No one wants to be part of the ASG, and I honestly have no idea why anyone would watch any of it.
biggiesmalls421
Hey now I don’t think the all star game has been in Detroit anytime in the last 30 years lol. But he ain’t wrong all star game is a snooze fest
PurpleThumbTack
How about actually make it a fun event for the players instead of a kiddy show
milespeeingyourpants
I miss the old days when the competitiveness in all star games meant something.
Allegedly.
MomboDM
Great title post from a great karma farming account.
Kindly, go eat shit.
powerplay_22
why does it even have to be in an NHL city at this point? the prices are so jacked that i’ll probably never go to an all star game anyway, you might as well put it in some other country or destination the players want to go to. let them vote on it even, it’s not like the nhl really misses out on money by having it somewhere else
icecream42568
I mean I don’t like being stuck here either.
lonestar77
Just do not give the winner of an All Star game home ice advantage in the Stanley Cup Finals please. That is not the answer. I get that it gives the game “meaning”, but it let’s players who won’t be in the finals determine something that a team should get awarded for their regular season record & making it through the playoff grind. Just my 2 cents.
Maybe just name All Stars & then give the players a break instead of having an All Star Weekend. I’ll freely admit I don’t really watch it anymore, I used to like the Skill Competition part, but even that has gotten kind of old (I heard this year’s was odd too).
Secure_Cake3746
Little caesars arena in detroit had a college hockey game sellout while the all star game festivities looked like a ghost town. Michigan shows up for hockey. Between the ohl and college hockey people always show up. But go ahead piss off the fans who actually watch and tell us we arent good enough. Go ahead and shoot hockey pucks around a golf course. Great product.lol.
enditallalready2
The worst person you know makes a great point
Babock93
Nope Also it’s so ducking stupid. The worst yet. Players should be paid more money and given more money to try.
swim846
Shit he’s not wrong, like I grew up in Michigan and mid February who would want to vacation there .. like if they have to work when others get a break it should be somewhere warm
colt6288
Gone too far? What kind of horseshit headline is that? No, he hasn’t gone far enough. The ASG is stupid and it’s been literally 10+ years since I’ve even THOUGHT about tuning into it.
Shit sucks, go be with your family.
CaribouCarter
All-Stars probably have serious FOMO on the all-star break shenanigans the rest of the team gets into. If all my friends went ripppin around sunny vacation destinations while I had to work I think I’d be mad too.
Sauronsindexfinger
They could cancel the all star game completely. Who cares? Maybe they should just do a convention type of break? Pick a warm place and let the fans meet players, check out vendors, participate in some interview sessions etc. Maybe allow some fans to go on the ice and literally play with their heroes? They don’t need to play an actual game. And if it’s over the course of a few days the players will also get some time In the Sun to relax.
drblah1
How about spread out the bye weeks so they don’t coincide with the all star break. Stop games for like 4 days tops league wide instead of having like 8 days off for All Star weekend. That would give players a travel day to get there, the skills comp, game day, and a travel day to rejoin their team. Give teams another week break some other time during the season.
You’re basically punishing the leagues top players by not giving them a rest week the way it is now.
Filmexec21
I hate Marchand and I actually agree with him here. The all-star break is meant to show the NHL’s top talent and to give players a break from the long season. Players want to go to towns that are warm to get away from the cold in the middle of winter. I don’t know if Hawaii has an ice rink but if the all-star game was there every year I think players would want to go rather than it being a chore.
alex8787
In the same article he actually clarifies he loves Edmonton. He just doesn’t want to go there for a weekend in February which is very understandable.
Cherry picking this quote is just click baiting.
Grizwald
I always hear that the all star game is “for the kids” but I’ve yet to meet a kid who cares about it. Just get rid of it.
idgafpb
Cancel the All Star Game, it’s stupid. It’s politicized, corporate and boring. Put in a rivalry series in the middle of the season instead. Best of 3 games against a rival. Incentivize the games by giving the winner a extra point in the standings.
baconegg2
Everyone just hates that he said it out loud…..
slap_shot_12
As a native Edmontonian I say fuck him, he should keep his stupid mouth shut. Also, he’s right.
