Re: 2024 All-Stars - 1 per team this year
Originally Posted by
PenguinHunter
this is me as well.
The skills competition is fun to watch.
Every year when I am watching it I think about how it would be cool if it was a true skills competition
And not just a skills competition for those players in the All-Star Game.
My thinking (and in saying all this - I know it can't happen cause the NHL season is already busy enough)
1) Every team has there own skill compeition and gets to send 1 player for each event.
2) Through the Day on Saturday of All-Star weekend, there is a divisional skill competition where the representative for each division compete.
3) Each division gets two representative for each skill at the Saturday night skills competition. This is the one that is televised for viewers.
Then we would get to see who the fastest players are in the whole NHL... not just the fastest all-stars.
Yeah this would be fun, and teams have certainly had their own skills competitions in previous years. The Oilers Skills Competition is tonight! and it is sold out (scummy scalper tickets are available)
I distinctly remember going to the Oilers Skills Competition on a few occasions as a kid and it as great fun.
The skills competition is the best part because you get to see high end skills and it is easy for the players to "care" for a minute or two. It is also nice to see the younger and more outgoing players miced up and interacting.
I am intrigued by this year's "Hockey Decathlon" so will tune in for that at least.
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