Skillsssszzzzzz

[Nick]

Who will win?
The NHL All-Stars and Rookies will participate in six events:
Bridgestone NHL Fastest Skater™
BlackBerry NHL Breakaway Challenge™
McDonald's NHL Accuracy Shooting™
G Series NHL Skills Challenge Relay™
XM NHL Hardest Shot™
Discover NHL Elimination Shootout™

Bridgestone NHL Fastest Skater™ - No Fowler is silly.

Team Staal
Michael Grabner – New York Islanders
Mike Green – Washington Capitals
Ryan Kesler – Vancouver Canucks
Marc Staal – New York Rangers
Kris Letang – Pittsburgh Penguins
Cam Ward – Carolina Hurricanes

Team Lidstrom
Duncan Keith – Chicago Blackhawks
Taylor Hall – Edmonton Oilers
Matt Duchene – Colorado Avalanche
Martin St. Louis – Tampa Bay Lightning
Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning
Tim Thomas – Boston Bruins


BlackBerry NHL Breakaway Challenge™

Team Staal
P.K. Subban – Montreal Canadiens
Corey Perry – Anaheim Ducks
Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals
Carey Price - Montreal Canadiens

Team Lidstrom
Evgeny Dadonov – Florida Panthers
Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Kings
Loui Eriksson – Dallas Stars
Marc-Andre Fleury - Pittsburgh Penguins

XM NHL Hardest Shot™ - Order determined on the ice

Team Staal
Zdeno Chara – Boston Bruins
Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals
David Backes – St. Louis Blues
Tyler Seguin – Boston Bruins
Rick Nash – Columbus Blue Jackets
Patrick Sharp – Chicago Blackhawks

Team Lidstrom
Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Kings
Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning
Dustin Byfuglien – Atlanta Thrashers
Brent Burns - Minnesota Wild
Shea Weber – Nashville Predators
Cam Fowler – Anaheim Ducks --- ** softest shot **


Discover NHL Elimination Shootout™

Dark-horse : Brent Burns
Hopeful: Tay-Tay Hall

[Scott]

I can see Big Buff giving Chara and Shea a run in the hardest shot. Chara probably wins that though.

[Nick]

Perry making goal scoring look pretty easy...


Gotta love Weber and Chara though, that was the most serious part of the entire day, they wanted that hardest shot -> well, Ovy didn't want to lose to Stammer's shot either...LOL

[Scott]

Weber and Chara can really rip it!

[Shep]

This was probably the worst year for the event.

Fastest skater was okay, but it is what it is.

The Breakaway challenge needs to be removed. Literally garbage.

Accuracy was unorganized, the camera work was garbage.

Relay was the best event and WAY better than I thought.

Hardest shot was good, but it was a 3 man show. Too bad there wasn't better players in it.

Breakaway Elimination was pretty good. Goalies stole the show in this one.

All in all, a B show, if it wasn't for the relay this would have been a disaster.

[Ryan]

I think skills was at its best when we just had fastest skater, hardest shot, pilon obstacle course, accuracy and team shootout. Maybe with the odd trial event thrown in like goalies shooting over the wall. But trying to make it fancy is ruining it. Keep it short and simple.

[anton]

breakaway challenge needs to be changed.

set a time of 15 minutes or something, have two nets going, have the guys stand at center ice and just go. no order, go when you want/as often as you want.

fans vote for the best move afterwards. easy.

[tyler]

Rick Nash ... nuff said.