GDT: Skills Competition

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Figure we can have a place to chat

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[LostInaLostWorld]

Scratch Makar

Svech vs Fiala advance

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Svech going to the finals in fastest skater.

By far the most boring event, especially when you don’t put guys like Mackinnon and McDavid in it.

 

[WreckingCrew]

Svech going to the finals in fastest skater.

By far the most boring event, especially when you don’t put guys like Mackinnon and McDavid in it.

What'd they do, put them in hardest shot competition?

 

[LBS I Digress]

Lol Svech really might win, Stephenson and Larkin phoned it in pretty hard

 

[CanesUltimate11]

Svech going to the finals in fastest skater.

By far the most boring event, especially when you don’t put guys like Mackinnon and McDavid in it.

Not that those two would have tried very hard if Larkin and Stephenson are any indication.

 

[CandyCanes]

Feel like I’ve never seen Svech skate that fast lol

 

[WreckingCrew]

Lol Svech really might win, Stephenson and Larkin phoned it in pretty hard

Since Aho & Necas are faster, does that mean we have 3 of the 4 fastest skaters in the league?

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

So what we’ve learned is that Necas would’ve wiped the floor with that event lol

 

[CanesUltimate11]

Lol Svech really might win, Stephenson and Larkin phoned it in pretty hard

You could pretty much see him taking with PK thinking “well I shouldn’t be taking to you right now.”

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

The quality of the celebrity judges never fails to amaze me

 

[LostInaLostWorld]

I guess they couldn't get any B listers for judges.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

This is weird and embarrassing

 

[CandyCanes]

NHL viewership is down 22%. This event is a great showcase as to why that number exists lol

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

NHL viewership is down 22%. This event is a great showcase as to why that number exists lol

Like… put a surfboard at the blueline. Guy starts skating from center ice, jump stop onto the surfboard, slide all the way to the goal on the surfboard and fire a wrister.

There you go. Hire me NHL.

The notion that this league, of all leagues, would turn what was once a very cool display of skill into bad sketch comedy, is unbelievable.

 

[WreckingCrew]

I guess they couldn't get any B listers for judges.

Probably did a fan vote, then only selected from people with 0 votes

 

[Oldracer]

This. Is. Embarrassing!

 

[WreckingCrew]

Wait, we only did 1 breakaway and now changing to another competition?

 

[LostInaLostWorld]

Wait, we only did 1 breakaway and now changing to another competition?

They want to keep you tuned into the exciting finals later.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

This is really speeding along. 40 min and we’ve seen 5 people skate once around the ice, and one wrist shot into Luongo’s pads.

 

[LostInaLostWorld]

I'm on the edge of my seat.

 

[WreckingCrew]

They want to keep you tuned into the exciting finals later.

So in 40 minutes we've done 5 fast skaters and 1 breakaway, now goalies...I've got ADHD and even I'm lost

EDIT: @Anton Dubinchuk beat me by a min on the same thought

 

[LostInaLostWorld]

Saros sure looks small comparatively.

And sucks as a shooter.

And then he nails one. LoL

 

[WreckingCrew]

Goalie A faces McDavid on a breakaway

Goalie B faces...female hockey player...

 

[LostInaLostWorld]

Goalie A faces McDavid on a breakaway

Goalie B faces...female hockey player...

Bettman's even rigging the skills competiton