Anyway, the allstar game is a painfully boring event. Kudos to the NHL for trying something new with the captains picking teams, which could be fun, but it's still just a bunch of guys skating in circles who don't really care. I'm trying to think of some twist, or even radical overhaul, that would make it interesting, but I am striking out.
One totally ridiculous concept
It's not really thought through, and that would never work for several reasons. But what the hell.
-The NHL is going for a pond hockey pick-up vibe. Run with that, and have an all-star tournament. 6 teams, 8 skaters and 1 goalie each. These teams would play abbreviated games (10 minutes?, running clock) of 4v4 hockey.
-Maybe you could have 2 groups of the three teams each, with a round robin. The winning team of each group plays the championship game. Shootouts are tiebreakers.
-That's 7 games, 70 minutes of pure pick-up hockey. 48 all star skaters, 6 all star goalies. Maybe 6 captains who can pick their teams.
-Referees and faceoffs? I'm not sure.
-No hits allowed (not that anyone checks in the allstar game anyway).
Yeah, there's lots of problems. But would be kind of interesting to see top-notch NHL players play true pick-up hockey with their buddies.
Crosby
In other news, there has been lots of speculation about Crosby's health. When did he get concussed? Should there have been a penalty on an inadvertent blindside hit? Will he sit out the allstar game in protest?
New video, however, has emerged. The video below clearly shows that Crosby in fact got the concussion from winter classic parking lot festivities:
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