@@PhilTeoli Tries and fails by knocking over the cones during fastest skater and not moving backwards correctly in the obstacle course. There should be time penalties for that. Regardless, I agree with you on how boring it was. The mascot stuff has been far more entertaining.
Man Barzal could’ve won if he didn’t lose his confidence on those sauce passes. All around such a fun competition. Glad to see the guys bring it for the fans.
I'm sure he's fine with that. During his midseason break, they take him from his Tampa home and ship him to Canada in the middle of winter. Things might be different in another city, or even if he had another Lightning buddy with him to help him feel at home. Or he'd have the same type of performance, idk. His head isn't in it, and clearly doesn't want to be there
It’s just a money grab for the league right… his job is to play hockey and he makes 10M a year to do it so does he really care to win another million, and lol I live in Montreal and yeah if I lived in Florida and had a break from work Canada isn’t where I’m taking my week off 😂I just don’t think he cares or wants to be there.
@@italian1ist So it'd be ok if McDavid was drunk at the all-star game? Kids look up to these guys. You are a freaking role model. That's far and away being disrespectful.
NHL: Hey McDavid, how do we improve the all star skills competition? McDavid: here are the events I practice with, you can take these events and give me - sorry - "the winner" a million dollars.
Makar saying he "couldn't" beat McDavid was a pretty good tip off that the winner was only ever going to be one person. Kucherov was trying to tell us something too. What that was, I'm not sure hahaha
He’s the fastest skater, which allowed him to win 2 of the initial events, ensuring a spot in the final, and then that final event was mostly how fast you could skate (and aim a saucer pass).
@@jeromilittle yeah and the hardest shot, accuracy, and breakaway stuff was not legitimate hockey skills either. Most of the events are still exactly the same. Do you realize how salty you sound? Even MacKinnon said it's shocking how much better he is at everything and during a game, he does it at full speed. With the egos of these elite players, if they could have stopped him, they would have. Kucherov knew it from the start and was booed for being the only one who viewed it with the cynicism that you keyboard warriors have
@@TellMeWhenImTellingLies Shocker, he won the events that were based on speed and is the fastest skater. Good thing he skated backwards on the stickhandling backwards portion...oh wait. This was NHL pandering, which they're extremely good at lately.
Hey NHL, why have rules on these skill competitions if you just allow McDavid and others to do whatever they like on the events. Hitting cones on speed skating, skating forwards instead of backwards in stick handling, and counting shots that are clearly after 0 seconds on the clock just to name a few
I love the forwards who ignore the backward skating portion of the stick handling. Make them take the entire 5 to 6 strides backwards instead of the 2 they fake before turning and Hughes would have been top 3 easy.
I hope these players get paid to do this, at minimum allow them to bring their family or friends watch it all inclusive with an expensive hotel and dinners. This is work and a lot of pressure to represent yourself and your team.
The accuracy shooting though... I mean they should keep Crosby and Bedard feed those pucks, especially with Draisaitl those went literally between the legs half the time
Yeah. I was so happy for Swayman as a bruins fan to see him since hes my fave and was pretty dissapointed to be up till 4am for that 1 minute he got, all of them. There has to be something more they could do that includes the goalies
Austin is unbelievable! The best leaf hands down I have ever seen. And I started watching Lanny and Daryl, Dougie and Wendel. Nobody has ever deserved to win a cup more than him.
This was a great event. The broadcasters and interviewers were energetic, entertaining, and fun. Having special guest players and/or past players to come in and pass the puck for the competitions was a fantastic idea. Crosby, Bedard, Nurse, Gilmour, Thomas, etc.. Spectacular show! Now all we need is for the All-Star games to go back to 5-on-5 for a full three 20-minute periods.
Just in my opinion, where's the time penalties for hitting the cones over? McDavid wouldn't have won if their was 1sec penalties for hitting the cones like he did, both in speed and obstacle course.
It was entirely rigged for McDavid to win. He was the only player to have input into which skills they'd do at this "competition". Is it any wonder that he won it?
I thoroughly enjoyed this year’s All-Star Skills Competition! The challenges were very entertaining to watch and the points format was also an added bonus to see which players would advance! Excellent job to the NHL and NHLPA for an awesome event, and now really looking forward to the All-Star games!!
