I know you just did this whole voting thing...

but IT'S ALL-STAR voting time! I love to vote for the All-Star games. I don't usually actually watch the games, but I like to vote for my favorite players.
The Wild have Gaborik, Burns, Koivu, and Backstrom on the ballot this year. I recommend voting for the last three, and Gaborik if you are one of those poor misguided 8 year olds who always seem to have his sweater at the X.

Obviously if Sakic gets better you should vote for him, as well as Gagner, Toews, Oilers in general, Latandresse, Price, St. Louis, you know, awesome dudes like those.

I'm not gonna lie, I was a little confused at first, but here's where to go if you want to vote.

Mikko is in third place for forwards in the west, and the Habs are basically owning the east. Sweet.

PS, or you can just click on the large, "click to vote" button.

Habs, baby!

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The picture difference does not indicate anything but my own laziness. I don't feel like cropping the pictures to make them the same size.

Bonjour, je m'appelle Kirsten, et j'aime beaucoup les Habitants. Ma mere m'a dit que je dois aimer les equipes de Minnesota, mais le probleme avec ca est Edmonton et Montreal. Ils sont des equipes tres agreables. Je ne peux rien faire de ce probleme.

Today is the battle of the Brothers Koivu, and as you all know, I will be mildly torn. I love the Wild and I want them to win, but I love the Habs and would love to see them restored to their former glory. I'll be listening to the French feed online while I do my homework, or at the very least as soon as I finish my classes, labs, and other obligations. THEN I will listen to the French feed. Later when I have the time, I found a cool article on the Koivus that I will translate and throw up here.

I plan on actually doing a post game reaction post. I know, right? What's going on here? Two posts in a week? Impossible.

PS, yes I do realize I skipped a game and that we play Dallas today, but I don't really care, and I actually found time to write this, so there you go.

PPS If you are looking to read the thoughts of the other team's bloggers, you need only go to Four Habs Fans. Not for the kids mind you, but a hilarious read. I have no idea how those guys manage their greatness day in and day out.

Dear Baby Hockey Jesus-the playoff edition

Last night's game did not go the way I wanted it to, so I ask you Baby Hockey Jesus, to help the Wild right now, and to help Joe Sakic see that he likes golf. A lot. I know for a fact that Andrew Brunette does, and from what I hear, he's a pretty good golfer. Bruno, if you are listening, all it will take is you to do the Patrick Roy thing on Jose Theodore, and then you can go back to loafing on your couch and watching baseball...you know you want to!

Injuries:
Baby Hockey Jesus, I ask that you put your hands upon those on our team who are injured and bring them back in one piece and better than ever, particularly my boy Mark Parrish. Nick Schultz would be nice too, but we are probably better off without Skoula anyway.

Karma:
Please use your pull with the Hockey Gods to make the karma be on the side of Minnesota, and show me what I can do to help improve said karma.

Please help the Sharks to win, because I think I might actually rather play them than Calgary, because Iginla is a stud in the playoffs, and Joe Thornton is .....not.

Help the Habs to sweep the Bruins and continue their season of awesomeness.

Baby Hockey Jesus, I ask these things in the name of the Hockey Gods who are lords of hockey forever and ever, amen.