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NHL All-Star Skills Competition Open Thread

OTTAWA, ON - JANUARY 26:  NHL hockey jerseys are displayed frozen in ice as part of NHL All Star weekend outside of the Ottawa Convention Centre on January 26, 2012 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

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4 months ago: OTTAWA, ON - JANUARY 26: NHL hockey jerseys are displayed frozen in ice as part of NHL All Star weekend outside of the Ottawa Convention Centre on January 26, 2012 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Here's everything you need to know about the Skills Competition... so follow along! It all starts at 6:00 p.m. Central on NBC Sports (formerly Versus).

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Suter responds to media coverage of his comments...

http://espn.go.com/blog/nhl/post/_/id/14270/suter-irked-by-coverage-of-his-comments.

Maybe you should have thought about what you were going to say before you said it eh, Ryan?

I have a little more hope for Suter now

But if he does decide to sign, I’m thinking short term deal. I’m thinking Weber goes for arbitration if that’s the case, but if not, both of them are out the door IMO.

No more arbitration for Weber

he either signs with us, we continue his present contract for one more year, or we choose to match or not match any offer sheets July 1st. Arbitration is not an option…

Oh, I read somewhere on here he was eligible again

I thought so too that he couldn’t go for arbitration

He can elect arbitration. The team cannot.

Am I the only one who thought, "Well Ryan, what did you expect?"

I had to lol at that article.

Yeah, I just thought..

“Seriously Suter? Seriously?”

I don't think there's a problem with what ryan said

the media guy took “I’m not resigning before the trade deadline” as “I’m testing the market july 1st.” seems like alot of media guys are jumping the gun with this.

If all you listened to was Twitter, you would have thought he basically said “Eff Nashville, I’m up for sale!”

i didn't not see it/them.

was it him saying it, or media guys putting words in his mouth?

He said it

but the media put their own spin on it.

It was like a game of telephone from when you’re a kid. the quote was “I’m not signing before the deadline” and then the analysis began and warped it out of recognition.

I don’t know what specific media reports Suter was reacting to.

ah gotcha, good analogy.

I love Suter and I honestly thinks he loves being here (who wouldn’t). Maybe he can nudge his friend ZP over here!!

Frozen hockey jerseys?

That is so cool

jonesing

need hockey now… hurry already :P

3 more minutes...

HURRY UP.

hmmm rookie question...

looking over the events tonight i only see HB doing puck control in the skill challenge… wth? is there something else he is doing that i am missing?

I think each rookie is only allowed to compete in one event? (Is that right, everyone else?)

I think they can be in more than one, but at least one from each team has to be a rookie. Both Colin Greening and Carl Hagelin are in 2 events.

Thanks. It’s too bad that HB isn’t in fastest skater, cause I feel like he could rip that one up, but that’s okay. I feel like puck control is up his alley.

rookies only do skills competition.

lame

one event… puck control in a relay event. hoping to see more of the HB. o well

I hate the fact that they removed the Rookie vs Sophmore game.
One of the few times I'm watching Hockey Night in Canada!
The Parliament building looks like Hogwarts.
LMAO

love the all state peggy commercials

That is a great ad, yeah hahaha.
*Those are

I like the Tim Thomas one the best.

Even though it was DB Kane

it was pretty funny

LOL

like the Kane one, but yea, the tim thomas one is histerical

woot, dual languages

#learnsomething

FINALLY starting.

10 minutes after they said it would start. NBD.

Off topic but

Is anyone else worried about Tootoo being a UFA?

I'm trying to ignore anything having to do with trades and stuff until later.

It’s just more than my brain can handle right now, haha.

agreed

i have gotten so emotionally attached to this team i dont want to even think about what happens when we lose 4 or 5 of our players

Yeah. For me it's just been talked about to exhaustion, a little bit.

I’ll worry about it when it’s time to worry about it.

nah. No news is good news. I’d be shocked to hear anything before summer on anyone other than Suter/Weber. Although anything’s possible.

I'd be devestated if he was gone...

