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Shutout not enough to give Panthers' Vokoun one of NHL "Three Stars"




Was perusing NHL.com when I stumbled over the "CompuWhaleware Three Stars" for Saturday. Surely, Florida goaltender Tomas Vokoun's 24-save shutout over the Senators in Ottawa would earn him a spot...

Alas, nothing of the sort. Two of the "stars" were netminders, and neither had stopped every shot thrown at them.

Huh? How's that?

Pittsburgh's Marc-Andre Fleury, with 42 saves on 43 Toronto attempts, grabbed a spot. Ok...decent workload, solid result (against the Leafs, but whatever...a shot's a shot). Detroit's Jimmy Howard (the current flavor of the month) shut the door on all but one San Jose shot, finishing his night with 31 saves against a terrific team.

(Let's for a moment forget the third "star", Islanders forward Josh Bailey and his 3 point effort [1g] against Phoenix; how that trumps defenseman Sergei Gonchar's 3 points [2g] or the Capitals' Tom Poti and Alexander Semin netting their own three leads directly to a spinning wheel with names affixed in a darkened room. Just add darts.)

Back to Vokoun. How can it possibly be, on a night which featured 13 games involving 30 goaltenders, that the only one of that group to stop all shots directed his way was passed over for deserved kudos, even for a bloated non-event such as the "Three Stars"? Wasn't even a mention in the "headlines" sidebar.

Whether 12 or 24 or 36 saves, a shutout remains a Big Deal, for the player as well as his team. Right? Some folks still see it that way.

Might be time for a tin-hat dust-off.

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Don’t forget, Vokous wasn’t even one of the “stars” at home when he won the game against Pittsburgh on January 3rd.

by studyaid on Jan 10, 2010 12:41 PM EST reply actions  

No, but only allowing 2 out of forty something SOG should have earned him a star over Campbell that night.

by CLG_74 on Jan 10, 2010 1:22 PM EST up reply actions  

It just once again shows the lack of respect that the Panthers get.
Hard to believe, but unfortunately not surprised.

by The Rat Trick on Jan 10, 2010 3:17 PM EST up reply actions  

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