Phil Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 2019 Honda NHL? All-Star Weekend NHL All-Star Skills, Jan 25, 9pm ET │ NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS Honda NHL All-Star Game, Jan 26, 8pm ET │ NBC, CBC, SN, TVAS -- Rosters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Oh my lord, I'm exhausted and this shit hasn't even started yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Karlsson get the biggest pop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Fastest skater dark horse: McDavid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Dudes all look hungover skating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Dudes all look hungover skating Heiskanen came out of the gate strong, but fell...so then everyone slowed down. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Maybe, but you can tell their legs looked heavy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Can't wait to see how Hank does in the Save Streak Event! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 From the pacific squad to the metro - woof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Holtby was laughing about Kucherov... again. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 HENRIK!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Skinner is NASTY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 HENRIK!!! Hank just put on a show tonight. This is one thing we needed to cheer for considering how the season has gone so far. The King has reclaimed his throne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 HENRIK!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 HENRIK!!! Hank just put on a show tonight. This is one thing we needed to cheer for considering how the season has gone so far. The King has reclaimed his throne. Seriously just shouted at the television louder than I have all season. That was a fucking victory. hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4EverRangerFrank Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Quite the display by Henrik. Still the King. [emoji146] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4EverRangerFrank Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 I agree boys, we needed that win right there. Takes a bit of salt out of this season?s wound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletch Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Lundqvist and interview afterward was awesome. Also loved Fleury giving stick to kid with Vegas Knight jersey. Hockey players are awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletch Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 I think I like the Skills competition even more than the ASG, just to watch the players' skills challenged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Gary Bettman thinks this 3 on 3 gimmick shit is better than a World Cup and an Olympic tournament. Player's Association should take Ovechkin's lead and have everyone beg off next year. Hockey took off in the US in large part because of the 1980 Olympics. Thankfully the Cold War is over. But so are All Star games; we see these guys every night on cable. The special that was seeing Marcel Dionne or Guy Lafleur or Wayne Gretzky is long gone.It's not selling anything. Those tournaments would be way better. And you would be asking owners only to shut down mid season once every 4 years and rejigger camp schedules to have a tournament in September once every 4 years too.And they would actaully sell your sport to a wider audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Gary Bettman thinks this 3 on 3 gimmick shit is better than a World Cup and an Olympic tournament. Player's Association should take Ovechkin's lead and have everyone beg off next year. Hockey took off in the US in large part because of the 1980 Olympics. Thankfully the Cold War is over. But so are All Star games; we see these guys every night on cable. The special that was seeing Marcel Dionne or Guy Lafleur or Wayne Gretzky is long gone.It's not selling anything. Those tournaments would be way better. And you would be asking owners only to shut down mid season once every 4 years and rejigger camp schedules to have a tournament in September once every 4 years too.And they would actaully sell your sport to a wider audience. Sorry, but this is just not accurate. The NHL has already accepted that an ASG is for the existing and casual fan, it's not meant to draw in new fans. The owners simply don't want to risk multi-million dollar investments in meaningless spectacles like a World Cup, or the Olympics for that matter, since the NHL has no right to even use any footage or images from the OLY to market the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 A true national tournament is not a meaningless spectacle. It's made meaningless by things like the last WC, which was a farce. The World Cup of soccer/football is obvious proof of my point, and plays a massive role in the sports continued popularity dominance. That's something that includes scheduled "away" time for players of all skill levels and affects all club levels of the sport in dozens of countries multiple times during every season. This is once every four years. But sure, we can keep pretending that it's just too onerous in hockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Heaven Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 The ASG is basically for the sponsors. NHL isn't going to give up the ASG and lose the sponsors over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 A true national tournament is not a meaningless spectacle. It's made meaningless by things like the last WC, which was a farce. The World Cup of soccer/football is obvious proof of my point, and plays a massive role in the sports continued popularity dominance. That's something that includes scheduled "away" time for players of all skill levels and affects all club levels of the sport in dozens of countries multiple times during every season. This is once every four years. But sure, we can keep pretending that it's just too onerous in hockey. Well, it can be argued that soccer's popularity is also based on the fact that it's the least expensive sport to play. You only need a ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 A true national tournament is not a meaningless spectacle. It's made meaningless by things like the last WC, which was a farce. The World Cup of soccer/football is obvious proof of my point, and plays a massive role in the sports continued popularity dominance. That's something that includes scheduled "away" time for players of all skill levels and affects all club levels of the sport in dozens of countries multiple times during every season. This is once every four years. But sure, we can keep pretending that it's just too onerous in hockey. Well, it can be argued that soccer's popularity is also based on the fact that it's the least expensive sport to play. You only need a ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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