When I was younger, I had a nightmare that Tootoo was traded to the Sharks and I had tears in my eyes waking up.

My kid wants to be Jordin Tootoo when he grows up.

Haha. How do you feel about that?

I feel like it’s gonna cost a whole lot of money.

But since he’s (the boy, that is) pretty much a little bowling ball already, it’s more or less appropriate.

HAHA! That’s great.

o yea

our gold sticks on on this hd tv

That gold is beautiful.
Are they putting up pictures of the All-Stars when they were little kids?!

That’s AWESOME.

I want to hear Paul McCann calling the names
i get the boo's...

to an extent… but i have it on good authority in our arena, there would be alot of cheers compared to boos.

I bet we would definitely boo Perry, and MAYBE the Wings players, but I bet that would be it.

I already boo’d Perry.

I would never boo Datsyuk. Howard doesn’t bother me, either. I’d boo Bertuzzi, but he probably won’t be there again.

I’m with you.

Yay!

Oh, hey who’s there for Tampa?

Stamkos

Right. Duh.

No Marty, though.

much sadness over that.

He needs to just come join the Preds

we would appreciate him :))

The fans adore him. Apparently whoever makes up lists at the NHL, not so much.

I have a lot of respect for Marty.

I like him a lot.

He IS the Lightning. My very favorite player there.

BOOOOOOOO

I hate Patrick Kane.

I think Shea Weber will get the cheers
He better.

Suter should have gotten SOME. Yandle got more than he did.

Here comes Honey Badger!!
Is it just me?

Or does Malkin look a little bit like Herman Munster?

Hey, cheers for HB! Awesome.
Hahahaha, I liked Girardi's "point".
I think my telecast is ahead of most of yours
Neal and Hartnell actually high-fived the kids.

Good for them!

Isn't this Shea's 3rd appearance

or did I miss a year?

I thought it was too...
2nd
I just looked it up. 3rd, technically.

He was on the Young-Stars for a year, THEN All-Stars last year and this year.

I think third

the year before the Olympics, last year and this year. They said it was his fourth.

Then they must be counting the YoungStars.

Ah yes

forgot about that one

Here's what they have on Wiki:

NHL YoungStars Game – 2007
NHL All-Star Game – 2009, 2011, 2012
NHL First All-Star Team – 2011

What's a first team All-Star exactly?

I think that means voted in on the starting roster? I have no idea.

Nah,

It’s like being one of the Allstars of the Allstars game. They vote a first team roster in the NHL just like they vote an MVP of MLB’sand the NBA’s allstar game.

The End of Year Team

So the All-Star game happens in the middle of the seaon, right? When the season over and the media/coaches/GMs vote on awards, they also vote for an All-NHL 1st and 2nd Team.

Right. There are only 12 of them as opposed to 40 something in the game.

BINGO

In addition, in order to call a player an “All-Star”, it’s the post-season All-Star team which should be referred to, not just the number of times a guy has been to an All-Star Game.

Aaaah….. thanks for the corrections!

Which if I remember correctly

Was part of the problem with that weird ad thing that Weber’s agency made for him last summer. They referred to him as something like a 3 time NHL All-Star when at the time, he had only been selected to play in however many All-Star games and had never been selected for an post-season team.
Is that correct, Dirk?

That whole thing was a train-wreck of factual and grammatical errors!

And let me tell you, his agent wasn’t happy that I posted it here.

http://www.ontheforecheck.com/2011/6/18/2230532/im-guessing-that-shea-weber-didnt-pick-his-new-agent-jarrett-bousquet

He won 2 All-Stars

hahahahahaha I had forgotten how funny that was.

Did you hear from him about having posted it here?

I called them a few days later trying to see if I could ask questions for an article, and he was like “before we continue you need to retract what you posted…”

I said I’d post his side of things (which is the UPDATE you see at the link above), but not retract anything. It’s not like I had done anything wrong.

They never did respond when asked further about stuff. Noses bent out of joint, I suppose.