More players probably were asked and either said no or mysteriously got injured. The players don’t take it seriously. If it wasn’t in Toronto, Matthews would be injured, happens every year. Last week of January, mythical wrist injury.
McDavid barely skated backwards in the obstacle course. Not only did he help design the competition he cheated a couple of the challenges. That doesn't earn respect amongst his fellow players.
@@pens4life132he’s a amazing player best in nhl he didn’t cheat a bunch of other players did the same thing and if he helped “design “ the course than they would tell other players but ofc there are some people who are sad and behind the computer and just really salty 😂😂😂 best player in the nhl
I really enjoyed this video! And I loved the little chat about womens hockey and the recognition it’s finally getting. I collect womens hockey cards so I really enjoy seeing people open this product to see what kind of fun cards the Canadian ladies get every year!
Another reminder of my age: When they were explaining who Matthews saw play at a Coyotes game, I was expecting to hear "Jeremy Roenick,' NOT "Ovechkin," haha.
You know the carnival game where someone sit above a tank and you have to throw a ball at a target to make the person fall in? They should shoot a puck at a target and if it hits Gary Bettman falls in. That would honestly be awesome.
I was at this game. It was decent. The atmosphere during the game outside could have been improved. However the skills competition were somewhat entertaining. Some of the players did not take it THAT seriously. As you can see Connor Mcdavid is a genius hockey player and he did take it super seriously and won. It was like night and day difference. Only few others trailed behind in certain events. .... (by little ) but he is the complete player. Skills wise anyways.
Only thing why can't ALL the 12 players be in ALL the events? So if you are the slowest skater so be it. If you have the softest shot so be it. But the players get to pick and choose the Events they want to be in. The idea is to find the best ALL-Around player, and that would mean competing in all the events. However hopefully that could still be accomplished in about 3 hours? And make all the events the same amount of points. Or cut the players down to 6 at some point, but make them compete in ALL events. For the Hardest Shot only 5 players competed. Just curious how some of the players would have fared in all the events. For Kucherov, IDK, probably an off night eh? The other 11 did compete though. Also, perhaps make it down to 2 Players in the end? so kind of a Final, and make the 2 Finalists do All the events. How's that for pressure, but at least it's a Final of some sort? Also, perhaps make it also 12 Players from 12 Different Teams. Maybe won't be the best 12 but at least the league would be better represented? And the Final 2 players would be from 2 different teams. IDK, hockey fans, just thinking?
I'm a Senators fan it would have been awesome to see our player Mathieu Joseph in the fastest skater contest he would have killed it. Our team relies on him for his speed especially on the PK when he pokechecks pucks away at the blue line then he's off to the races lol. Also was Kucherov drunk? He was awful in passing & stick handling challenges how he is ranked best player in the NHL for points this season actually embarassing on his part
im confused in stick handling, you were supposed to skate backward like the defenseman did. Then people like McDavid skated backwards for only half of it before turning around
Remember when there used to be 2 fights/game? The good ol' days. If the allstar game was just hockey fighting? I'd actually go buy a ticket. But the NHL thinks 18 year old kids with glass jaws are the future. Says their commercials lolol
if they're just gonna upload the whole event why not just stream it on youtube then?🤔
I think it's contracts with ABC/ Disney and sportsnet Canada make them have first crack. Same reason the women's showcase had to use alternate cams.
Watching upload right now 🎉
@@IleniaCore- it was junk. The goalies play for one minute each. That’s it. One minute per goalie.
It’s not sponsored by RUclips bud
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Connor McDavid did really well in "The Connor McDavid Invitational" this year. 🎉
I guess everyone else just needs to "Git Gud" then. Not his fault he's far and away the best player.
@@NovaStrikePFAdminto be fair, one of the few that actually tries. Still a super boring event
@@PhilTeoli Tries and fails by knocking over the cones during fastest skater and not moving backwards correctly in the obstacle course. There should be time penalties for that. Regardless, I agree with you on how boring it was. The mascot stuff has been far more entertaining.
@@PhilTeoli I thought this year was actually interesting to watch compared to many years in a row of boring ones
@@NovaStrikePFAdmin The best? He is not even top 10 in a goals statistic.
