Vote For Jimmy Howard
by Amerinadian on Dec 8, 2011 10:56 AM CST
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(s/t to Josh Howard for the poster)
[Moved back to the top of the page because Howard still deserves it and because Josh did another great poster for us]
The NHL All-Star Game is supposed to be about hockey's best facing off against one another. Each year, they put out a ballot where fans can vote on the starters. This year, there was one glaring omission: our very own James Tiberius Howard.
There's no denying the stats: 2nd in GAA (1.85); top-ten in SV% for goalies who have played more than 10 games (.930); T-2nd in wins (10); and T-1st in shutouts (3). Of the 18 nominees listed on the ballot, Jimmy Howard has a better GAA than 17 of them, a better SV% than 13 of them, and has as many shutouts as anyone in the league. Yet he wasn't deemed good enough by the NHL to make their ballot for fans to vote him in as the starter.
That's where we need your help. We are determined to get Jimmy Howard in the All-Star Game, because this year, he's been one of the best goalies in the league. He's been better than Tim Thomas; outshone Roberto Luongo; and is playing as good or better than 98% of the goalies in the NHL right now. If this game is about having the best, than Jimmy deserves to be in Ottawa facing off against the best, proving that he's one of the elite goaltenders in the game today.
So, head on over to NHL.com and vote for Jimmah. We'll be maxing out our votes to ensure that he gets the recognition he deserves. Even if we can't get him in as a starter, hopefully he receives enough votes to make the NHL take notice that they snubbed the wrong guy.
Let your voice be heard. Vote for Jimmah. Because being the best should mean getting to play with the best. #VoteJimmah.
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Jimmy friggin Howard
Just voted for Jimmy 30 times on NHL.com and texted a bunch more too…No doubt he will be voted in
Ditto that
Doing what I can for Tiberius!
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My votes are in.
Like many others, I don’t care if he plays, but we need to make the point that he should have been on the ballot.
by InMDmissingtheD on Nov 14, 2011 5:55 PM CST up reply actions
NOHS
I actually wrote an article today about this exact thing.
http://nightmareonhelmstreet.com/2011-articles/november/howard-named-second-star-of-the-week.html
Awesome poster
And yeah, I’ll vote for him :D
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
Actually I think the best thing going forward would be to not have the best goalies in the league sit there while their team plays no defense and get scored on 10 times in the one period they play
Since it’s going to end up in double digits anyway, here’s what I propose
West goaltending trio
Steve Mason – Semyon Varlamov – and the last position will be one of Jonas Hiller, Jaroslav Halak, or Corey Crawford based on who continues sucking the hardest
As for the East goaltending trio
Craig Anderson (it’s in Ottawa too! Perfect!) – Ondrej Pavelec – Martin “Fatty” Broduer
This way, instead of forcing the best goalies to give up 3+ goals and the game finishing 11-10 or some shit, we’ll start off with Steve Mason and Craig Anderson in net and it’ll be 11-10 by the end of the 1st period! The final score will be like 37-34 or some shit and everyone except the crappy goaltenders will have a blast. (You can think of it as either punishment or the wake-up call the crap goaltenders need to stop sucking so hard.)
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by greg5897 on Nov 14, 2011 4:41 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
While that would be fun
Great goaltending deserves to be rewarded. Who cares if he plays, he should have at least been on that ballot.
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We set up something else to showcase the good goaltending
Something like a shootout or something, I dunno.
My friends call me Lenny... only I ain't got no friends.
In that case we should throw in Conklin.
And Cheveldae
Howard deserves to be on the ballot
but I’d rather he get some rest than play in a meaningless game.
It's the principle of the thing
The All-Star Game is supposed to showcase the best, and he’s the best, ergo, he should be in the game.
Or at least on the fucking ballot.
