The all-star votes are in (and there are some weird ones)
Here are the final vote leaders in fan balloting (players in italics are the starters). There's quite a bit more love for Radek Smolenak than I was predicting:
Eastern Conference Forwards
Sidney Crosby Pittsburgh 1,713,021
Evgeni Malkin Pittsburgh 1,585,936
Alex Kovalev Montreal 1,343,301
Saku Koivu Montreal 1,320,604
Alex Tanguay Montreal 1,296,701
Alex Ovechkin Washington 470,276
Marc Savard Boston 260,794
Patrice Bergeron Boston 235,292
Alexander Semin Washington 185,075
Simon Gagne Philadelphia 167,836
Thomas Vanek Buffalo 160,825
Mike Richards Philadelphia 136,533
Daniel Briere Philadelphia 109,518
Vincent Lecavalier Tampa Bay 86,938
Derek Roy Buffalo 82,244
Chris Drury NY Rangers 66,881
Ilya Kovalchuk Atlanta 62,159
Dany Heatley Ottawa 55,773
Scott Gomez NY Rangers 55,018
Daniel Alfredsson Ottawa 51,383
Zach Parise New Jersey 48,828
Eric Staal Carolina 48,386
Jeff Carter * Philadelphia 46,926
Markus Naslund NY Rangers 46,436
Jordan Staal * Pittsburgh 35,446
Martin St. Louis Tampa Bay 33,070
Jason Spezza Ottawa 31,841
Rod Brind'Amour Carolina 26,529
Patrik Elias New Jersey 26,325
Maxime Talbot * Pittsburgh 21,848
Phil Kessel * Boston 19,821
Ray Whitney Carolina 19,457
Brian Rolston New Jersey 19,140
Milan Lucic * Boston 15,134
Radek Smolenak * Tampa Bay 10,471
David Krejci * Boston 10,255
Trent Hunter NY Islanders 9,841
Eastern Conference Defensemen
Andrei Markov Montreal 1,443,091
Mike Komisarek Montreal 1,373,628
Sergei Gonchar Pittsburgh 1,354,079
Ryan Whitney Pittsburgh 1,311,374
Zdeno Chara Boston 464,414
Mike Green Washington 290,394
Kimmo Timonen Philadelphia 176,776
Teppo Numminen Buffalo 142,228
Tomas Kaberle Toronto 102,854
Wade Redden NY Rangers 86,489
Jay Bouwmeester Florida 81,827
Chris Phillips Ottawa 30,558
Eastern Conference Goaltenders
Carey Price Montreal 1,515,885
Marc-Andre Fleury Pittsburgh 1,486,079
Henrik Lundqvist NY Rangers 161,402
Ryan Miller Buffalo 150,724
Martin Biron Philadelphia 114,879
Tim Thomas * Boston 96,623
Martin Brodeur New Jersey 68,797
Vesa Toskala Toronto 42,445
Kari Lehtonen Atlanta 16,872
Tomas Vokoun Florida 14,753
Rick DiPietro NY Islanders 13,050
* write-in candidate
Western Conference Forwards
Patrick Kane Chicago 917,551
Jonathan Toews Chicago 809,599
Ryan Getzlaf Anaheim 716,569
Joe Thornton San Jose 442,364
Marian Hossa Detroit 419,463
Jarome Iginla Calgary 411,862
Pavel Datsyuk Detroit 395,316
Patrick Marleau San Jose 385,538
Henrik Zetterberg Detroit 384,307
Mikko Koivu Minnesota 176,307
Rick Nash Columbus 129,239
Shane Doan Phoenix 109,018
Joe Sakic Colorado 107,762
Mike Ribeiro Dallas 99,490
Brad Boyes St. Louis 89,414
Olli Jokinen Phoenix 85,207
Ales Hemsky Edmonton 82,039
Marian Gaborik Minnesota 78,361
Jason Arnott Nashville 70,483
Dustin Brown Los Angeles 68,302
Paul Stastny Colorado 67,002
Mike Modano Dallas 66,584
Devin Setoguchi * San Jose 62,353
Patrick Sharp * Chicago 54,137
Anze Kopitar Los Angeles 53,412
Daniel Sedin Vancouver 50,866
Teemu Selanne * Anaheim 48,735
Paul Kariya St. Louis 47,916
Henrik Sedin Vancouver 47,665
Milan Hejduk Colorado 43,845
Brenden Morrow Dallas 36,272
Shawn Horcoff Edmonton 33,301
Keith Tkachuk St. Louis 31,033
Brad Richards Dallas 29,283
* write-in candidate
Western Conference Defensemen
Brian Campbell Chicago 784,476
Scott Niedermayer Anaheim 637,316
Chris Pronger Anaheim 625,810
Nicklas Lidstrom Detroit 570,151
Dion Phaneuf Calgary 483,441
Dan Boyle San Jose 472,018
Rob Blake San Jose 407,124
Brian Rafalski Detroit 246,810
Sheldon Souray Edmonton 180,353
Shea Weber Nashville 139,170
Brent Burns Minnesota 104,034
Robyn Regehr Calgary 56,581
Western Conference Goaltenders
J.S. Giguere Anaheim 617,241
Roberto Luongo Vancouver 464,942
Evgeni Nabokov San Jose 458,758
Chris Osgood Detroit 206,919
Niklas Backstrom Minnesota 136,263
Ilya Bryzgalov Phoenix 84,165
Miikka Kiprusoff Calgary 83,459
Pascal Leclaire Columbus 49,702
Marty Turco Dallas 48,166
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I refuse to vote in these stupid popularity contests
I probably won’t watch the game either. I’ve been a die hard Wings fan since the Dead Wings era and I’m through with the All-Star game. Allowing a casual fan to vote for his/her entire team by texting in the team name was the final straw. I urge everyone who thinks this is as ridiculous as I do to call Gary Bettman during his weekly XM radio show and let him know.
by SDWingNut on Jan 4, 2009 12:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Wont be watching either, as the ASG is perhaps the single most boring game on the entire schedule. Gimme Tampa-Isles any day over this. This year’s vote also further proves that the fans have no right determining the all-stars. Players who have no business being there (Komisarek, Giguere, Campbell) starting because some script kiddies rigged the vote?
by Resolute on Jan 4, 2009 6:28 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Lost in all the controversy
Luongo scrapes into second despite being hurt for about two months, and likely ineligible to compete.
Where’s the outrage?
by Doogie2K on Jan 4, 2009 11:00 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Well, he didn’t end up being elected a starter, and injured two months or not, an even less deserving goaltender was voted in ahead of him.
by Resolute on Jan 5, 2009 2:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly. No one will get all that upset about players that don’t get in.
by James Mirtle on Jan 5, 2009 2:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty comical that the NHL’s goal leader had to be written onto the ballot….
by JasonB on Jan 5, 2009 12:45 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
No kidding. Not surprising, though.
by James Mirtle on Jan 5, 2009 12:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

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