Bedard looks like a players kid that was asked to help out and participate 😆
Man Barzal could’ve won if he didn’t lose his confidence on those sauce passes. All around such a fun competition. Glad to see the guys bring it for the fans.
He tried to cheat on every challenge too 😅. Guy really wanted to win
Y'all did the goalies dirty only giving them 1 event to participate in.
And the players on the fan vote....they were just there to "help"
We are used to it
@@krisbcrunchmakar was a fan vote player
I wanna see the fastest goalie race next year
@@johky he was the assistant, all the captains and assistants were picked by the nhl
I like the way Hughes was the only one to actually skate backwards on the stick handling competition.
Draisaitl’s accuracy challenge was pure comedy
A lot of bad passes though
Brutal to watch. You kinda feel bad after all the attempts
@@shroomgod1990 It's just a silly little competition but you are right I kinda feel bad for him too.
@@geuros Yeah but that's not really an excuse to be over 30 seconds behind everyone else
Churchill=💩💩💩
There are more ads in this video then there are on the boards.
Firefox+ublock shows none. The YT app is cancer
there still people who dont have an ad blocker? :O
Did YT actually delete my comment about a certain browser with a certain addon? Cucks of the highest order
@@jo4kaad blocker works on PC not on Fire stick or Cumcast TV APPs
I have a job that pays for youtube premium... 14-18 cad a month? Thats nothing!
I have a feeling Kucherov won't be attending future All Star events
I'm sure he's fine with that. During his midseason break, they take him from his Tampa home and ship him to Canada in the middle of winter. Things might be different in another city, or even if he had another Lightning buddy with him to help him feel at home. Or he'd have the same type of performance, idk. His head isn't in it, and clearly doesn't want to be there
@@bensly9245You're a 🤡
It’s just a money grab for the league right… his job is to play hockey and he makes 10M a year to do it so does he really care to win another million, and lol I live in Montreal and yeah if I lived in Florida and had a break from work Canada isn’t where I’m taking my week off 😂I just don’t think he cares or wants to be there.
Sid being like why the hell am i here. rather be back in Montana
Montana?
Pretty sure kucherov was drunk
I feel like that’s okay, buble was high on shrooms 😂
Buble is not a player tho. That was an all around low class performance from Kucherov.
@@Musso8771Guys leading the league in points. You can do that when you’re that good.
He doesn’t take too many shifts off when it really matters.
@@italian1ist So it'd be ok if McDavid was drunk at the all-star game? Kids look up to these guys. You are a freaking role model. That's far and away being disrespectful.
Honestly no Nikita is not drunk and he said this him self to many people that he would rather be anywhere other from the scotiabank ice
NHL: Hey McDavid, how do we improve the all star skills competition?
McDavid: here are the events I practice with, you can take these events and give me - sorry - "the winner" a million dollars.
Makar saying he "couldn't" beat McDavid was a pretty good tip off that the winner was only ever going to be one person. Kucherov was trying to tell us something too. What that was, I'm not sure hahaha
Are u jealous?
The only one he practiced with in the summer was the stick handling one. There's also other players that use the same drill.
He’s the fastest skater, which allowed him to win 2 of the initial events, ensuring a spot in the final, and then that final event was mostly how fast you could skate (and aim a saucer pass).
@@jeromilittle yeah and the hardest shot, accuracy, and breakaway stuff was not legitimate hockey skills either. Most of the events are still exactly the same. Do you realize how salty you sound? Even MacKinnon said it's shocking how much better he is at everything and during a game, he does it at full speed. With the egos of these elite players, if they could have stopped him, they would have. Kucherov knew it from the start and was booed for being the only one who viewed it with the cynicism that you keyboard warriors have
Kucherov the real goat of the competition 🐐
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Its not that serious @@FirstPersonSciencePodcast
Lmao
Ya its not that serious but its still disrespectful to the fans and the league. He just looked lame.
@@Musso8771I didn’t think so. I thought it was funny.
When you’re leading the entire league in points you can taker easy on the “skills competition”
Georgie shuts McJesus down. Gonna use the 100k to get himself a backup in CO.
ROFL
Ouch, shots fired.
Mçdavid still won the competition.
