Would be a nice bonus for some board members of a "charity". Na let these players play for the prize themself and do with it what they wish. It's a very meaningful amount to them they aren't like NBA salaries and helps them try harder here if they actually get the full prize
@@alwayzsmarter It's more for the audience's enjoyment of the prize money. No issue with the players getting it but it's hard to really care about millionaires getting another million. Having each player declared for a charity raises awareness and can make if more fun to cheer if you have one you would prefer it go to.
@@coltonmarples4269 I am skeptical of how charities use money and half of them incentivize the bad activity they claim to be helping anyway. And then I feel like it can become more political and crap where it's like shaming some player cause he didn't give to Black Lives Matter or something. Players on the other hand there's no gray area where the money is going. It's going to your fav players. The players make me happy and I want the player to get the little bonus directly
@@coltonmarples4269 to me ideal charity is not some commercial showing u beat up dogs or cancer kids to get u to send money somewhere but rather more direct off standard. Like give $20k to some local coffee shops, or random good people in your local community. Pay to redo your neighbors roof idk. Idk I feel like the more third parties the more money gets misused
@@alwayzsmarter There are still a lot of good charities that aren't political. Since they are all good causes I also doubt it would be an issue with any real hockey fans. While the money is nice bonus for the player, it's gonna end up going to one of the highest-paid players anyway. 10-20% bump income bump can't match the tension of hungry kids vs cancer.
Yeah. I like that idea. Why does an athlete that gets paid millions already need another mil in their bank account? Especially if they're going to half-ass their performance like Kucherov? He probably doesn't care because of his paycheck, but like Eck said, if it was for charity and he still half-asses it, then he'll look like a total dick.
Can you just imagine if anyone who never has watched hockey tuned into watch this and saw what they saw. They would be like, "This is hockey? How BORING". I haven't watched an "all-star" game in probably 8 years because they are BORING. This game as well as the skills competition doesn't help hockey at all.
I live in Tampa. I’ve watched kuch pretty much his whole career. he is a gamer heart. He doesn’t wanna be doing these skill competitions watch tonight in the real game he will show up.
@@dowcupseries9485 is it though? I don't have the roster in front of me but I'd imagine every player at the competition is already signed to a multi-year/multi-million dollar contract and will get another one after the contract expires. Now if this was the AHL All Star Game then hell yeah that's a nice chunk of change.
@@JaredLS10 I mean for a guy like JT Miller who I think makes the least of the guys who were in it, he makes 8 mil a year, 1 mil is no tiny amount, you make 80k a year that like winning 10k. Not a small amount and I think you could see that during the final comp guys actually wanted to win
@@dowcupseries9485I don't think most of them were trying the hardest tbh. If it was for charity, they would try harder and also promote certain charities at a large event like this. Kinda takes the fans out of it too if all they see is millionaire hockey players winning a million dollars for themselves.
@@therockieshockeypodcast I mean they will never try their hardest but I think tonight guys showed more effort then previous years ( besides Kucherov )
How can he take it seriously when Morgan Rielly is there but Hedman isn't. Point also has more goals and points than Marner. Not really an all star weekend.
It's a popularity contest. Not Kuch's thing. Speaking of point and Hedman if it was about "skills" pretty sure point would give everyone a run for their money in fastest skater and Hedman in hardest/fastest shot.
Good analogy imo... "Look happy for the young'uns" day. Thank you for your service. Either Canada or America. Doesnt matter...Dual citizen here... Makes it easier... 😝
It felt weird watching millionaires compete for an additional million. I'm genuinely not sure why it wasn't for the charity of choice by the winner. Half these guys can make that money in a few months.
And then they retire and have to figure out an entire new career for the rest of their life and all things considered $1 million is still life changing for them. And makes the event better cause they'll try harder
A single million is NOT life-changing for McDavid. Its helpful... Sure. See his house? He'll be fine. Fine for life, from here on out, he wouldnt have to make another buck. Unless hes the biggest moron on the planet with his investments.@@alwayzsmarter Even then, the coaching jobs and commentary gigs he could get for atleast two decades after hes done playing, based on pedigree alone is ridiculous... Charity makes it far better for everyone. So when the worlds best player wins, it doesnt look this bleh...
