I get the idea, but I think not showcasing the best players in the league, and turning the whole event into an irrelevant joke that nobody cares about is worse for marketing than a few tanking teams sometimes not being represented. For a "marketing event", the NHL sure does a horrible job actually marketing.
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I get the idea, but I think not showcasing the best players in the league, and turning the whole event into an irrelevant joke that nobody cares about is worse for marketing than a few tanking teams sometimes not being represented. For a "marketing event", the NHL sure does a horrible job actually marketing.
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It doesn't matter who is there per say, it's about having a player there from every team for the purpose of marketing. You take the best performing player from every team (healthy) and voila, low effort marketing for kids.
It isn't overly complicated or that serious. It's just that.
If you don't know, you don't know.
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I don't believe the NHL is aiming their Marketing at the Fans but at Sponsors.
Good way to bring Customers to one spot for a free weekend.
Good way to bring Customers to one spot for a free weekend.
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Bellefour20
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At what point do we start seeing fan bases voting for their rival's players to go to the All-Star game rather than their own? The goal being to force their rival's stars to have to participate or be fined rather than rest up, and thus putting more wear/tear come playoff time. It's a small measure, but it could be an advantage none the less.
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When it was announced that the NHL would be selecting 1 player from all 32 teams, I thought Matthews would have been selected based on the fact he's the reigning winner Hart Trophy, 2x Rocket Richard, and Ted Lindsay.
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Using that logic you think the NHL would have selected Matthews based on the fact he signed an exclusive deal with Fanatics and their sponsorship with the NHL.
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It's why they select one from each team. I'm sure the NHL will host Fanatics for the weekend.Using that logic you think the NHL would have selected Matthews based on the fact he signed an exclusive deal with Fanatics and their sponsorship with the NHL.
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I see it as a event specifically for the kids. I used to love watching the skills competition and the AllStar game was fun because you get to see the best players on each team goof around and have fun
I get it the players would rather have these days off but these are the responsibilities of getting paid millions to play hockey so suck it up and show off your skills to the kids
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Leafs fans will stuff the ballot box and send Matthews and Murray when what they’ll really need in February is a nice break.
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NHL Hockey Operations first selected one player from all 32 teams.
The fan vote opened up at this past Thursday at 9:00 PM on nhl.com and on Twitter with the name of the player you want, plus the #NHLAllStarVote.
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"Do I have to?!"
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"But, ahhh, ummm, I have a sore foot."
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"I thought there always was?"
"It is official this year."
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He’s never done it so he’s prob happy to have one all star game experience but in the future let’s let him have the break.
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Are you sure ?? In ST. Louis, I recall him shooting pucks from the second section trying to hit a target at centre ice in the skills competition.
This will be Marner’s second appearance at All-Star weekend. He’s been chosen once since he entered the NHL and it was back in 2020.
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That was such a dumb challenge.
Pretty sure that was the last time I tuned in for the event.
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LeafsNation75
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Marner got voted in 2020 due to the last man in vote. Yes, it was Leafs fans who voted him in that way. However in 2019 and 2022 when Morgan Rielly and John Tavares were the Leafs players up for that same vote they didn't get selected.
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Which is why I am wondering when it get to the point where fans start voting in players from their opponents in order to take that break from them. We should be voting in Tampa or Boston players.
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