@@TellMeWhenImTellingLies Shocker, he won the events that were based on speed and is the fastest skater. Good thing he skated backwards on the stickhandling backwards portion...oh wait. This was NHL pandering, which they're extremely good at lately.
You really shouldn’t post sacrilege
Every single commercial is a casino ad. Gets pretty annoying when I have zero interest in casinos
Connor's just on another level with his skating strides.. WoW! What a player!
Nhl official YT channel.... no timestamps. Pro.
Hey NHL, why have rules on these skill competitions if you just allow McDavid and others to do whatever they like on the events. Hitting cones on speed skating, skating forwards instead of backwards in stick handling, and counting shots that are clearly after 0 seconds on the clock just to name a few
I totally agree. Very disappointing. The McDavid 😂show
@@cyndyssongbest player in the nhl ofc he’d win
kucherov and draisaitl definitely had a couple beers
I love the forwards who ignore the backward skating portion of the stick handling. Make them take the entire 5 to 6 strides backwards instead of the 2 they fake before turning and Hughes would have been top 3 easy.
I hope these players get paid to do this, at minimum allow them to bring their family or friends watch it all inclusive with an expensive hotel and dinners. This is work and a lot of pressure to represent yourself and your team.
I think I have never seen a video with so many ads
you dont have an ad blocker? :D
Its really shameless how many ads there are in this
Don't be cheap and get YT Premium
@@sheriefcassis3268I’m not letting those greedy assholes win
Premium is $14 a month. You would only have to see how hard this sucked.
This was so much better than last year!
Oh for sure, kuch made it watchable for once.
The accuracy shooting though... I mean they should keep Crosby and Bedard feed those pucks, especially with Draisaitl those went literally between the legs half the time
I'm Just basking in the glow of all the nicknames ... players and commentators alike. 😆😆😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Gotta love it.
It’s little things like that that gives hockey so much more personality than other sports.
Drai had a few beers for sure
He was terrible at it last year too, prob has PTSD 😂
He had drei beers
Got to have the goalies do more. It took them longer to get dressed than actually participate.
Yeah. I was so happy for Swayman as a bruins fan to see him since hes my fave and was pretty dissapointed to be up till 4am for that 1 minute he got, all of them. There has to be something more they could do that includes the goalies
sid flew to the skills competition to do an interview
I swear every 1 min there’s an advertisement lol
Gotta pay that million off
Addblocker cures
I have Ublock Origin add on no ads plus none of that youtube ad blocker not allowed message in a long time either.
Will Arrnet wearing a leafs hat is just savage lol
Why don't they use a passing machine for the one timers?
Because Sarah nurse that's why
@@brayidk3522 And she fucked up one of them royaly
That was actually pretty much fun. I thought they should have something more realistic, like penalty shots. The obstacle course was great.
They should keep the team logos on the helmets like they did here. I hate the advertisements.
Austin is unbelievable! The best leaf hands down I have ever seen. And I started watching Lanny and Daryl, Dougie and Wendel. Nobody has ever deserved to win a cup more than him.
Mcdavid was the only one that took this serious😂
Haven't watched anything All-Star in years out of disinterest but that was pretty good.
I’m not used to seeing Ray Ferraro without facial hair 😮
This was a great event. The broadcasters and interviewers were energetic, entertaining, and fun. Having special guest players and/or past players to come in and pass the puck for the competitions was a fantastic idea. Crosby, Bedard, Nurse, Gilmour, Thomas, etc.. Spectacular show! Now all we need is for the All-Star games to go back to 5-on-5 for a full three 20-minute periods.
Nylander crossed it in less than 14
Just like the regular NHL, this is also rigged
Fast like a shark
Hey, lets have the guy that helped design the events compete and see who wins?
It's called "git gud son". If you can't beat the best, then you aren't the best. Not his fault he is better than they are.
@@NovaStrikePFAdmin whoosh.
So disappointing. The Toronto/McDavid show.
Winners decided before it even started. 😂
@@cyndyssonghe’s the best player in the nhl so ya ofc he’d win
I loved this new NHL skills competition format. 1million is a nice incentive for the players and it showed.
