Next Year, Every One Throws Their Sticks In The Middle And The Ref Will Separate Them
Thats the joke going around about the new all-star game format. Instead of staying with the East vs. West or going back to the World vs. North America format, the new way is now for players to vote for two captains. Those two captains will be able to choose the entire roster for their team. While it gets rid of the "vote for an unknown" or "vote for one team" tactics that fans have done for the past few years, the new format is more suited for a grade seven gym class. It's not like everyone knows that Crosby is pretty much guaranteed a captaincy, and I'm sure the wise choice for him is to pick everyone off Canada's Olympic roster from last year (with a few changes). Overall, I'm not a fan of it but I guess it's a "wait and see" thing. Now, onto the line-ups.
Line-up Notables
Carolina Hurricanes vs. Montreal Canadiens
Carolina: No one is injured. Cam Ward is going to start.
Montreal: No injuries to report of. Carey "How Is He Doing It?!?!" Price no doubt gets the start.
Vancouver Canucks vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
Vancouver: Sami Salo, Gulliaume Desbiens, and Alexandre Bolduc are out while Ryan Parent is listed as questionable for tonight. Roberto Luongo is expected to start.
Toronto: Colby Armstrong and Dion Phaneuf are still out for another month. Nazem Kadri and Keith Aulie were called up. J-S Gigure might start tonight.
Ottawa Senators vs. Boston Bruins
Ottawa: Filip Kuba, Brian Lee, and Brian Elliot are all game-time decisions. Pascal Leclaire will probably start.
Boston: Marco Sturm, Trent Whitfield, Marc Savard, and Johnny Boychuk are still out, David Krejci is expected to return next week. It's still a toss up between Tukku Rask and Tim Thomas
Calgary Flames vs. San Jose Sharks
Calgary: Just the usual list of injuries (Adam Pardy, Daymond Langkow, Raitis Ivanans, Ryan Stone, and Ales Kotalik). Miikka Kiprusoff will start tonight.
San Jose: Only Derek Joslin is out. Antero Niittymaki will more-than-likely get the start.
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