The NHL All-Star Expertise competitors is ready to bear a significant facelift in 2024 due to the enter of Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid. The 2024 All-Star Sport Expertise competitors is slated to happen on Friday, Feb. 2 at Scotiabank Enviornment in Toronto.
McDavid spoke with NHL senior vp and chief content material officer Steve Mayer about what he’d need the abilities competitors to be. In response to ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski, the Oilers ahead revealed what gamers have been in search of within the occasions and helped the league to create a extra hockey-based competitors.
The brand new format will showcase simply 12 NHL gamers taking up each other in eight completely different occasions. These gamers will earn factors for the place they end in every occasion and the participant that earns essentially the most factors all through the night time will win $1 million.
The primary eight gamers are slated to be chosen by the NHL’s hockey operation division and NHLPA. Followers will vote for the ultimate 4 skaters concerned within the abilities competitors. Solely gamers who’ve been chosen for the NHL All-Star Sport shall be eligible to take part within the abilities competitors.
The 2024 NHL All-Star Expertise competitors will encompass the next occasions:
- Quick skater
- Hardest shot
- Stick dealing with
- One-timers
- Passing problem
- Accurary capturing
- NHL shootout (high eight gamers)
- NHL impediment course (high six gamers)
Every participant will take part in 4 of the primary six occasions and can earn factors for the place they end in these occasions. First place will obtain 5 factors, and every following place will earn one fewer level. Following sixth place, these gamers will not earn any factors.
“It’s a must to be very strategic in the way you select occasions and what you take part in,” Mayer added. “Generally you will get 10 individuals to do one occasion, however you will solely get just a few individuals to do one other occasion. Gamers will now understand that simply collaborating will get you a degree.”
The 4 gamers with the bottom quantity of factors after six occasions shall be eradicated from the All-Star abilities competitors. The eight remaining gamers will advance to the seventh occasion, which is a shootout. That can even characteristic all eight NHL All-Star Sport goaltenders.
The skaters will truly select what goaltender they need to shoot in opposition to. Mayers additionally instructed ESPN that there shall be a prize for the highest goaltender within the occasion.
The highest six level scorers within the shootout will advance to the eighth and closing occasion, which is an impediment course. It can embrace elements of the earlier seven occasions and can assist crown a champion.
The factors shall be doubled throughout the impediment course occasion.
The NHL wished to rethink the All-Star abilities competitors after final season’s All-Star Weekend in Florida. Mayer additionally added that barring “an entire failure,” that this format will exist for a number of All-Star Weekends to come back.