@@alwayzsmarterits like you were talking about some normal bum winning 1 mil, or even like this was the AHL all star week, and not the NHL all star one...
@@alwayzsmarterya it must be really tough being smart with your money and not blowing 6-13 million a year while playing and come out with nothing left… Not to mention endorsements
The most annoying part of him doing that is there's 44 players there, only 12 got to do this event, and I'm sure many of the others would have agreed to take his place if he didn't want to do it. Crosby was right there, he never half asses anything.
Im sure i could dig up many instances of Crosby half assing something but ill just give you the most recent one that literally happened at the All Star. Crosby didn't even show up for the draft, he was seen skating in a hockey rink outside somewhere i don't remember the place. So to your point, id say a lot of these players do not want to participate, even your beloved Crosby.
@@WaaDjooNoBoutDa That's not a competition, and you're just kind of a lazy idiot who saw something out of context and you don't understand why he was there.
Are you serious? Crosby has missed almost ALL of the all star games. Last year he got suspended for it. He didn't even show up to the player draft with the literal lame excuse of "not having service" and yet he sent in a video of him practicing by himself in an outdoor rink. Honestly the worst possible player to use as an example of having class for all-star games
I'm not sure if Eck remembers Kucherov's shirtless beer pounding interview after he won the cup, but Kuch is not your regular kind of player. He clearly doesn't care about any of this. He'll spend the time and energy doing what matters to him.
Meanwhile, his teammates get to laugh about it from their vacation on the beach. The all-star game isn't a reward for outstanding play, it's a punishment to the player who have to go instead of getting a much needed mini-break during the season.
What a punishment. Going to an event largely marketed for kids, to do easy competitions and show your appreciation to your fans. While also making millions a year anyways. Sooo cruel. Kuch is pathetic.
@1shotlegend I agree. You can tell the players hate it, though. Several players have flat out said "Don't vote for me," or faked an injury to get out of it.
The only reason I knew that it had just happened was because TALK uploaded a video about his song performance there. I heard that the game is tmw but I don’t even know at what time, and I don’t fucking care to look it up.
It looked like he was trying at first but then when it didn't go well, he stopped trying. He was probably a bit embarrassed and the fans made it worse. When Draisaitl skates back after completely flubbing the accuracy competition, Kucherov is one of the guys giving him a stick tap and smile, because he's feeling the same way
@@CoasterCheetah lol yall thinking every fan would love to have idiots on their team regardless of their skills, no I wouldn't like to have rat, wilson, ovenchicken and this russian dog on my team ur so wrong
Kucherov just being a troll to the Toronto fanbase. You can clearly see his intentions when he started waving to the fans after his lackluster performance. I think if it was anywhere else besides being in Toronto it may have been different.
@@henrymanzano2201Why would he care about beating Toronto fans. No one cares about Toronto in Tampa. Tampa beat them enough times. Twice back to back cups. The Leafs are a zero threat to Kuch. He laughs at them. 😂
I think it's awesome they let the players get the full money. And it's not NBA or something with insane salaries so the money is very meaningful to the players rather than vanishing into the abyss of corrupt "charity" organizations
I gave up watching NHL all star games a while ago. In the games nobody seems to be trying. Giving them substantial monetary prizes seems like the wrong message, I like the charity angle.
Bah. Charity inclusion is 100% ridiculous. People who *actually care* about a cause don't go around advertising the living shit out of their donations. Only schmucks talk about their contributions. And that's to say nothing about the scam festival that is modern big-ticket "charity". 🙄
The way that the NHL under Gary Bettman makes these players make fools of themselves with these silly costumes and off ice contests is straight up disrespectful to the game . Kucherov was making a statement to Bettman just like Proverov did by not wearing the pride jerseys in warm ups . Hats off to both of them for standing up to this silly bullshit . It's NOT what hockey is about .
