Not really a surprise that Tim Thomas isn't among the 10 Eastern Conference goalies on the All-Star ballot that was released today.

Tim Thomas -- snubbed again. (Justine Hunt/Globe Staff)

Thomas has been perpetually snubbed, despite being an All-Star last season and posting consecutive shutouts last week. Instead, we've got Martin Brodeur (out for four months), Rick DiPietro (sidelined because of knee surgery), and Martin Biron (3-4-1, 3.79 GAA, .874 save percentage) on the ballot when Thomas, Mike Smith (3-2-2, 2.07 GAA, .941 save percentage), and Alex Auld (3-2-1, 2.15 GAA, .931 save percentage) are more deserving.

Here's the list from the East, with three snubs at each position in italics:

Goalies

Martin Biron
Martin Brodeur
Rick DiPietro
Marc-Andre Fleury
Kari Lehtonen
Henrik Lundqvist
Ryan Miller
Carey Price
Vesa Toskala
Tomas Vokoun

Tim Thomas instead of Brodeur
Mike Smith instead of DiPietro
Alex Auld instead of Biron

Defensemen

Jay Bouwmeester
Zdeno Chara
Sergei Gonchar
Mike Green
Tomas Kaberle
Mike Komisarek
Andrei Markov
Teppo Numminen
Chris Phillips
Wade Redden
Ryan Whitney

Filip Kuba instead of Gonchar
Mark Streit instead of Redden
Keith Ballard instead of Whitney

Forwards

Daniel Alfredsson
Patrice Bergeron
Daniel Briere
Rod Brind'Amour
Sidney Crosby
Chris Drury
Patrik Elias
Simon Gagne
Scott Gomez
Dany Heatley
Trent Hunter
Saku Koivu
Ilya Kovalchuk
Alex Kovalev
Vincent Lecavalier
Evgeni Malkin
Markus Naslund
Alex Ovechkin
Zach Parise
Mike Richards
Brian Rolston
Derek Roy
Martin St. Louis
Marc Savard
Alexander Semin
Jason Spezza
Eric Staal
Alex Tanguay
Thomas Vanek
Ray Whitney

Nikolai Zherdev instead of Drury
Jason Pominville instead of Rolston
Jeff Carter instead of Hunter