I agree he should obviously be on the ballot, but I wouldn’t say that the all-star game is all about picking the very best players. It’s really more of a popularity contest because it comes down to fan voting not a sports writers poll or something even half credible. I think making the game is more of a barometer for finding out who the biggest names in the game are, not always who the best players to that point of the season are.
Wings fans
just want him to be on the ballot so they can turn around and say they don’t want him to get in, but secretly do.
We’re a complicated bunch.
by Big Z in Orlando on Nov 15, 2011 2:59 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Nowadays we could have a goalie with 15 wins, a 0.00 GAA and 1.000 SV% and he wouldn't be included because he plays for Detroit
Case in point
From todays Puck Headlines on Yahoo by Harrison Mooney:
Nightmare on Helm Street thinks Jimmy Howard, who was just named the NHL’s second star of the week, is an elite netminder. Take it with a grain of salt, though — When it comes to elite netminding, Detroit fans aren’t the best judges.
Le sigh.
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Elite netminders?
Like Roberto Luongo? Or Henrik Lundvist? With all those Stanley Cups that those two have won, I’m surprised anyone else gets mentioned.
Yeah
It’s not like we’ve seen 3 different Stanley Cup winning goaltenders in the last 12 years or anything.
by Big Z in Orlando on Nov 15, 2011 3:00 PM CST up reply actions
Case in point:
I was wearing my Ozzie jersey before the last game, and someone made the comment, Osgood? You might be the only person with that one. And then when I looked at him like he was full-on retard he said, well I guess he won Cups…
Yeah, I guess there’s that. Idiot…
by Pmoron on Dec 8, 2011 1:51 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Cups
and a pretty good winning percentage despite being on crap teams after he got picked up off waivers. Then, he came back… changed his style.. and still kicked ass for longer than anyone could have hoped for. He was there when called and stayed strong until his body couldn’t take it. Great player, lots of heart, and a heck of a will to win. Doesn’t mean he didn’t make mistakes. Guy needs to grow up.
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Exactly.
He was money in the playoffs. Both 08-09 seasons, the media were all over him in the regular season, saying he was a big question mark. Once the playoffs hit he would hit his stride and we’d be golden. The only goalie who might ever replace him as my favorite is Jimmy.
by Pmoron on Dec 8, 2011 2:11 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
It doesn't work
When I type Jimmy’s name and click Add it doesn’t do anything. Is this a Firefox issue?
I had the same thing, but I tried an hour later and it worked for me. Maybe you just need to refresh the page.
Living in Chicago is great... apart from the Blackhawks fans.
I will keep trying
Is it supposed to display his name at the top of the page, along with whoever else you vote for?
When I started typing his name it showed up and I picked it then his pic appeared up in the goalie box…think I was using Firefox then cuz IE won’t work half the time anymore.
by wingsluver4ever on Nov 15, 2011 12:10 PM CST up reply actions
Being a Goaltender is tough. In the NHL really tough. In Detroit the weak are killed and eaten.
I like Jimmy. When he has a tough loss. He gets angry and doubles his effort for the next game. At times his stand on his head play has kept the Wings in games they should have lost have the 1st drop of the Puck. Hell, Hudler has a man crush on him like he did with Osgood.
We’re tough on goalies here in Detroit. Very tough. Getting an elite goaltender out of the draft is even tougher for obvious reasons. They’re rare and for a team like Detroit to land an elite player alone, the fabled diamond in the rough, out of the draft is tough enough. Landing an elite goalie may include some human sacrifice to the Old Ones.
Is Howard an elite goal tender? That’s a damn good question. My humble opinion, he should have a long distinct career here in Detroit. Howard is a damn good goal tender. He has a few rough edges to smooth out with the odd angle shots and protecting the five hole on breakaways. If he’s not an elite goaltender, he damn close to one. In the coming years he just might prove his detractors how wrong they were about him. Another Stanley Cup or three, Vezina, Conn Smythe, William M. Jennings and a Roger Crozier Saving Grace would look good on his mantel. It’s ultimately up to Tiberius and I wouldn’t blame him to want a few of those named trophies than all the All Star Games he could play throughout his career.
by Idle Drifter on Nov 14, 2011 8:28 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
30 votes for Mr. Tiberius as well as the old crowd of Selanne-Alfredsson-Hejduk-Lidstrom-Chara.
by Apocalyptic0n3 on Nov 21, 2011 11:23 AM CST reply actions
But, but, but...
