Exposure for Ottawa? What are they in danger of folding the franchise or something?
HOMER!!!!!
From Howard Bloom (followed by credible people) on twitter:
I don't care that much for the ASG but it would be neat to have all the stars in town and it would be great to get some exposure in Ottawa. If this is true, it's about time we hosted this event! Cities like Atlanta already hosted an ASG for crying out loud!Rumor du Jour: Gary Bettman in Ottawa on September 15 to announce the 2012 NHL All-Star Weekend will be hosted by the Ottawa Senators
Exposure for Ottawa? What are they in danger of folding the franchise or something?
HOMER!!!!!
Big Ev's All-Star Starting Roster for the 2012 game in Ottawa:
C - Spezza, R - Alfredsson, L - Michalek
D - Gonchar, Karlsson
G - Elliott/Lehner
Am I close?
Seriously though, that would be great news.
12 Team Dynasty, H2H (points)
Dress 2C, 4W, 1F, 4D, 1G (Daily)
G (3), A (2), STP (1), SHOG (1), +/- (0.5), SOG (0.2), Hits (0.2), Blk (0.2), FOW (0.1); W (5), SO (2), Sv (0.2), GA (-1)
C - Draisaitl (W), Hughes, Larkin, Trochek
W - T.Thompson (C), Pastrnak, Reinhart, Batherson, Nichushkin, Duchene (C), Zuccarello
D - Dahlin, Theodore, Bouchard, Faber, Werenski, Skjei
G - Jarry, Gustavsson, Montembault
Fm - Bordeleau, Barlow, Lucius, G.Perreault, Luneau, Perunovich, Nikishin
The fact that they're building world-class convention facilities here in Ottawa is probably the reason this is finally happening. I'm not a senators fan by any means, but I'm glad to see a Canadian city host the game. It's a slap in the face of true hockey fans that the ASG always seems to go to markets where the team is in trouble to try and stir up interest. It should be a reward to fans who actually support their team.
Give them an opportunity to drop $200 on a 300-level ticket.
10 Team H2H ESPN Keeper - G, A, PIM, FOW, ATOI, SOG, HIT, BLK, DEF, STP, W, SO, SV, GAA, SV%
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Forwards: McDavid, Matthews, Ovechkin, Couture, Toews, Henrique, Perry, Perron, Maroon, Galchenyuk, Neal, R. Smith, Parise, Stastny, Konecny, Patrick
Defence: Ristolainen, Josi, Hamilton, Giordano, Fowler, Ekholm, Schultz
Goalies: Fleury, Lundqvist, Smith
IR: Crawford
Confirmed today at a press conference!
Nice logo too:
http://i23.servimg.com/u/f23/14/93/72/81/ottawa10.jpg