Distinctions are nice, but reality has a way of making them look ridiculous in hindsight.
Remember Dirk Nowitzki winning the 2007 NBA MVP and promptly bowing out in the first round against the eight-seed Warriors?
Or Reggie Bush winning the Heisman Trophy, then proving in a BCS Chapionship Game that Vince Young deserved it more?
The Sharks are seeing that phenomenon in reverse. We're talking about goalie Evgeni Nabokov's exclusion from the NHL West All-Star roster. The decision seems less and less sound with each game he's played since.
The Nabonator is on a holy goalkeeping tear.
Last night setting the Sharks' all-time scoreless streak that currently stands at 170 minutes, ten seconds.
He's riding a two-game shut-out streak. It was the 44th shutout of his magnificent career,. Nabby is second in the league in victories. And the Sharks are tied with Minnesota for fewest goals allowed.
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He even made a save with his rear end Tuesday night in a win over the Avalanche.
The Versus Network -- and God bless them, because without them a lot games just wouldn't ever get shown -- included him on their list of All Star snubs.
The numbers back it up, West starter Jean-Sebastien Giguere averages a full half-goal more per game than Nabokaov. Old-timers can -- and definitely should! -- argue in loud and no uncertain terms that, "This is what happens when you go and let people text message their All-Star votes!"
