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Who is gonna win the All-Star Game?
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yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

a.k.a. The 2016 NHL All-Star Weekend Presented by Honda
a.k.a. That Big Dumb Boondoggle That the NHL Would Like to Forget About

The only one reason you're watching it this year?

It's all because of this man:


Read his story here

In short, gently caress the NHL. Long live John Scott.

So what's different this year?

4 teams featuring celebrity coaches!! (:lol: also, I have no idea who any of these people are)

Atlantic
Head Coach: Gerard Gallant, Florida Panthers
Celebrity Coach: Dierks Bentley

Roberto Luongo, Florida Panthers
Ben Bishop, Tampa Bay Lightning
Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins
Leo Komarov, Toronto Maple Leafs
Jaromír Jágr (C), Florida Panthers
Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings
Ryan O'Reilly, Buffalo Sabres
Steven Stamkos,Tampa Bay Lightning
Aaron Ekblad, Florida Panthers
Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators
P. K. Subban, Montreal Canadiens

Metropolitan
Head Coach: Barry Trotz, Washington Capitals
Celebrity Coach: Chris Young

Cory Schneider, New Jersey Devils
Braden Holtby, Washington Capitals
Evgeny Kuznetsov, Washington Capitals
Nicklas Bäckström, Washington Capitals
Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers
Brandon Saad, Columbus Blue Jackets
Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins
John Tavares (C), New York Islanders
Justin Faulk, Carolina Hurricanes
Ryan McDonagh, New York Rangers
Kris Letang, Pittsburgh Penguins

Central
Head Coach: Lindy Ruff, Dallas Stars
Celebrity Coach: Vince Gill

Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators
Devan Dubnyk, Minnesota Wild
Matt Duchene, Colorado Avalanche
Jamie Benn, Dallas Stars
James Neal, Nashville Predators
Patrick Kane (C), Chicago Blackhawks
Tyler Seguin, Dallas Stars
Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues
Shea Weber, Nashville Predators
Dustin Byfuglien, Winnipeg Jets
Roman Josi, Nashville Predators

Pacific
Head Coach: Darryl Sutter, Los Angeles Kings
Celebrity Coach: Charles Kelley

:scott::frogsiren:John Scott (C), Arizona Coyotes/Montreal Canadiens/St John's IceCaps:frogsiren::scott:
Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings
John Gibson, Anaheim Ducks
Taylor Hall, Edmonton Oilers
Joe Pavelski, San Jose Sharks
Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks
Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary Flames
Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks
Mark Giordano, Calgary Flames
Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings
Brent Burns, San Jose Sharks

The Skills Competition is East v. West and the actual all-star game is three games, 20-minutes each, 3-on-3 tournament.

Schedule

Skills Competition - Jan 30 @ 7PM EST
All-star Game - Jan 31 @ 5PM EST

yellowcar fucked around with this message at 23:16 on Jan 30, 2016

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Furnaceface
Oct 21, 2004




I left work early to witness the NHL's best retirement party ever. :scott:

e: Oh yeah I hope Scott fights Bettman as the finale.

Furnaceface fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Jan 30, 2016

some kinda jackal
Feb 25, 2003

 
 
Who the gently caress are the "celebrity" coaches? Aren't Celebrities supposed to be people we've heard of?

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

Supposedly country music stars

Furnaceface
Oct 21, 2004




yellowcar posted:

Supposedly country music stars

So only famous in 4 states and Calgary.

fits
Jan 1, 2008

Love Always,
The Captain

dont be mean to me
May 2, 2007

I'm interplanetary, bitch
Let's go to Mars


There's a Nashville NHL All-Star Game emoji already?

E: (According to F12ing Totally Not Lu's twitter page) Oh my god it's a Nashville NHL Fan Fair emoji :magical:

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

I'll never understand emojis

JawKnee
Mar 24, 2007





You'll take the ride to leave this town along that yellow line
go go John Scott

Sharks Eat Bear
Dec 25, 2004

yellowcar posted:

I'll never understand emojis

p sure the plural of emoji is emoji

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008
emojii

Furnaceface
Oct 21, 2004




:emo:ji

We Want Scott
We Want Scott

Sharks Eat Bear
Dec 25, 2004

:scott:

mcvey
Aug 31, 2006

go caps haha

*Washington Capitals #1 Fan On DeviantArt*
whens this start

dont be mean to me
May 2, 2007

I'm interplanetary, bitch
Let's go to Mars


mcvey posted:

whens this start

In around 50 minutes?

On CBC getting in early gets you a pregame show.

On NBCSN getting in early gets you "Curling Night in America", and as much as I wasted time watching curling during the 2014 Olympics I'm still not sure if the English language works that way.

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


go john scott

go silly competitions someone do something awesome


death to loving country music forever

Furnaceface
Oct 21, 2004




Please tell me someone has a picture of Brent Burns' "suit".

some kinda jackal
Feb 25, 2003

 
 

Furnaceface posted:

Please tell me someone has a picture of Brent Burns' "suit".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICGwfkAYwr0

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

Boo John Scott isn't wearing an IceCaps jersey :(

Furnaceface
Oct 21, 2004




https://twitter.com/SanJoseSharks/status/693542620094566400

Sharks Eat Bear
Dec 25, 2004

james greaseball neal

mcvey
Aug 31, 2006

go caps haha

*Washington Capitals #1 Fan On DeviantArt*
Luongo got Jagr a Life Alert bracelet thing for the 3v3 lol

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

Lu and Corey united again :3:

Sharks Eat Bear
Dec 25, 2004

:scott: with his daughter :3:

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

Seguin petting Jagr's mullet :lol:

some kinda jackal
Feb 25, 2003

 
 
I don't begrudge people their choice of music, but Country makes my brain hurt.

some kinda jackal
Feb 25, 2003

 
 
lmao "and a special appearance by John Scott"

AsInHowe
Jan 11, 2007

red winged angel
Great intro CBC.

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


Martytoof posted:

I don't begrudge people their choice of music, but Country makes my brain hurt.

Banjo bluegrass country owns. Modern country is rear end.

iwentdoodie
Apr 29, 2005

🤗YOU'RE WELCOME🤗

Martytoof posted:

I don't begrudge people their choice of music, but Country makes my brain hurt.

Depends entirely on the type for me.

The poo poo they're playing for this? Yeah.

Aurora
Jan 7, 2008

go away pierre

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

John Scott reminds me of Liev Schreiber.

some kinda jackal
Feb 25, 2003

 
 
Ugggh they made John wear a "neutral sweater"

gently caress this poo poo league

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

Aphrodite posted:

John Scott reminds me of Liev Schreiber.

it's uncanny

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

Martytoof posted:

lmao "and a special appearance by John Scott"

gently caress the NHL

petty to the end

Aurora
Jan 7, 2008

lol roenick looked like he wanted to kill himself after that john scott bit

some kinda jackal
Feb 25, 2003

 
 

yellowcar posted:

gently caress the NHL

petty to the end

I think that was CBC but I could be wrong

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

Martytoof posted:

I think that was CBC but I could be wrong

Yeah, that's CBC making a joke.

Pleads
Jun 9, 2005

pew pew pew


Martytoof posted:

I think that was CBC but I could be wrong

I thought it was funny.

Also now Scott and Burns are chirping each other on TV so that's good too.

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yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

Scott is such a goofball omg :3:

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