Wow. And, good for you!

As part of the awards, the press votes for 1st and 2nd All-Stars. Not connected to the All Star Game, as I understand it.

3rd

2009, 2011 and this year, 2012.

So..

Do we cheer for Team Chara (Suter) or Team Alfredsson (Weber, Smith) ?

There's not exactly gonna be a lot of defense

so we won’t have alot to cheer for

Except for maybe with Weber… but he isn’t gonna want to kill anyone, so maybe not Weber.

Who are Columbus going to ballot-stuff for next year?

I can see Nash, but then?….

Of course Nash, Carter and Prospal are the only player I could pick out from a lineup. Still a disappointing choice I think for next year’s ASG

Vorachek?
haha that's just cruel.
Steve Mason?

LOL..

oh i know!!!!

I’m not talking about him

HAHAHA

Well done, sir. Well done.

Like DGB said on twitter today...

Well the whole too many hometown players on the All-Star team won’t be a problem next year.

what are they planning to do to combat that?

not have any players worth voting for

Aw, goalie skating!

I always love this.

Lundqvist begged Alfie to not pick him for this...haha
Hmm... I don't like how they're doing it this year.

The old one was better.

Does Jimmy Howard have a camera on his head?
yep

Kevin Woodley @KevinisInGoal
Jimmy Howard must really trust goal mask, nothing screams “hit this” louder than helmet cam

Goalie speed skating? Wut?

That owns.

Was it Thomas who ate it last year?
MOAR GOALIE RACING!!
Who are y'all for?

Team Alfredsson or Team Chara?

I’m saying Alfie, just cause there are two Preds on it. Individually, though, I’m pulling for Suter on Chara.

Alfredsson

He picked Logan!

Ah man, Yandle lost an edge or something.
Aahaha did I see highlights in Hagelin's hair???

Cool hair makes you skate better.

Then Team Alfie

is a shoe in to win it

They do have the best flow in the league.

oooooooooh he thinks he’s soooooooooooooooo hip.

Frank Finnigan...

That is not an attractive outfit.

Pierre McGuire

Quit creeping the players.

But... that... that's what he DOES!

“I’m so creepy. Don’t look into my eyes. You’ll be hypnotized and I’ll talk about your big stick.” Pierre McGuire.

Now he can talk about Perry’s small stick.

If I make a sign that says “Perrry has a small stick in his pants.” will someone else hold it during warm-ups next time the Ducks come to town?

Rules for this thing say:

Shooters can start their routine from anywhere in the offensive zone

Routine? Long program? short program?

I wanna see some ballet spins going up up.

Oh Patrick Kane...

That was terrible.

What's on top of elliot's mask?
Camera
Ohhh

Must be for NBC

Oh, yeah I guess so. I’m watching the HNC feed, so I have no idea.

It’s not getting shown on NBC, either. Maybe later.

HAH, I love that they mic'ed Carey Price up.

That was a very good choice.

Ok…. that was impressive from Perry

Yes. Yes it was.

Yeah, that was pretty cool.

Too bad he dropped the puck though.

Price is a goof.

Haha

I'm very much enjoying his commentary.
That was pretty awesome.

Too bad he missed it but that was cool.

OOOOhhhhhhhh… wow.

nice job Seanny Boy!
Oh god....

Here we go…

Sigh....

That was pretty freaking cool.

That was pretty sweet too.

Kane finally managed to pull that one off

Yeah, that first attempt was really just terrible, haha.

He’s been trying to that stomach slide move for a couple years now

Oh yeah, he has hasn’t he?? I hadn’t thought about it til you mentioned it, but I do remember that now.

OooOoooh... nifty!
Daaaang

Nice one, Tavares

That was impressive
Perry... that was really weak...
Is it just me?

Or does EVERYONE suck…

Tavares' shot was pretty cool, and Kane's was creative.

But other than that? Yeah. Carey Price is stealing the show, haha.

Do you guys have Price on the mic on your broadcast?

Yeah, I’m watching Hockey Night in Canada.

