I'll be that guy here...but I really like this idea.


From PuckDaddy:

Fanciful changes to the NHL's All-Star Game format have been a dependable part of hockey debates for years, drawing the ire and armchair analysis that's akin to a radio talk show host asking callers "lemme hear what bugs you about the drivers around here."
Everyone has an opinion. Everyone has a gripe. Rare is the fan who enjoys the totality of All-Star Weekend; common is the fan who leaves the debate by saying "who cares, it's stupid, just cancel the game."
So credit NHL VP Brendan Shanahan(notes), the League and the NHL Players Association with trying to spruce up a stale piece of white bread. The biggest news out of this week's GM meetings was that the NHL All-Star Game format will be dramatically changed beginning with this season's game in Raleigh. A formal announcement of the details could arrive as early as today, but from various media reports here's what we're looking at:
• There will two captains, one for each team. According to Postmedia, NHL players in the all-star pool will vote for the captains.
• The fans will vote for the starters for each team.
• The NHL will create a pool of "reserves" from which the captains will fill out their rosters regardless of conference affiliation.
Basically, the NHL has turned the All-Star Game from a hockey fantasy into fantasy hockey, giving two guys (and an increasing number of teammates) the chance to draft against their peers. It's the ultimate pickup game, which is going to make for some great drama (would Alex Ovechkin(notes) take Nicklas Backstrom(notes) or Alex Semin, for example?) even as it has the potential for being a train wreck on the ice.



The game is supposed to be fun. It shouldn't be deciding anything significant like MLB's.

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Team Cutler.

This is fantastic.

riveting...

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This is their biggest problem. Why would they have the All-Star game in Raleigh?

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It's a hockey hotbed

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You are such a dick.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

The skills competition this year should have a contest of who can burn the most crosses in 3 minutes.

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I like this idea. Would be a lot of fun if they did this in the NBA.

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Keep it, all of it, can't watch the all star game, can't do it.

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team Mully & Hanley
team Meatpants

Do you really want to see every thug vs. Steve Nash, Tim Duncan, and the rest of the grindy all stars?

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Let Kobe and Lebron pick teams.

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