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Originally Posted by Calgarian
They should be, the ASG is supposed to be a showcase for the best players in the game that year.
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Sure, if you were looking at it purely through that lens and not through the lens that the ASG is simply a marketing event for the NHL to market its biggest (see: not best that year) stars. As entertaining as Gaudreau plays he's probably the only one worth marketing - Monahan and Giordano don't exactly light the world on fire with their personalities.
Also, San Jose has a bunch of players going because they're host, which limits the number of players Calgary has potentially going since they share a division. Calgary players also didn't win the votes for Captain of division (McDavid) or for Last Man In for division (Draisaitl). I guess the only scenario where Calgary ever sends more than two or three players is when they themselves host the ASG.
If it makes you feel better nobody from Montreal is playing in the ASG.
The ASG had relevance before you could watch any game or see any highlight at any time, when you could only watch the games of one or two teams and only saw a player maybe once or twice a year. Now it's just....mostly pointless, aside from marketing, and having a bit of fun.