Aww.. Logan. :(

You can do better!

can we just not interview hockey players at all?....

soooooo awkward…

Yeah, you have to be pretty careful about who you talk to hahaha...

Price, for instance, has been great.

yeah he's funny

i love the video from last year when he was talking to Thomas about Shea Weber’s slapshot, and Thomas was just like “Who is this guy?”

Haha, I kinda remember that.
Kane's move was pretty sweet

hurts to say that

I hate admitting that too.
I voted for him

Both the 2nd and 3rd attempts were great.

That was awesome on Price's part.

Can we just vote that the goalies win?

Price is hilarious.

I wish I could hear what he’s saying

Do you not have audio or something?

He’s not on the mic for NBC

Which is just a sad, sad thing.

Aw, that really, really sad. He’s a chill guy. Very fun to listen to.

We can hear what he's saying in Canada haha, we got him mic'd
I always vote for the goalies.
Of course you do :P
Carey price

is pretty awesome

Tavares. Whoa.
Tavares might have this

Smooth

Did Perry just pull out his... stick?

He pulled out his wittle stick.

D*** you garden gnome for making me laugh.

and his gnome stick
CP and CP are cracking me up
What jersey was Coutoure wearing?

Ottawa 67’s

Ahh. Thanks. I looked down and looked back up and was like uhh… did he get traded from the Sharks mid skills competition?

Ottawa 67s

junior team?

Ottawa 67's jersey

I believe

What number do I text for Coture?
Quick observations before I go to work...

Carey Price is cool. Perry has a little stick.

Aaaaand.....

END SCENE!

Hate Corey Perry

but definitely was one of the more entertaining guys on that challenge.

My feelings for Patrick Kane.
yeah he's been funny too.
I would love to see Lindback participating in these

sitting on his butt eating a pack of gummy worms. feet wagging from side to side.

Hahah!!

I want to see that, too!

sitting on top of the net...

with his legs dangling over, swinging them back and forth like windshield wipers while eating a giant bag of gummi bears singing “It’s a Small World”. #winnerrightthere

woot!
it's a very small world for a "tall goalie"

takes a shot

His legs are probably long enough to block most of the net anyway.

that’s what I was thinking

"Hardest shot featuring Zdeno Chara..."

What, no Shea Weber?

“Who’s Shea Weber”- NBC Sports Exec

I have a feeling Weber's going to be overlooked for the Norris again this year.

just like Trotzy will this year with the Adams…

Man, I hope not.

Trotz might not get it, but I think Weber will.

I think Trotz deserves it more than anybody.

They’re going to give it to the Sens coach for the same reason that Trotz deserves it every year…it makes me sick…

Just like Poile with GM of the year
If Lidstrom announces he's retiring. He'll win.
Of course he would.

Not that he wouldn’t deserve it, but… Weber.

I think Chara's going to end up winning it
I wish Craig Smith was doing the breakaway challenge

he could somehow incorporate a live honey badger into his shot.

He’d just skate out there and devour a cobra

He'll do the same thing he did with the empty net shot

and then grab a microphone and say, “Honey Badger doesn’t give a shit”

Craig, please give the microphone back…

“No, Honey Badger takes what it wants*

He could put in an XXL (or whatever fits over his pads) "honey badger don't give a damn" shirt.
Suter's giving GREAT passes.

Per usual.

Kessel's the one that F'd it up for Seguin...duh
Too bad there's not a competition for touching up icing.

That’s what he’s awesome at doing.

He is quite excellent at that.

He would be money in the Soccer competition
Wow...

lookit that HAIR.

Stamkos needs a haircut...
Sorry CAustin,,,

this is a common theme on the Lightning game threads. But he apparently has a shampoo deal in Canada. :(

HAHA, seriously??

he's the next Troy Polamalu

“Did you use my shampoo???”

“Yeah.”

Haha, just skates up and finishes the job.

That’s funny.

Stamkos is good as I am in that in NHL 12

And now you know why the Lightning are in the bottom of the league right now. They’re all doing that this year.

