The NHL All-Star Skills competition will take place tomorrow night in Las Vegas, and the league has announced ahead of time which players will participate in which events. The player assignments for the seven events are as follows:
Fastest Skater
Chris Kreider, NYR
Adrian Kempe, LAK
Kyle Connor, WPG
Evgeny Kuznetsov, WSH
Jordan Kyrou, STL
Dylan Larkin, DET
Cale Makar, COL
Connor McDavid, EDM
Save Streak
Jack Campbell, TOR
Andrei Vasilevskiy, TBL
Frederik Andersen, CAR
Tristan Jarry, PIT
Cam Talbot, MIN
Juuse Saros, NSH
Thatcher Demko, VAN
John Gibson, ANA
Fountain Face-Off
Jonathan Huberdeau, FLA
Claude Giroux, PHI
Jordan Eberle, SEA
Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson
Roman Josi, NSH
Nick Suzuki, MTL
Zach Werenski, CBJ
Mark Stone, VGK
Hardest Shot
Adam Pelech, NYI
Timo Meier, SJS
Victor Hedman, TBL
Tom Wilson, WSH
Breakaway Challenge
Goalies: Manon Rhéaume & Wyatt Russell
Kirill Kaprizov, MIN
Trevor Zegras, ANA
Jack Hughes, NJD
Alex DeBrincat, CHI
Alex Pietrangelo, VGK
Las Vegas NHL 21 in ’22
Nazem Kadri, COL
Auston Matthews, TOR
Joe Pavelski, DAL
Steven Stamkos, TBL
Brady Tkachuk, OTT
Accuracy Shooting
Leon Draisaitl, EDM
Clayton Keller, ARI
Rasmus Dahlin, BUF
Sebastian Aho, CAR
Jake Guentzel, PIT
Troy Terry, ANA
Johnny Gaudreau, CGY
Patrice Bergeron, BOS
Jonathan Marchessault, VGK
Two new events, the Fountain Face-Off and 21 in ’22 will be held outside in the Bellagio fountain and Las Vegas strip respectively. Individual winners of each event will earn $30,000.
Why dont they just invite players specifically because they are good in a certain event? Already did it with Zegras, whats the issue with doing it for the whole event? Then just have the All-Star game for the All-Stars
Id rather see the top 8 players with the hardest shot than a top 5 of “who knows if theyll even hit 100” then the records will be held by the best, challenged by the best and possibly more incentive for players to improve their strengths. Itd be like the Guinness world records of NHL
They did invite Chara for the hardest shot, but he declined.
I get it, hes liable to break sumn tryin tuh shoot the puck that hard nowadays lol
Just wanted to let onea yall writers know, i make some stupid ass comments on here giving yall crap and making dumb jokes, all in good fun no offence intended
They should invite Frk for hardest shot. He did play some in the NHL this year. It may end up being the hardest shot that missed the net! LOL
I’ve got a pretty thick skin, you shouldn’t worry.
Trying and failing to not make some variation of a “I’d try to go five hole on Manon Rheaume” joke.
The only people who like the All Star Game are sponsors and players going to their first one. Instead of putting hockey’s WORST product on the bye week between NFC and AFC title games and Super Bowls, what if they played the All Star game last weekend and put a Stadium Series game or a full weekend of the best rivalries on this, the worst weekend of the non-summer sports year?
They hafta incentivize the winners more. Maybe no penalties for 20 games lol. Or their teams get 10 points in the standings. Yup, I went Harry Potter for that one. Losing teams lose 10 points. A full year of either not having to do the bs interviews or being able to say whatever they want. I dunno, just spit ballin
tbh all of the major sports a.s. games suck nowadays most players treat it as a free mini vacation and play like it’s practice. way back in the day before i was born was the last time an a.s. game was worth watching but back then players stuck on 1 team and played with pride and didn’t want to lose even if the game kent nothing standing wise.
… so clue me in on how Patrice Bergeron, of all people, is left out of the face-off competition?
Because it’s not a face-off competition.