No one cares about the all star. I never have and I won’t start now, Kucherov just doing what is expected he doesn’t care about some silly little game. Maybe if the NHL wasn’t forcing their players to participate, you would get people who actually want to go.
Davo said he was going to donate a portion of it to charity. Making it a million dollar donation to a charity of your choice instead of a cheque is a fantastic idea.
I really feel like when he dropped down the rankings he knew he couldn’t win and he’s at a point in his career where he isn’t as competitive to go try hard mode and then when he messed up every skill competition drill, he gave up because he knew he lost. I bet he actually tries a little harder in the game because he likes playing hockey, not showing off random skills of the game.
He had an incident at the All Star Game when he tried very hard, but due to nerves he could not hit the goal. Then all the fans laughed at him, and he was angry. And now it’s the other way around - he’s laughing, and all the fans are angry.
All star is a terrible demonstration of actual skill, you just need to watch Draisaitl in any accurate shooting comp during these. Kuch is the top scorer in the league and probably winning the Hart. The guy only tries when it matters. He could’ve forfeited his spot but I don’t think anyone on the lightning would care.
Last year was a complete disaster and pretty much a joke … turned so many fans ( myself included ) off of the complete point of this competition… this year … other than the celebrities that have nothing to do with hockey … has been better than past
@@jeniasmackay7931 it sounded like next year was an off case due to Olympics but may be a format they stick with if goes well. Idk if that means they're basically doing a mini nhl-only Olympics or what but I'm open to the idea tho I think the competition thing sounded cool this year. I'm sure it's a never ending expirement
I agree on the charity angle. It’d be a fuck load more interesting if it wasn’t a bunch of millionaires playing for yet another million while loads of people can’t afford more than one game a season if that. That being said, still a shit ton better than the jokes of previous years. At least it was just kucherov on his own that made a mockery of it as opposed to the whole night being a joke.
You know you can easily go online and verify what % of intake that charities actually payout right? There are tons where the payout is 80%+. Instead of calling an entire industry a scam just maybe do a tiny bit of homework.
Just got home from the comp lol honestly Kucherov looked like he didn't wanna be there. I am a Toronto fan and am also disappointed at Nylander's miss in the obstacle course.. the whole stadium was on their feet ready to celebrate :(
@@stevencooke6451 yeah i also went to the game yesterday and every single person booed him during his penalty shot. No one will respect him if he can't take it seriously
Can we talk about how McDavid won the contest he helped to construct…. Hm. What a surprise (he is one of the best players EVER, but the contest was partly drills he does all summer?? No other player had a fair chance in the last round)
@Eck plssss make a video about how they need to take the all star games seriously like the 2016 all star game was actully fun to watch, now they just look like they are all scripted and purposely missing the net or just handing it to the other team. - coach burnzy
Kuch knew it was rigged for McDavid to take it all & be the "hero"... so why bother? I mean, they actually had McDavid tell them what he does for practice & applied it to this year's skills challenges! A blind person could have seen that coming, so I don't blame Kuch one bit.
Skills comps were great before the Internet boom. Now that we can watch highlight reels whenever we want, there’s really not a need for them. Let the guys have a week off
The NHL put on this showcase to highlight who they consider their biggest star, they said during the broadcast that Conner McDavid helped format the program and during one of the competitions said that he should be good at this one because it is his off season training routine. Why Kuch go all out to promote another player.
How about they stop all of this, and just have Allstars in name only. This is beyond stupid in all sports, not just hockey, let the professional athletes rest and still get the honor of being an Allstar without having to do this trash
Either bro got some shrooms from buble and thought he was in blades of glory too or he just wanted the backlash. I hope he is the single reason its for charity
People complaining like the skills competition hasn’t been a farce for the last 10 plus years. Who honesty is upset about this? I would have been laughing my ass off at this if I was in the arena.