HB hanging out with Weber and... who is that? #24? Read?

24 in Flyers orange is Read

I think it’s funny HB’s hanging out with Weber. It’s like a little kid clinging to his mommy when he doesn’t know anybody.

Dad gum Benn rocked that.

He’d look good in gold, too.

Hossa...

This’ll be interesting. I hate to say it, but that guy is a beast.

he loves playing us.
Hossa and his highlights....smh
Yeeeah...

Also, ironically, he kinda looks like a bird of prey… a hawk or something.

Hm. That view - Kessel ain't a great passer.
Whoa, Benn KILLED that dead.
SK74 would kill this!
would he not pass it back first?
No he wouldn't. He'd get confused and pass it back.

Maybe not. Sergei gets one shot a game. It could take him upwards of a week to hit all four targets

Can they MAKE him shoot though?

I feel like he’d just pass it back on instinct…

just replace the targets with pictures of Erat

ok Serge, pass it to Erat!

That'll do it!!

Yeah, but he’s have to hit all four targets at once cause we know he’s not taking a second shot.

Can the Preds get Benn in a trade
Yes please.

Assuming this isn’t just a “Sergei” year for him.

No way

He’s a cornerstone for the Stars at just 22. No way they give him up.

You know what trick shot I'd like to see at some point?

I want the goalie and shooter to meet each other half way, switch sticks, and then have the goalie take the shot on the player.

Oooh, that's a really good idea!!
I want to see the goalie and skater stop and play hackey sack with the puck
More girls standing there than boys!

That’s pretty awesome.

Anybody know what ring CreePierre is wearing?
"CreePierre" - that is awesome.

And no, no idea. I actually haven’t seen him yet!! (Perhaps cause I don’t have NBC? WOOHOO!)

He’s got two cup rings as a scout and then an assistant coach with the Penguins back in the 90s.

I guess asst coach is ok, but it sorta seems douchey to me to be wearing it.

Pierre is generally a douchey guy, so that seems appropriate.

I was just about to say that.

stanley cup ring

penguins asst coach, w mario…..he was a coach with the Sens shortly thereafter in there expansion years, and flashed the ring back then on occasion

disappointed TV folks didn’t focus more on Couture’s 67’s jersey (his actual jersey from Ottawa), got a nice rise from the crowd

Razor5Hole Daryl Reaugh
Benn took out those targets like they were appendix #deadlyaccurate

Reaugh

razor clever there! funny man

That was exactly what I thought as well.

talking about Crosby...

why am I not surprised..

The neck injury thing?
Because there is actually news not speculation
Whoa... there's a MOVIE about Don Cherry?!

Dude.

Yeah, Diehard 1 and 2 are both based around Cherry

So was Weekend at Bernies

I though that was Blowhard 1 & 2

Hahaha!!

Seriously though, it’s called “Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story.”

Isn't that a Porno?

I don’t wanna see that.

his pre-Liberace wardrobe days

Shut up dudes i want to see Honey Badger!
Me tooo!

And I want him to be awesome.

They didn't use Weber,

because the high speed camera could not catch his shot.

They tried

but it broke the camera

Also because

he would have just taken out the top two targets and refuse to acknowledge the bottom two. His shot does not go LOW! What is this “low shot” you are talking about?

That was an incredibly disappointing breakdown of slap shots. Talk about the absolute bare bones basics.

Wait...

Was this the “science of slap shots” thing?

yep

I watched that the other night!

I was really disappointed they didn’t use Weber or Chara. Nothing against the Stars, but if you’re gonna talk about slap shots, shouldn’t you use one of the big two? They also didn’t even HAVE any shots of Weber or Chara taking a slap-shot, if I remember correctly.

too much awesomeness

Yeah, they basically told us that the player shifts his weight and flexes the the stick using the ice and then hits the puck. It would’ve been far more interesting to look at musculature, stick lengths, and stuff like that…. or not used like grade school science terms.

It’s intended for grade school.

