I love the All-Star Game. Love, love, love it. I look forward to it every year, because it’s a chance to see the personalities of the players. It’s also a chance to meet players from other teams and other conferences that I don’t know anything about. People criticize the game because it’s not competitive, but that’s the thing I like most about it. It’s for fun!
(One of the main reasons I dislike Jeremy Roenick so much is because he thought it was cool to lay hits on guys in the All-Star Games. Nobody’s bracing for hits, of course. Just evidence of what a jerk he is.)
Last season, the game was in Dallas and Marty Turco was in net. He raked in a ton of fans that night when he was mic’d up during the game and talked to the broadcast team while play was going on. Everybody loved him. He was very funny and charming.
I have an idea that I should have mentioned earlier, because when the League hears about it, they’re definitely going to want to do it. What they should do during the All-Star Game is put a mic on every single player, record it all, then edit it all together into a 2-hour DVD to sell at the FanShop. I’d buy one every year.
Even better than the main event, is the SuperSkills Competition on Saturday. I got to see it in person last season when it was at the American Airlines Center and it was just as fun in person. I like seeing the individual events like the fastest skater and the puckhandling drill and the hardest shot. This year they have some new events. The obstacle course relay event sounds fun, but of all the years when Marty Turco should be in the game this one is it, with a chance to shoot pucks at a net.
I’ll probably be hanging out over at IPB’s All-Star Game threads, so come on by!
(Also, I’d really love a magnetic playoff tracking board thingie. Or a hockey puck ice cube tray.)
The obstacle course relay event sounds fun, but of all the years when Marty Turco should be in the game this one is it, with a chance to shoot pucks at a net.
That’s totally the first thing I thought when I saw the description of the events. Oh, Marty.
I would so buy that DVD. Without question, I would buy that DVD.
Pookie, maybe we should start a petition!
Cat, next year we’ll have to personally get out the vote, so even if Marty’s not very good he can be in the SuperSkills contest.