I agree that this should be for charity bc they already make a ton of money so giving a million dollars to a charity of their choice could be overall a better look for the nhl
It sucked so hard last year I vowed to never watch it ever again. Admittedly, I am too old school these days for “hip” or “fancy” new ideas regarding how to showcase these guys. Truth be told, I miss the old 5 on 5 East vs West battles and used to LOVE seeing guys actually get fired up, trying to win, and show which division was the “best”. Alas, those were also the days when dudes also checked hard, played gritty, and sometimes initiated some scrums and physical battles. Unfortunately, that part of hockey and the All Star game went the way of the pussyfoots. 🤔🧐🤔🤨🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫💥👊🤣💥
Kucherov is a hockey player, not a general entertainer. If you want hamsters to run through your child impressing maze, then go find hamsters to run it. Kucherov is the only one who had the backbone to do, what everyone else there was thinking. The nhl all-star break, is an on-going joke, running about 15 years now. Nobody over the age of 7 should care about this, and if someone over the age 7 does, well, I question their maturity. This entire event was embarrassing............ for the league, like it always is.
He was trying… until he started doing crappy, then he started to loaf around. Pretty embarrassing, not awesome at all. He is a great player, just not in the conversation with Mcdavid or Mackinnon.
Overall good choices on the types of Skills Events. I'd like to see more variety in players throughout events though. And add 2 Events. Breakaway Challenge. Tone it down on theatrics and it could be great. And finally, BRING BACK THE GOALIE RACE! 8 Events where skaters can earn points. 8 Skaters participate in each event. Skaters are allowed to participate in Max 4 Events so they have to choose wisely on which ones. Top 6 in Points from the 8 events get the Obstacle Course Event. 1 of those events the Goalies can earn money - One on One and an extra Goalie Event in the GOALIE RACE Tournament Bracket where winner gets money. Skater Events - Fastest Skater / One Timers / Passing Challenge / Hardest Shot / Stick Handling / Accuracy Shooting / One-On-One / Breakaway Challenge // Obstacle Course Final Goalie Events - One-On-One / GOALIE RACE Biznasty and PK Subban Host / 4 Teams each with Captain and Alternate Captain and Celebrity Coach / Player Draft in smaller studio setting Max 4 Skaters and 1 Goalie per NHL Team Friday - Player Draft / PWHL Showcase Game Saturday - Skills Competition Sunday - Legends Game / All Star Games
Imagine you are playing 82 games in a season plus playoffs and you are not the youngest and you have given enough to fans by being 2 time stanley cup champion i absolutely understand that Kucherov didnt go full effort i would do the same
Listen if the dude is already forced to go don't expect him to try, i'm sure he would rather be on vacation relaxing with his teammates instead of doing some challenges that basically mean nothing to the nhl season.
Not saying im right about this, but Kucherov has always looked lazy/lackluster on the ice its part of how he skates, how he plays almost with no pulse in his game. When he slows his intensity down even more this is often what it looks like. I dont think that means he didnt care, maybe he felt some pressure. Kucherov is highly competitive and im not saying you are wrong by stating that he doesnt care enough. Im just not sure the common body language signs are saying so much
What Kucherov did isn't disrespectful, the NHL All-Star game itself is disrespectful. The best players in the world reduced to loafing around a bunch of parlor games so the league can shill its sponsors. I'm more surprised someone hadn't done it sooner tbh.
Even if you take out money aspect alltogether, they should at least try for the fans. They come to watch the best of the best competing and having some fun at the same time. Fans are who pay their bills, not showing even a bit of effort is pure disrespect and I would be booing the guy each time he steps on the ice for the rest of the season.
I laughed when this debacle was up for gambling on Fanduel. It thought to myself, not in a million years would I bet on this mess! The players don't care.
Love all the haters. Let's be honest though, Kucherov has been this way throughout his career. He cares about winning the cup, that's it. All the circus show stuff is not for him. All those boos towards Kuch only fuel the machine that is terrorizing the league with 85 points.
Yes it would do something for the city of toronto in Kuch's eyes to try, he doesn't like or care for this crap, and doesn't want to be there. If this were the Olympics then i would say there's legit problems, but like you said he's the leading scorer of the NHL. You think he gives a fk what people think about All Stars comp considering they're trying to do literally anything else to switch places with how bad it is.... IE the 4 nation battle next year
They need to pay these guys more millions to even get them to go to an event for the fans who made them rich in the first place. Pretty pathetic really.
