Why do they let fans have so much control over who starts at the All Star Games of the various pro sports? As the leagues have moved towards more and more internet voting, there has been a dramatic rise in head-scratcher decisions about the starting lineups. Case in point, this year's NHL All Star starters were announced a few days ago. It seems that Anaheim, Chicago, and Montreal managed to mount successful campaigns to get their fans out voting, because aside from Crosby and Malkin who absolutely belong in the starting lineup, Ducks, Hawks, and Habs make up the entire dozen.
Some will argue that the starting lineup is pretty meaningless, and they would be right (more right than ever it would seem). They say that every other team had just as much chance to convince their own fans to go home and vote online over and over again. But it's ridiculous that some loser with too much time to spend on the internet and a man-crush on J.S. Giguere can get a goalie ranked 21st in wins, 47th in goals against, and 31st in save percentage into the starting lineup! The guy doesn't belong on the team at all and he's taking a spot away from someone more deserving.
Additional slights include the fact that five of the top seven points scorers didn't get enough votes. None of the top 20 goal scorers received enough votes. No player on the top three teams in either conference's standings got enough votes. It's simply ridiculous. And it's unfortunate to those who truly deserved the honour to be shut out because of some tech nerd who happens to like the Habs or the Hawks.
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