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He’s not wrong tho..
And I say it doesn’t go too far enough
Or Boston.
No one wants to be part of the ASG, and I honestly have no idea why anyone would watch any of it.
Hey now I don’t think the all star game has been in Detroit anytime in the last 30 years lol. But he ain’t wrong all star game is a snooze fest
How about actually make it a fun event for the players instead of a kiddy show
I miss the old days when the competitiveness in all star games meant something.
Allegedly.
Great title post from a great karma farming account.
Kindly, go eat shit.
why does it even have to be in an NHL city at this point? the prices are so jacked that i’ll probably never go to an all star game anyway, you might as well put it in some other country or destination the players want to go to. let them vote on it even, it’s not like the nhl really misses out on money by having it somewhere else
I mean I don’t like being stuck here either.
Just do not give the winner of an All Star game home ice advantage in the Stanley Cup Finals please. That is not the answer. I get that it gives the game “meaning”, but it let’s players who won’t be in the finals determine something that a team should get awarded for their regular season record & making it through the playoff grind. Just my 2 cents.
Maybe just name All Stars & then give the players a break instead of having an All Star Weekend. I’ll freely admit I don’t really watch it anymore, I used to like the Skill Competition part, but even that has gotten kind of old (I heard this year’s was odd too).
Little caesars arena in detroit had a college hockey game sellout while the all star game festivities looked like a ghost town. Michigan shows up for hockey. Between the ohl and college hockey people always show up. But go ahead piss off the fans who actually watch and tell us we arent good enough. Go ahead and shoot hockey pucks around a golf course. Great product.lol.
The worst person you know makes a great point
Nope
Also it’s so ducking stupid. The worst yet.
Players should be paid more money and given more money to try.
Shit he’s not wrong, like I grew up in Michigan and mid February who would want to vacation there .. like if they have to work when others get a break it should be somewhere warm
Gone too far? What kind of horseshit headline is that? No, he hasn’t gone far enough. The ASG is stupid and it’s been literally 10+ years since I’ve even THOUGHT about tuning into it.
Shit sucks, go be with your family.
All-Stars probably have serious FOMO on the all-star break shenanigans the rest of the team gets into. If all my friends went ripppin around sunny vacation destinations while I had to work I think I’d be mad too.
They could cancel the all star game completely. Who cares? Maybe they should just do a convention type of break? Pick a warm place and let the fans meet players, check out vendors, participate in some interview sessions etc. Maybe allow some fans to go on the ice and literally play with their heroes? They don’t need to play an actual game. And if it’s over the course of a few days the players will also get some time In the Sun to relax.
How about spread out the bye weeks so they don’t coincide with the all star break. Stop games for like 4 days tops league wide instead of having like 8 days off for All Star weekend. That would give players a travel day to get there, the skills comp, game day, and a travel day to rejoin their team. Give teams another week break some other time during the season.
You’re basically punishing the leagues top players by not giving them a rest week the way it is now.
I hate Marchand and I actually agree with him here. The all-star break is meant to show the NHL’s top talent and to give players a break from the long season. Players want to go to towns that are warm to get away from the cold in the middle of winter. I don’t know if Hawaii has an ice rink but if the all-star game was there every year I think players would want to go rather than it being a chore.
In the same article he actually clarifies he loves Edmonton. He just doesn’t want to go there for a weekend in February which is very understandable.
Cherry picking this quote is just click baiting.
I always hear that the all star game is “for the kids” but I’ve yet to meet a kid who cares about it. Just get rid of it.
Cancel the All Star Game, it’s stupid. It’s politicized, corporate and boring. Put in a rivalry series in the middle of the season instead. Best of 3 games against a rival. Incentivize the games by giving the winner a extra point in the standings.
Everyone just hates that he said it out loud…..
As a native Edmontonian I say fuck him, he should keep his stupid mouth shut.
Also, he’s right.
Detroit doesn’t want you either.