As a Blues fan, I tuned in to see how Robert Thomas was going to perform in the skills competition, but no Thomas. Just the same guys competing over and over again, and multi-millionaires competing to get another measly million bucks to try to improve their effort. Not impressed.
i stopped caring about the skills comp when the players stopped trying. As a kid I always thought that if i was in an all star game I wanted to show I was the best at something, idk just super weird to not care. Wouldve been better if he didnt even show up
He’s probably hungover tbf
Hahahah
He was in Buble’s shrooms rotation
He was drunk not hungover 😂
Or hes still drunk
@@loganlagace4000 we know what drunk Kuch looks like lol. That was not it
I thought Kucherov move not giving a fuck was legit.
I really enjoyed the skills competition but making it a million for a charity of their choice would be another upgrade.
Would be a nice bonus for some board members of a "charity". Na let these players play for the prize themself and do with it what they wish. It's a very meaningful amount to them they aren't like NBA salaries and helps them try harder here if they actually get the full prize
@@alwayzsmarter It's more for the audience's enjoyment of the prize money. No issue with the players getting it but it's hard to really care about millionaires getting another million. Having each player declared for a charity raises awareness and can make if more fun to cheer if you have one you would prefer it go to.
@@coltonmarples4269 I am skeptical of how charities use money and half of them incentivize the bad activity they claim to be helping anyway. And then I feel like it can become more political and crap where it's like shaming some player cause he didn't give to Black Lives Matter or something.
Players on the other hand there's no gray area where the money is going. It's going to your fav players. The players make me happy and I want the player to get the little bonus directly
@@coltonmarples4269 to me ideal charity is not some commercial showing u beat up dogs or cancer kids to get u to send money somewhere but rather more direct off standard. Like give $20k to some local coffee shops, or random good people in your local community. Pay to redo your neighbors roof idk. Idk I feel like the more third parties the more money gets misused
@@alwayzsmarter There are still a lot of good charities that aren't political. Since they are all good causes I also doubt it would be an issue with any real hockey fans.
While the money is nice bonus for the player, it's gonna end up going to one of the highest-paid players anyway. 10-20% bump income bump can't match the tension of hungry kids vs cancer.
I get giving them a little bonus because they’re missing a week off (unlike everyone else), but you’re so right about the charity aspect 😭
Yeah. I like that idea. Why does an athlete that gets paid millions already need another mil in their bank account? Especially if they're going to half-ass their performance like Kucherov? He probably doesn't care because of his paycheck, but like Eck said, if it was for charity and he still half-asses it, then he'll look like a total dick.
@@jimb.7523McD probably will donate it. In the past the winning all star team would win a combined 1M and they’d always donate it.
At the same time, I feel like they would have just as much, or even less effort because 1 million is going to charity no matter what
The weekend is a marketing farce and Kucherov knows it. He just gained my respect.
Can you just imagine if anyone who never has watched hockey tuned into watch this and saw what they saw. They would be like, "This is hockey? How BORING". I haven't watched an "all-star" game in probably 8 years because they are BORING. This game as well as the skills competition doesn't help hockey at all.
I live in Tampa. I’ve watched kuch pretty much his whole career. he is a gamer heart. He doesn’t wanna be doing these skill competitions watch tonight in the real game he will show up.
the fact that this wasnt from charity from the start is the dumbest idea, why tf are they giving millionaires millions?
Makes them want to try (besides kuch) a mil is still a ton of money for some of these guys
@@dowcupseries9485 is it though? I don't have the roster in front of me but I'd imagine every player at the competition is already signed to a multi-year/multi-million dollar contract and will get another one after the contract expires. Now if this was the AHL All Star Game then hell yeah that's a nice chunk of change.
@@JaredLS10 I mean for a guy like JT Miller who I think makes the least of the guys who were in it, he makes 8 mil a year, 1 mil is no tiny amount, you make 80k a year that like winning 10k. Not a small amount and I think you could see that during the final comp guys actually wanted to win
@@dowcupseries9485I don't think most of them were trying the hardest tbh. If it was for charity, they would try harder and also promote certain charities at a large event like this. Kinda takes the fans out of it too if all they see is millionaire hockey players winning a million dollars for themselves.