You know what I'd like to see?

I would bet my bottom dollar that when they talk about a “heavy shot”, that probably has to do with a puck that has more spin on it, giving it rotational inertia. I haven’t seen that broken down anywhere, though.

Yes, that would be very interesting

It's for elementary school kids

Give them a break.

I would if they did anything more other than teach vocabulary with that segment.

You have to start somewhere. If you don’t know the words, you can’t learn the rest.

I think it was a throw away segment, you think it fulfilled its purpose, and that’s just fine.

Your thoughts for stars of the show so far?

My votes would be for
Carey Price.
Patrick Kane.
Brian Elliott.

Around the Horn sucks.
Where did that come from?
There was a commercial for it.
Ah, I always really like this part of the competition!
The Pekka goalie show thingy was much better

plus it’s Pekka.

The Pekka goalie show thingy was much better

plus it’s Pekka.

In case you didn't hear, the Pekka goalie show was much better
IS IT BETTER????

much better.

I hear Pekka’s pretty tall….

Drink
What happened?! Did Tits shoot the puck?!

…but not the tallest

THIS would have been the best part for Suter.

Passing accuracy!

I just said that on Twitter
WEBER!!

Destroy that, please.

Haha, Stamkos with the hat so he can actually see what he's doing.

Oh, I guess HB is in the second heat for Team Alfie

Yeah, I was very confused for a second there.

it just wouldn’t be fair to stack the first heat with two Preds

I’m glad the team scoring is tighter than it was last year. It makes the events more interesting.

I was just thinking that. Seems pretty evenly matched.

DAMN, that was phenomenal by Benn.

Time for the Honey Badger to shine….. light the morning sunlight through honey.

He won’t give a damn.

Ha, I like that the Sedins are both doing the passing thing.

That’s funny.

HONEY BADGER DESTROYING!
ONE HAND ON THE STICK!!

That’s AWESOME.

That one handed thing was awesome… it even impressed the announcing crew.

No kidding! That’s excellent – some GOOD national attention for the HB.

HB rocked that!!!
hell ya that was awesome
Honey Badger does not care!

The end!

HB didn't give a %$#^ about no cones...or gatorade bottles.
GAAAAAATTOORRAAAAAADDDEEEE

He just pretended they were Blue Jackets defenders.

If they had a hardest Punch contest

would Horny be the punching bag?

That very last heat was fastest.

I’m gonna attribute it to HB, even if it was probably due to Sedin.

Holy hell Honey Badger

That was nuts

It was his ONE chance to show off his skillz.

And MAN did he show them off.

If you like real close, I think he took a drink from the gatorade bottle.

Team Sweden/Hair

slash Sens slash Canucks

Do any of the Swedes besides Lunqvist have good hair, though?

Its just that there are lots of Swedes and they team also is full of guys with flow.

Yes but is there any crossover?

I think Karlsson is Swedish

And that's some hockey hair, alright

Classic "oiled back" Bobby Lou look.
Did you see HB go up to Weber after that and be like

…“dad did I do good? Did I, did I?”

tehe

Haaha, I missed that, but that’s great.

jessespector Jesse Spector
BREAKING: Columbus Blue Jackets to install mini-nets for rest of season, “in preparation for 2013 All-Star Weekend.”

Steve Mason still won’t be able to stop anything.

Hahahahahahahahahahah!!!!

so mean…but so true

I wish they would interview HB :(
LOL at the commercial.
Hartnell pulling for Weber!

Love it.

I always get so nervous during this part.

That’s because its the only thing during the ASG that matters

Yeah, probably.

come on Webby, it's your time!
I want him to rip it THROUGH the net like he did during the Olympics.
There's someone behind the net.

I’d be terrified.

Then they should get the &$#% out of the way.

(But yes, I would be terrified, too.)

wow, impressive from Alfredsson

Dang.

Alfredsson just crushed that.

101..

Not bad at all.

Really impressive, yeah.
That second one looked even better.

101.3

Are we done with the boys yet?

