GDT: NHL All-Star Skills Competition - January 27th - 7PM

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Larkin not in the fastest skater competition ????????

Rakell is in there... hes not exactly a fast skater... good skater but not high top end speed /shrug ... sacrifice to McDavid I guess.

 

[TheDoldrums]

Didn't Larkin say he wanted to face McDavid in a tweet last year? And now he may be ducking him?

 

[leburn98]

I kind of wanted to see Matthews in the shooting accuracy comp again. Kind of seems strange omitting him from that and having Boyle taking part.

Especially considering he was only bested by Crosby last year. Maybe they wanted Boyle to participate in one of these and he chose this over the puck relay?

 

[Makar Goes Fast]

anyone know if the skills comp will be on rogers game center/ nhl.tv?

 

[HP00]

Multiple sources say that multiple players pulled out of fastest skater because of mcdavid

Seriously? What a bunch of cowards, should drive you to skate harder since everyone already pegs McDavid as the winner. I'm glad Eichel opted to go for it, he may not win but at least hes man enough to try.

 

[hockeykicker]

anyone know if the skills comp will be on rogers game center/ nhl.tv?

 

[hockeykicker]

Seriously? What a bunch of cowards, should drive you to skate harder since everyone already pegs McDavid as the winner. I'm glad Eichel opted to go for it, he may not win but at least hes man enough to try.

yep

 

[Makar Goes Fast]

thanks! fingers crossed for canadian access, but I'm not holding my breath

 

[navyduck]

Why have they been talking about car racing for the last 15 minutes? Wtf

 

[snipes]

I wanna see a goalie interference challenge for the refs.

"****ing review that"

 

[c9777666]

The only thing that is guaranteed- new Hardest Shot winner,

No Weber. No Chara.

 

[hockeykicker]

so the new rules for the fastest skater are that one skater at a time will go, not two like always thus only the stopwatch will decide

 

[snipes]

Fastest skater should be fun, MacKinnon vs McDavid.

The new rules for the accuracy shooting can either make the event long and painful or more entertaining.

I really wish they still had the Breakaway Challenge, but understand why it's gone. The players ruined it.

McDavid absolutely smoked MacKinnon head to head in the fastest skater last year.

 

[snipes]

so the new rules for the fastest skater are that one skater at a time will go, not two like always thus only the stopwatch will decide

And they get a 3 stride build up too. Clock starts when they cross the line.

 

[JadedLeaf]

Especially considering he was only bested by Crosby last year. Maybe they wanted Boyle to participate in one of these and he chose this over the puck relay?

I honestly don't remember but maybe he could have been in hardest shot? The solution to that problem entirely though is not having to take one guy from each team in the first place. THAT, more than anything else diminished the allstar game. It's no longer a notch on the belt. Fan voting doesn't help either.

 

[CBJx614]

So you can't watch the SC in the States?

 

[hockeykicker]

So you can't watch the SC in the States?

nbcsports

 

[Pez68]

I'm so confused about these selections for the different events... The passing accuracy one, especially. It's going to be epic watching most of those guys suck.

Shooting accuracy too... A real head scratcher. How did they determine who participated in these events? Kane should be in passing as well as puck control. And might have won both.

Some guys don't get to participate in any events? lol

 

[hockeykicker]

I'm so confused about these selections for the different events... The passing accuracy one, especially. It's going to be epic watching most of those guys suck.

Shooting accuracy too... A real head scratcher. How did they determine who participated in these events? Kane should be in passing as well as puck control. And might have won both.

Some guys don't get to participate in any events? lol

dont the 4 captains choose?

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

The NHL just doesn't cancel things on its own. The players have to agree. Just like how the players wanted to get rid of the all star draft cause they said it was awkward and embarrassing

Oh ok. I didn't know that.

 

[CBJx614]

nbcsports

I have the game tomorrow, but it's showing an invitational right now, not the skills comp

 

[hockeykicker]

I have the game tomorrow, but it's showing an invitational right now, not the skills comp

It starts at 7:30

 

[talkinaway]

dont the 4 captains choose?

That used to be the case last year, when the skills comp was more of a competition. But it looks like this is a totally individual event this year. From a cursory look, many of the events are lopsided in terms of divisional representation:

Fastest skater: ATL-2, MET-3, CEN-1, PAC-2
Passing: ATL-1, MET-2, CEN-3, PAC-2
Save Streak: ATL-0(!), MET-1, CEN-3, PAC-1, Central division shoots twice. No love for local goalie?
Puck Control: ATL-3, MET-1, CEN-2, PAC-2
Hardest Shot: ATL-1, MET-1, CEN-2, PAC-1
Accuracy: ATL-2, MET-2, CEN-1, PAC-3

I could be off, as I did these myself. But it seems like since every division has 9 skaters, every skater does exactly one of the non-goalie activities. It seems like they're trying to match players up with their strengths across the entire 4 NHL divisions, as opposed to having team captains pick within each division and trying to shoehorn people into a competition where they might not do so well.

 

[Daisy Jane]

very odd that Matthews isn't in the accurate shooting.

 

[CBJx614]

It starts at 7:30

Thought it started at 330, that's the only time I saw.