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By Lukas Hardonk (@LukasHardonk)
This year’s National Hockey League All-Star festivities are already brewing up a storm and they haven’t even begun yet.
By now, everyone is aware of what transpired during the voting process; four Ottawa Senators players─Daniel Alfredsson, Erik Karlsson, Jason Spezza and Milan Michalek─were elected to play in the game.
With the game and everything that comes along with it happening in the city of Ottawa this year, not many people were thrilled to see that more than half of the players voted to the game came from the home team, other than citizens of Ottawa. That wasn’t all, though.
The two other players voted in─Tim Thomas and Dion Phaneuf─also play for Northeast Division teams. Just like the reaction that came from fans who don’t cheer for the Senators, this didn’t exactly please many people either.
Let’s focus in on one of those players specifically, though: Toronto Maple Leafs captain, Dio...
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PLAYERS:
Daniel Alfredsson,
Erik Karlsson,
Jason Spezza,
Milan Michalek,
Dion Phaneuf,
Tomas Kaberle,
Phil Kessel,
John Pohl,
Travis Green,
Matt Stajan,
Alexei Ponikarovsky,
Mikhail Grabovski,
Tim Connolly,
Colby Armstrong,
Mike Brown,
David Steckel,
Joey Crabb,
John-Michael Liles,
Luke Schenn,
Darcy Tucker,
Mats Sundin,
Joffrey Lupul
TEAMS: Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens, Calgary Flames, New Jersey Devils, Colorado Avalanche, Vancouver Canucks
TEAMS: Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens, Calgary Flames, New Jersey Devils, Colorado Avalanche, Vancouver Canucks
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