Bring out the only two people who really matter.

meh, we have to sit through the ultimate poseur

I’ve been told that patience is a virtue. I disagree right now.

101.3 too, nice. Fast on that swing!
Alfie and Spezza!

holy cow

SHEA WEBER!!!

Kill it, buddy. Kill it.

Go go go go go
HOLY CRAP!

104.9!!!

COME ON! Stop it Chara

106.2?!

You’re kidding me.

i hope chara tweaks his elbow
108.8....what the hell

Hooooooollllllly Crap

I'm guessing Weber isn't beating that :/
chara's a juicer
What did Shea get on his second one?
I dunno... what happened with that??

It just kinda disappeared on my feed and they didn’t talk about it.

nice 106, Not much chance against chara tho

well, Shea beat Chara’s speed last year :/

check chara's body for robotic parts
Well, Weber got 106.

That’s still massively impressive.

108.8 is INSANE. Holy shit.

106 for Shea!!

If you take the physics into account…Weber’s is way more impressive. One of you physics people need to make the size adjustment and we’ll see who is better.

put Weber on stilts

Chara is just a slap shot machine, just like Lance Armstrong was a biking machine. Sometimes genetics just puts you on a pedestal above everyone else.

Isn't Link is a physics person? Or am I making that up?

I mean, I like physics, but I wouldn’t say i’m a “physics person”

Ah, okay. Maybe that’s just what I’m remembering.

In that case, adjusted for size, I think Tootoo wins it.

When Vandy compared them

Toots was not too far from Shea so you’re probably right.

Wait, when did Vandy do that??

What exactly were they looking at?

They were comparing slap shots

of Franson, Tootoo and Weber for the physics dept. There’s a video out there some where.

Nice effort by Shea

I don’t see anyone beating 108.8 though. Daaaaaaamn.

AKHL guy will get 125.9mph at their skills competition.

Yeah

But that’s Russian miles. Clearly different.

They a;ready set the new record last week

117 point something…total horse shit

Did they measure the speed almost directly off the stick?

How old is Chara? Weber’ll still be around when Chara retires.

There is no shame to lose to a guy who shoots a 108.8.
Absolutely not.

Weber looked pretty damn happy!

I've had cars that did not go as fast as those two shoot.

do you drive a Nissan Leaf?

No, but in a Leaf of Volt, it would not go as far either.

Rescue panther…. incredible commercial.

I agree.

I was kind of zoned out until my attention was grabbed at those two improbable words. It ended fantastically.

I clearly didn’t get that ad… I’m gonna look that one up.

Its a Geico ad

I remember when Chara was a Thoroughblade

The Herald-Leader had him on the front page of the sports section, towering over the UK basketball team.

I wonder if I saved that somewhere…

Hartnell coaching up HB.

Probably telling him how great it is to play for a team that spends to the cap each year.

Goalies are up.

See y’all later.

So, does HB make it passed the first round?

Does EVERYONE go?

I thought it was just a few, select guys.

oh, I thought everyone went. I guess you’re right though.

Didn’t they used to just have everyone go?

I thought they used to....

I just thought I saw a roster for it on NHL.com. Too bad. It’d be much more fun if everyone went.

What a sick move by Stamkos

Oh dang, Stamkos.

That was nice nice.

Stamkos looks ridiculous with that hat on

(he often does.)

Suweeeet Malkin.
Tavares is sick.

I want him to be a Pred..

Aaaah, haha. That was awesome.
I'd like to think

Pekka woulda had Spezza poke checked

Haha, that was so awesome when he did that vs. Chicago.

That guy was totally not expecting it.

The Bruins are always ruining things for the Flyers, even at that ASG

Team Alfie has the better goalies.

Thomas totally gave that one up, good sport

check that guy's glove for magnets!
Kane denied!

Woohoo.

Neal almost had that one.