Great Skills Comp this year 👍 👌
Why is there only a third of all selected players? Don't like it
this event would be six hours long then lmao
Just in my opinion, where's the time penalties for hitting the cones over? McDavid wouldn't have won if their was 1sec penalties for hitting the cones like he did, both in speed and obstacle course.
It was entirely rigged for McDavid to win. He was the only player to have input into which skills they'd do at this "competition". Is it any wonder that he won it?
He didn't give input on every drill. The only one he does in the summer is the first one. He went over ideas with a whole panel to make it better
There's other players that hit things. He barely touched them on his outside of his inside foot after he went around them. Your taking about cms
@@aroundtheleaguehighlightse6163 just an opinion but i didn't see that, but again opinion and may have happened but didn't see, these ones i saw.
also just wanna say McDavid an awsome player, not trying to shame him. even as a Calgary fan
More Ads pls
I can’t lie I enjoyed this. Some events could be modded like the 1-1 and obstacle course. And have players that actually want to be there.
$1M is ridiculous as a prize for these guys. That money should go to charity. These guys get paid enough.
Compared to baseball, basketball and football (and soccer... and cricket for some reason) hockey players are underpaid.
"underpaid" but have million dollar contracts still? Get real.1mil is a lot of money that can actually make a difference elsewhere
@@bushybear623 compared to other sports hockey is under paid likes a lot 😊
Yes. NHL All Star event happening in a place where people are skating !!! ( Toronto )
Outside 😁😁😁
Like a real hockey town. :)))
I thoroughly enjoyed this year’s All-Star Skills Competition! The challenges were very entertaining to watch and the points format was also an added bonus to see which players would advance! Excellent job to the NHL and NHLPA for an awesome event, and now really looking forward to the All-Star games!!
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Mattews playde the best frest nhl game ever whith 4 goals.
Canucks For The Cup 🎉🎉🎉
12 players from only 7 teams, what a joke
More players probably were asked and either said no or mysteriously got injured. The players don’t take it seriously. If it wasn’t in Toronto, Matthews would be injured, happens every year. Last week of January, mythical wrist injury.
Didn’t Vancouver have 3-4 players 😂
@@shroomgod1990 3 players and 1 goalie lol
If they don’t follow the rules, what’s the point?
Those poke checks from Georgiev were lethal!
McDavid barely skated backwards in the obstacle course. Not only did he help design the competition he cheated a couple of the challenges. That doesn't earn respect amongst his fellow players.
😂😂 yea ok there leafs fan... go cry somewhere else.
@@Bitt8316 I'm not a leafs fan, far from it. I'm a hockey fan.
@@pens4life132he’s a amazing player best in nhl he didn’t cheat a bunch of other players did the same thing and if he helped “design “ the course than they would tell other players but ofc there are some people who are sad and behind the computer and just really salty 😂😂😂 best player in the nhl
Would have been better to see all the All-Stars compete. Especially when Kucherov looked like he didn’t want to be there.
What a great All-Stars compete, was great to watch this, wow ooo hey! 👏👏👏💙🌟💙👍👍
Somehow i dont think kucherov will be invited to next years skills comp… Lol
Regardless of numbers at that time
Too many commercials ESPN. Tone it down so it's watchable.
They did the goalies dirty with 1 event and 100K prize.
I really enjoyed this video! And I loved the little chat about womens hockey and the recognition it’s finally getting. I collect womens hockey cards so I really enjoy seeing people open this product to see what kind of fun cards the Canadian ladies get every year!
Thankful the NHL uploaded this! Missed it live cause of work schedule. Go Krakens!
What a great All-Stars compete, was great to watch this, wow ooo hey!
Another reminder of my age: When they were explaining who Matthews saw play at a Coyotes game, I was expecting to hear "Jeremy Roenick,' NOT "Ovechkin," haha.
You know the carnival game where someone sit above a tank and you have to throw a ball at a target to make the person fall in? They should shoot a puck at a target and if it hits Gary Bettman falls in. That would honestly be awesome.
😂
THANK YOU NHL FOR THIS!!!
I was at this game. It was decent. The atmosphere during the game outside could have been improved. However the skills competition were somewhat entertaining. Some of the players did not take it THAT seriously. As you can see Connor Mcdavid is a genius hockey player and he did take it super seriously and won. It was like night and day difference. Only few others trailed behind in certain events. .... (by little ) but he is the complete player. Skills wise anyways.