CROSBY IS BACK!!!!! FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by WIngsFanInBeanLand on Nov 21, 2011 2:00 PM CST reply actions
Rest up vs. Playing in a game that means absolutely nothing.
While it would be a great honor to be chosen to play I would prefer the boys rest and not play. Discuss…
We all agree
he should rest and not play… HOWEVER… he should be recognized for his play. So, with that said… VOTE!
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My (un)official stance
I personally like the All-Star game and don’t really consider a weekend trip where you’re recognized for greatness and have to play backstop in a defense-free game for one period to be something that’s necessarily tiring.
The fact that Howard isn’t even on the ballot is insulting.
9,000% of goaltending is mental. I’d think that being honored would have more of a positive mental impact on Howard than not. While I care about how the Red Wings’ perform a million times more than I care about the outcome of an All-Star game, I disagree with the concept that a goalie going there is facing a detriment because of it.
by J.J. from Kansas on Nov 21, 2011 2:34 PM CST up reply actions
I agree
I think people overemphasize the “rest” part. Sure, if he’s got an ailing injury, rest on the couch may be better. But the ASG isn’t exactly physically taxing on the players.
I hope this year’s voting ballot marks the beginning of the end of fan voting for All Stars. I mean, really, Erik Karlsson is the #1 vote-getting Dman right now. ERIK FRICKING KARLSSON! I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHO THAT IS!!!!
This should piss everyone off nicely
GOALIES
PLAYER VOTES
Tim Thomas 95,681
Marc-Andre Fleury 88,100
James Reimer 73,158 (<———-LOLWUT)
Pekka Rinne 72,235
Henrik Lundqvist 65,441
Ilya Bryzgalov 60,595
Nikolai Khabibulin 51,515
Carey Price 50,251
Roberto Luongo 49,427
Kari Lehtonen 42,527
Jonathan Quick 39,498
Corey Crawford 36,921 (Corey fucking Crawford is your current write-in leader. COREY FUCKING CRAWFORD)
Full list of shitty Toronto and Ottawa players here: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=602740
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This is the new list for goalies
James Reimer – 248412 <—— Number one! Really Really common.
Tim Thomas – 243311
Marc-Andre Fleury – 240289
Carey Price – 133345
Pekka Rinne – 120021
Henrik Lundqvist – 115973
Ilya Bryzgalov – 100728
Nikolai Khabibulin – 98660
Roberto Luongo – 81106
Jonathan Quick – 80596
Jimmy Howard – 71948 <—— Howie overtook Crawford
Corey Crawford – 65800
Kari Lehtonen – 64813
Ryan Miller – 58738
Martin Brodeur – 50331
Damn straight
Now, let’s get him to pass Bryzgalov. Bryz really isn’t as good as he’s made out to be and we are seeing that with how well Smith is playing in Phoenix.
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Already did my 30
When i get the motivation (it sucks sitting there and typing in a verification code 30 separate timess…), I’ll try to do it again with a 2nd, 3rd, and even 4th email address…if it’s possible, that is.
120 votes, yo!
I'd be careful about doing that...
Apparently you can do it but they just ignore everything, including your original 30. It might be related to your IP address?
by Pmoron on Dec 8, 2011 1:45 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Keep loving them… I’ll keep making them. Gonna be sad when the voting is over.
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I have a feeling I’ll stay busy with new features and posters. There’s a few ideas brewing, but for right now.. it’s all about Jimmy. I’d like to find a pic of him fighting from last game. Anyone sees it… let me know.
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