That was sharp from Iggy

Thomas slammed the door on that one.
I'd like to see Howard give up all 4 goals.
Haha

you might get your wish

I like watching people score on Howard

Damn...I coulda scored on Howard's five hole
WOW, I can't believe Quick saved that!
WHAT A SAVE BY QUICK
What a freaking save!
LETANG!

That was awesome.

Howard can’t make a save without Lidstrom.

Kimmo Timonen is awesome.
Kimmo is still awesome
KIMMO

I still miss you.

Quick was lost on that one

Wow, that was pretty.

Wait, Suter?

Yeah… he’s not so much a shoot-out guy, eh? He didn’t really seem to have an idea of what to do.

He looked happier when it was over

That he did, haha. He didn’t look too thrilled going into it either.

Haha. Suter is so NOT a shoot-out guy.

ugh he just shot
LOL

Crossbar for suter.

Whooooa... Lundquist...

All the ladies in the front row just started ovulating after that save.

Wow. Lundquist.

That’s awesome.

Doing the splits. I felt my beans hurt on that one.
That was AWESOME by Stamkos.
OMG.

Stamkos with the spin.

Stamkos? Woah.
Show off!

That was awesome though

Tavares.

He wins.

Team Flow is just working over Team Chara

En Fuego.

Awesome.

this is going to over today, tomorrows game won't matter
Aw, Kimmo almost had it!

That’s ok though.

Team Alfie has the FAR FAR superior goalies.
Goalie confusion.

I want Pominville to win this…. because its Pominville.

He seems like a pretty cool guy.

Think there’s any way the Preds could get him?

Sabres are likely going to be sellers

If he waives his NTC.

Stamkos.

Sick.

Aw, no for Pominville.
Good for Stamkos though!

He deserved that one.

Please, Pierre, don’t laugh directly into the mic

Thank god I don’t have to watch Pierre.

Although I’m kind of sad I get to miss his obnoxious antics.

Pierre, please shutup
Who is he interviewing?

Stamkos

Poor Stevie.

He really wanted McGuire to stop touching him.

That’s the story of CreePierre’s life.

But he hates “Steve”. It’s “STEVEN,” I’ve been informed.

That’s really funny.

Apparently he’s made a point of it.

Stamkos deserved that one.

What an incredible talent.

Haha, have you seen Moulin Rouge?

“HE’S GOT A HUGE TALENT!”

No

And TWSS

Ah, that’s too bad. Great movie. But yeah, TWSS is pretty appropriate to that part of the movie.

Team Hair DESTROYED, dang!

That’s the night. I guess we’ll reconvene here… on Tuesday I guess.

Not tomorrow?
I'm gonna miss most of the game tomorrow :(

Hopefully I’ll be back for the 3rd period.

Progressive needs to retire Flo...
Hahaha

“Out here getting booed by so many great fans.”

Line of the night, imo.

That was pretty excellent.
Hey NBCSN Let's show Suter Stripping

I’m sure it’s what everybody wants to see #sarcasm

OMG. That’s exactly what I said. Without the sarcasm. though.

CBC talking about how much HB impressed them.

Heck yes.

YAY!

My feed went out, but that’s cool.

I’m betting the NHL Network will air the CBC feed. I’ll watch that at 10.

Reiterating what was mentioned above...

What happened with Weber’s 2nd shot? Did he miss and they just didn’t count it, or did he beat Chara and they just so happened to “fail to tell us the speed”, or what?

I don’t remember which one he missed. but he did miss one.

I think he missed the net

And so it didn’t get a speed reading.

He missed

If you miss it doesn’t record it.

I thought you got a second shot if you missed it? Didn’t they do that last year, or am I remembering wrong?

I don’t rightly recall.

No--

it’s when the machine fails to record a speed that you get another shot. In past years, that often happened if you got any height at all on it, but they seem to have a better gun this year.

Aaah, that’s right. I couldn’t remember what exactly happened last year, what with all the weird stuff that happened during Ovechkin’s shots. Thanks.

Just watched it again.

He shot it so hard his right hand (bottom hand) actually fell OFF of the stick, which directed the puck wide. Yikes?

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