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GDT: NHL All-Star Skills Competition - January 27th - 7PM
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HansonBro
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To be fair, I think it was Crosby who hit the post but the light registered a hit anyways...
It's not better shot, it's accuracy and Sid is the most accurate player in the league
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i'd love to know whose idea it was to put rakell in the fastest skater competition
guy has never been known as a fast skater. would have made far more sense to put him in the most accurate shot contest
guy has never been known as a fast skater. would have made far more sense to put him in the most accurate shot contest
I agree that the skaters build up their speed coming out of the turn around the nets but not all the way through the turn.
I would love to see a straight away speed component added.
I would love to see a straight away speed component added.
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What they need to do is solidify the events here ahead of time. Then they make every team hold their skills competition with the exact same format before the league comp. They should then invite (compel,) the 3 (or maybe 5,) best players frome each division at each event come and compete here, wether or not they are in the All-Star game or not. That way we have the actual best at each event. The All-Stars aren't necessarily the best at every single thing.
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Because he said the league gets goalie interference right so they didn't want him to look too bad
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Overall that was a pretty lackluster skills competition. Next year, have them play ice dodge-puck with tennis balls. That would be fun to watch!
He looked pretty awful shooting at those targets. Missed the net several times. I'd say...no. He's not.
nucks88
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Yeah it is a better shot....and I am a huge Crosby fan. Just ask Hank Sedin what he thinks of Boeser's shot....
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For me I'd say yes he has a boeser shot than any Canuck since Ive been watching (I didn't see much of Bures career though). Every time he has a slightly open chance it feels like he will score.
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I think he has a better shot than most players in the league including Daniel. Is he as cagey as Daniel? Not yet but he is getting there.
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They apparently had trouble finding skaters willing to participate in the fastest skate competition because most didn't think they had a shot against McDavid. Rakell probably just volunteered.
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Agree, most players who do it in practice do it differently. Also, give them a puck and this conversation ends. McDavid skates just as fast with the puck and that's really the amazing part of his speed.
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I think they did a pretty good job with the event this year.
Fastest skater: was good. Glad they went back to the full rink lap.
Passing challenge: was great aside from the strange middle bumper section...which could use some tweaking. They also need to put countdown timers on the targets in stage one. 3...2....1.... Instead of the bumpers...I'd like to see some kind of moving net(s) that players have to pass into.
Save Streak: was actually really good compared to all the past variations of shootout events. I'm glad they let every shooter take a shot and then even continued it if the captain didn't score.
Stickhandling: challenge was interesting...but I think they could do better for sure. Not sold on this event. They should do something like Kane did in that video where he has to stickhandle around a bunch of pucks that are coming at him.
Accuracy Shooting: they need countdown timers like I suggested for the passing targets. At the very least have them turn yellow when they're about to change in 1 second.
Fastest skater: was good. Glad they went back to the full rink lap.
Passing challenge: was great aside from the strange middle bumper section...which could use some tweaking. They also need to put countdown timers on the targets in stage one. 3...2....1.... Instead of the bumpers...I'd like to see some kind of moving net(s) that players have to pass into.
Save Streak: was actually really good compared to all the past variations of shootout events. I'm glad they let every shooter take a shot and then even continued it if the captain didn't score.
Stickhandling: challenge was interesting...but I think they could do better for sure. Not sold on this event. They should do something like Kane did in that video where he has to stickhandle around a bunch of pucks that are coming at him.
Accuracy Shooting: they need countdown timers like I suggested for the passing targets. At the very least have them turn yellow when they're about to change in 1 second.
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I think they did a pretty good job with the event this year.
Fastest skater: was good. Glad they went back to the full rink lap.
Passing challenge: was great aside from the strange middle bumper section...which could use some tweaking. They also need to put countdown timers on the targets in stage one. 3...2....1.... Instead of the bumpers...I'd like to see some kind of moving net(s) that players have to pass into.
Save Streak: was actually really good compared to all the past variations of shootout events. I'm glad they let every shooter take a shot and then even continued it if the captain didn't score.
Stickhandling: challenge was interesting...but I think they could do better for sure. Not sold on this event. They should do something like Kane did in that video where he has to stickhandle around a bunch of pucks that are coming at him.
Accuracy Shooting: they need countdown timers like I suggested for the passing targets. At the very least have them turn yellow when they're about to change in 1 second.
Fastest skater: was good. Glad they went back to the full rink lap.
Passing challenge: was great aside from the strange middle bumper section...which could use some tweaking. They also need to put countdown timers on the targets in stage one. 3...2....1.... Instead of the bumpers...I'd like to see some kind of moving net(s) that players have to pass into.
Save Streak: was actually really good compared to all the past variations of shootout events. I'm glad they let every shooter take a shot and then even continued it if the captain didn't score.
Stickhandling: challenge was interesting...but I think they could do better for sure. Not sold on this event. They should do something like Kane did in that video where he has to stickhandle around a bunch of pucks that are coming at him.
Accuracy Shooting: they need countdown timers like I suggested for the passing targets. At the very least have them turn yellow when they're about to change in 1 second.
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As proven conclusively by the Honda NHL Accuracy Shooting competition...
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I agree with all of this. The middle section of the passing challenge was complete filler. The save streak was probably the most entertaining event. I'd like to have seen every goalie participate. The stickhandling competition was ruined by the last leg. Replace the last leg with something entirely different and you have a competition. The accuracy shooting was an interesting wrinkle, but it needs further tweaking. I'd like to see guys get two laps in the fastest skater, but of course there are time considerations.
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Absolutely. Obviously he hasn't proven the same amount yet, but his shot in isolation is probably comparable to prime-Naslund's.
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