@@therockieshockeypodcast I mean they will never try their hardest but I think tonight guys showed more effort then previous years ( besides Kucherov )
How can he take it seriously when Morgan Rielly is there but Hedman isn't. Point also has more goals and points than Marner. Not really an all star weekend.
It's a popularity contest. Not Kuch's thing. Speaking of point and Hedman if it was about "skills" pretty sure point would give everyone a run for their money in fastest skater and Hedman in hardest/fastest shot.
This was not about the NHL - it was about the Toronto Maple Loafs.
Ron MacLean / TSN / Rogers can explain it best.
@@bdgannon1473cry harder clown
when i saw this i was like are you keedin me?
He acted like he won the competition… are you keedin me?
Best players get punished by missing mid-season break, in a few wks he'll get slated for looking exhausted & off the pace!!
@@stingproductions
I fucken love it haha
Did you cry?
In the military, we had ‘morale building events’ or as many veterans may know it… ‘mandatory fun day’. These all star events always scream that to me.
Good analogy imo... "Look happy for the young'uns" day.
Thank you for your service. Either Canada or America. Doesnt matter...Dual citizen here... Makes it easier... 😝
You are correct. I usually make an appearance at the mando fun event, then bounce as soon as I can, lol. Lame.
The weekend is a marketing farce and Kucherov knows it. He just gained my respect.
But then as soon as a unit stops doing anything fun for families everyone throws a fit that the unit doesn't do enough lol
And they like doing it during off hours, how is this for the troops if you aren't will to take a hit on the day to day.
It felt weird watching millionaires compete for an additional million. I'm genuinely not sure why it wasn't for the charity of choice by the winner. Half these guys can make that money in a few months.
And then they retire and have to figure out an entire new career for the rest of their life and all things considered $1 million is still life changing for them. And makes the event better cause they'll try harder
A single million is NOT life-changing for McDavid. Its helpful... Sure. See his house? He'll be fine. Fine for life, from here on out, he wouldnt have to make another buck. Unless hes the biggest moron on the planet with his investments.@@alwayzsmarter
Even then, the coaching jobs and commentary gigs he could get for atleast two decades after hes done playing, based on pedigree alone is ridiculous...
Charity makes it far better for everyone. So when the worlds best player wins, it doesnt look this bleh...
@@alwayzsmarterits like you were talking about some normal bum winning 1 mil, or even like this was the AHL all star week, and not the NHL all star one...
@@alwayzsmarterya it must be really tough being smart with your money and not blowing 6-13 million a year while playing and come out with nothing left… Not to mention endorsements
@CalgaryDynastar idk seems like babies always going to keep crying no matter what
The most annoying part of him doing that is there's 44 players there, only 12 got to do this event, and I'm sure many of the others would have agreed to take his place if he didn't want to do it. Crosby was right there, he never half asses anything.
Kucherov is the complete opposite of Crosby, who is an out and out professional and has respect for the game.
is it even possible to give up your spot? like this whole event is beyond pointless
Im sure i could dig up many instances of Crosby half assing something but ill just give you the most recent one that literally happened at the All Star. Crosby didn't even show up for the draft, he was seen skating in a hockey rink outside somewhere i don't remember the place. So to your point, id say a lot of these players do not want to participate, even your beloved Crosby.
@@WaaDjooNoBoutDa That's not a competition, and you're just kind of a lazy idiot who saw something out of context and you don't understand why he was there.
Are you serious? Crosby has missed almost ALL of the all star games. Last year he got suspended for it. He didn't even show up to the player draft with the literal lame excuse of "not having service" and yet he sent in a video of him practicing by himself in an outdoor rink. Honestly the worst possible player to use as an example of having class for all-star games
I'm not sure if Eck remembers Kucherov's shirtless beer pounding interview after he won the cup, but Kuch is not your regular kind of player. He clearly doesn't care about any of this. He'll spend the time and energy doing what matters to him.