Those poke checks were nasty.
Just subscribed. Intuitive and entertaining. I’m not even a hockey fan but go Panthers 🎉
1 million dollar prize is a great idea. However, lets add some money for 2nd and 3rd place too. Keep the boys engaged for a purse
the bottom three have to pay a million lol
Nothing beats 2009 - 2014 all star events
Sorry. I like real time competition. This at best seemed like an opportunity to have the commentators ooze on the guys. I'll take a pass on the next.
Totally agree. Was a joke.
Commentators and cameras focused on Toronto players and McDavid
Oh, missed it last night. Thanks for uploading it.
What an amazing event this year,t he best I've ever watched. I know this is gonna bring so many more eye balls next year.
Dude... Bedard and Crosby were even there :D
UNWATCHABLE with so many ads. Just brutal.
This was WAY better than last year's all star skills
720p upload eh.... I guess we'll never get 4k games, let alone proper 1080p.. is this 2004?
Thanks. Great explanation
They should’ve all chosen the same goalie for strat, tire him out
Huge improvement in this competition over the last few years!
They put as many ads in this video as there is during an NFL game
WOW!! Not a single member from the Stanley Cup Champions at the All-Star event. Good job NHL.
2:42 "I just met Wendell Clarke in an elevator."
Sounds dangerous.
Soo much better than last year's 👍
Fun to watch, but the person who designed it won it? kinda unfair
Not really. These events were here long before Connor. Just griping because he won and no one else can be as good as him.
Winners decided before it started. 😂
@@cyndyssongbro can’t admit Connor McDavid is the best player in the nhl
awesome format
Pasternak finally hit the targets in just around 7 seconds
I felt like all the players were given Pasternak the cold shoulder no one was really speaking to him
Great showing by Makar. Best d-man in the league 😃
duuuhhh.....try again !!!
So they put in events that Mcdavid personally always practice on and suggested? No wonder he wins 😂
Finally making all star skills event INTERESTING and fun to watch....
Kudos
Only thing why can't ALL the 12 players be in ALL the events? So if you are the slowest skater so be it. If you have the softest shot so be it. But the players get to pick and choose the Events they want to be in. The idea is to find the best ALL-Around player, and that would mean competing in all the events. However hopefully that could still be accomplished in about 3 hours? And make all the events the same amount of points. Or cut the players down to 6 at some point, but make them compete in ALL events. For the Hardest Shot only 5 players competed. Just curious how some of the players would have fared in all the events. For Kucherov, IDK, probably an off night eh? The other 11 did compete though. Also, perhaps make it down to 2 Players in the end? so kind of a Final, and make the 2 Finalists do All the events. How's that for pressure, but at least it's a Final of some sort? Also, perhaps make it also 12 Players from 12 Different Teams. Maybe won't be the best 12 but at least the league would be better represented? And the Final 2 players would be from 2 different teams. IDK, hockey fans, just thinking?
Messier was great at the commentary, thought he brought up a lot of valid points and thought processes the players might be going thru.
nice to see a full crowd, not like last year or last few years for that matter
Maybe next time McDavid should watch so they can just compete for 2nd place lol
I'm a Senators fan it would have been awesome to see our player Mathieu Joseph in the fastest skater contest he would have killed it. Our team relies on him for his speed especially on the PK when he pokechecks pucks away at the blue line then he's off to the races lol. Also was Kucherov drunk? He was awful in passing & stick handling challenges how he is ranked best player in the NHL for points this season actually embarassing on his part
He’s good
im confused in stick handling, you were supposed to skate backward like the defenseman did. Then people like McDavid skated backwards for only half of it before turning around
Any reason why the same guys are in every competition and some aren’t in any??
I've been watching the NHL for a little over 40 years and I wouldn't mind if no player was ever interviewed again.
Remember when there used to be 2 fights/game? The good ol' days.
If the allstar game was just hockey fighting? I'd actually go buy a ticket. But the NHL thinks 18 year old kids with glass jaws are the future. Says their commercials lolol
I really wanted to watch this, but 20 ads in 18 minutes is nuts...