Eklund: The Brilliance of the New All-Star Format (a few more ideas)Buzzcast at 1pm

It might be fun, sure. Could be very entertaining.

I'm still extremely disinterested though, as I feel most people are. That's why the NHL is doing this, they know the All Star game is largely tuned out by most fans.

But sure, go for it, maybe i'll check it out.

Does this mean NHL Hitz the video game will make a return as well?

Not excited. One player from every team needs to go if you are only selecting 11 from each division.

If the league wanted to make it a little more about hockey they could get the best players in each conference to juggle flaming bowling pins while blindfolded and riding a unicycle.

Try to sell it all you want, but imho it's nothing more than lost weekend on the regular season schedule.

Or they can just do like baseball and make it count for something . ....end of story

Does this mean NHL Hitz the video game will make a return as well?
- arichardson22

Or they can just do like baseball and make it count for something . ....end of story
- Alexzanki

$1 million might be enough to get the guys going.

How about this? Participate in the Olympics every 4 years, hold a pre-season World Cup 2 years after every Olympics, and then have an All-Star game every 40,000 years.

The idea of giving an incentive isn't a bad one. Although, I don't see why they couldn't make it like baseball and just give the winning division home ice all the way to the finals.

Second, why only 11 players? That's basically 3 lines. 2F, 1D on each 'line'. So they are playing 3 on 3, which is much more taxing than 5 on 5 and instead of adding a line, they are subtracting one?

That makes zero sense. Expect injuries. By the finals, expect breakaways back and forth.

Eklund: The Brilliance of the New All-Star Format (a few more ideas)Buzzcast at 1pm
- Eklund

I think it's bad

just make it a skills competition or make it a normal game where the team that wins, that conference gets home ice advantage for the finals

Hopefully the NBA can do a 2on2 all star game like NBA Jam.
- porkchops1977

how about free for all mode in nhl 05-06 , damn that was entertaining .

how about free for all mode in nhl 05-06 , damn that was entertaining .
- Alexzanki

Was that where you could play 1v1v1v1? Man that was fun, they should bring it back.

I like the idea should, be fun to watch and i think for 90k in a weekend of work the players will bee into it.

Haters gonna hate i guess.

Not excited. One player from every team needs to go if you are only selecting 11 from each division.
- Antilles

Every team Will have at last one representative... Or are you not happy with that? I don't really understand your post.

Why the $1 million prize pool? they don't make enough?

It should go to the winning team's charity or something, with a subtle $100,000 for second place.

Expect no defense, no back checking. It's going to be a joke.

I think the format sounds interesting.
props to the NHL for trying new things and trying to drum up some interest.
Who knows how invested the players will be or how exciting the action will be, but hey, i think it sounds fun.
Haters gonna hate though.

Every team Will have at last one representative... Or are you not happy with that? I don't really understand your post.
- ezekial

Better than having 1/3 of the team from Chicago again...

Why the $1 million prize pool? they don't make enough?

It should go to the winning team's charity or something, with a subtle $100,000 for second place.
- BALUCHA

The winners will most likely give the money to charity.

But then they personally are the ones giving the money, and choosing where it goes.

The winners will most likely give the money to charity.

But then they personally are the ones giving the money, and choosing where it goes.
- david22

And then gets deducted from taxes , everyone wins.

Eklund: The Brilliance of the New All-Star Format (a few more ideas)Buzzcast at 1pm
- Eklund

More like a joke.

Trying to sell this 3-on-3 garbage like it was a worthwhile undertaking for the NHL is pathetic.

Might as well just bring in the soccer nets and be done with the game.

Here's what would make that All-star game interesting to me. Have a couple games where today's stars and alumni in the same game. Just imagine a line with Crosby, Gretzky and Messier up against Towes, Kane and Lemieux and trying to score on someone like Patrick Roy, Martin Brodieur or Carey Price. The game wouldn't be rough but it be cool to see Crosby feeding a pass to Gretzky or vice versa. Most young players would be trying to set up a scoring play for the Alumni guys anyway! I think something like that would be very entertaining.

Better than having 1/3 of the team from Chicago again...
- BALUCHA

only Kane deserves to make it this year.. The central should be:

Seguin Benn
Mackinnon Kane
Wheeler tarasenko

Suter
Weber
Klingberg/Josi

Rinne
Allen