanne? The guy may be a Duck, but I was expecting him to go, especially with this possibly bring his last season.
However, Honey Badger is going!!!! That makes me very happy. Good for him.
Hands go uuppp..... AND THEY STAY THERE!
-nashvillepredators-
by davisca on Jan 12, 2012 1:28 PM EST via Android app reply actions
How bout him! HB is going to be a beast once trotz lets him go nuts instead if holding him back in ice time
by Shadow23 on Jan 12, 2012 1:38 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
They overlooked him and Lidstrom (captain last year). Both I guess are “too old”.
"We want to keep beating them...to break their pride and break their season...is a huge thing for us." - David Legwand
I saw a reporter on Twitter say that Selanne was asked but declined, saying he’d rather rest. I would assume the same applies to Lidstrom.
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I heard...
that Selanne declined, and said to send Perry instead, which is happening. Very, very mixed feelings about that…
Still wondering when SK74's shooting % will cease to be "A fluke".
by Smashvillain on Jan 13, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
Have the clouds just opened for Poile?
Half of Montreal is burying Cammalleri for his media comments. They might be forced to move him, but he does have two more years at $6 million each. I think that he has always been ~0.75 pts per game player. He is a player that always plays at a higher level come playoffs.
2 more years at $7 million each
I think he’d make a fine addition, but when I saw that pricetag… yikes.
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Oh it is 7. I just saw that the cap hit was 6 mil for the next two years. Much better value than Gomez 7.4 mil cap hit ;) If Cammalleri did get traded would his cap hit be 6 or 7?
Trading has nothing to do with it. His cap hit (the average annual salary on his contract) is $6M, his salary the next two years is $7M.
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If this would make the difference in signing Suter and Weber then make the deal!
I’m sorry we’re the only team on the brink of losing the top defensive pair of the entire NHL! No more excuses – take care of business!
by virgil trucks on Jan 12, 2012 2:35 PM EST up reply actions
Cammelleri
just what the Predators need—another high-dollar low-producing forward with an albatross contract.
The truth is neither libelous nor slanderous.
Reason and logic instead of hope and faith.
Pro athletes--it's not what they say, it's what they do.
General managers--it's not what they say, it's what they do.
by shoot the puck on Jan 12, 2012 2:56 PM EST up reply actions
He was on my list this past summer
what’s not to like? Only 29, 50% more goals than any player on the Preds’ roster, and a salary less commensurate than his production through 2015. Gotta get past that nmc though.
The truth is neither libelous nor slanderous.
Reason and logic instead of hope and faith.
Pro athletes--it's not what they say, it's what they do.
General managers--it's not what they say, it's what they do.
by shoot the puck on Jan 12, 2012 5:28 PM EST up reply actions
All those above reasons are why the Flames would likely not trade him.
Defense keeps you in games........offense wins them!
by Grizzledbear on Jan 12, 2012 6:19 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
The tootoo radio show last night with ellis was great! The human rocket ship clip had toots about on the floor from laughing so had ellis however didnt see it that funny and kept saying he didnt come up with it and had to say it. Great times and i won 2 tickets for the game on their question of what 4 preds scored their first nhl goals this season
by Shadow23 on Jan 12, 2012 2:10 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Peks suffered because the defense in front of him sucked early. I seem to remember high number of shots thrown early in the year. I don’t think too many GM’s would look at the all star goalies, look at Peks…and say, give me Elliott.
Plus, Peks will need to be a workhorse for us so the rest will probably be better for him. Sure this may become a motivating factor too…..It would me.
My hockey team is better than your hockey team
Can't we all just be happy?
I know that we would have all loved Rinne to get in as well, but we have THREE players going. How can you not be excited about that?
Because we deserved 4? 5 counting Kimmo.
My hockey team is better than your hockey team
by Predator Don on Jan 12, 2012 4:57 PM EST up reply actions
Predmonton, meet the internet. Internet, meet Predmonton.
The internet is the greatest single complaint machine ever devised by man.
R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
Rakastan suuria maalivahteja Skandinaviasta.
Love is but a song we sing And fear's the way we die.
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