Mvdavid, makar and mackinnon can do both.
Why cant this j*ck*ss?
Huge upgrade! Surfboards were embarrassing!
They don’t surf in Hartford
@@TOCC50 No, last year in Sunrise
Meanwhile, his teammates get to laugh about it from their vacation on the beach. The all-star game isn't a reward for outstanding play, it's a punishment to the player who have to go instead of getting a much needed mini-break during the season.
What a punishment. Going to an event largely marketed for kids, to do easy competitions and show your appreciation to your fans. While also making millions a year anyways. Sooo cruel. Kuch is pathetic.
@1shotlegend I agree. You can tell the players hate it, though. Several players have flat out said "Don't vote for me," or faked an injury to get out of it.
@@1shotlegend lmao you're so mad over a pointless all star game AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
@@Jay-gi6oh lol, settle down babe.
This whole weekend is a waste of time
Kucherov knows how to turn it on, no doubt - but he is the pinnacle of that kind of player imo haha.
the all star thing was tonight? oh.
lol I know right last years was so cringe I just forgot about it entirely
The only reason I knew that it had just happened was because TALK uploaded a video about his song performance there.
I heard that the game is tmw but I don’t even know at what time, and I don’t fucking care to look it up.
@@JesusFriedChristbut you cared to comment 🙄
It looked like he was trying at first but then when it didn't go well, he stopped trying. He was probably a bit embarrassed and the fans made it worse. When Draisaitl skates back after completely flubbing the accuracy competition, Kucherov is one of the guys giving him a stick tap and smile, because he's feeling the same way
His mind was at a beach. Like the lesser known players. Good on him.
As a Lightning fan, this was hilarious to watch.
also a lightning fan) I was laughing my ass off
circus loves their clowns it seems
@@BigVuVu what? You wish your team had Kucherov lol
@@CoasterCheetah lol yall thinking every fan would love to have idiots on their team regardless of their skills, no I wouldn't like to have rat, wilson, ovenchicken and this russian dog on my team ur so wrong
@@BigVuVu buddy kucherov solos ur whole team 😭
Kucherov just being a troll to the Toronto fanbase. You can clearly see his intentions when he started waving to the fans after his lackluster performance. I think if it was anywhere else besides being in Toronto it may have been different.
Too bad for the kids who rock his jersey or fans he has and were wanting to see him only for him to be a bum like this and embarrass himself
Tells you all you need to know. Dude thinks beating Toronto is an "accomplishment"
@@TheGamerChronicles999 like he cares
He is not playing hockey for fans and he doesn't give a fuck about opinion from fans.
@@henrymanzano2201Why would he care about beating Toronto fans. No one cares about Toronto in Tampa. Tampa beat them enough times. Twice back to back cups.
The Leafs are a zero threat to Kuch. He laughs at them. 😂
Maybe 500k for charity, and 500k to the player. That way there's incentive from both aspects.
I think it's awesome they let the players get the full money. And it's not NBA or something with insane salaries so the money is very meaningful to the players rather than vanishing into the abyss of corrupt "charity" organizations
Players always donate it themselves
I think a player that makes millions dosnt need any money and playing for charity would be a good thing.
they donate it anyway @@ryans413
Players like mcdavid really don't need an extra million. We're talking about superstars only here.@@alwayzsmarter
Bjorkstrand just wanted his vacation man.
I gave up watching NHL all star games a while ago. In the games nobody seems to be trying. Giving them substantial monetary prizes seems like the wrong message, I like the charity angle.
Bah. Charity inclusion is 100% ridiculous.
People who *actually care* about a cause don't go around advertising the living shit out of their donations. Only schmucks talk about their contributions. And that's to say nothing about the scam festival that is modern big-ticket "charity". 🙄
give me one reason why would they try
Just remove it entirely. Its a joke and a waste of time
The players should've gotten more $
Kuch was just trolling. Gotta love him
Russian troll
If he REALLY wanted to troll,he could have announced he was changing his name to "Nikita Nineteen", and his number to 67
Waist of time, means nothing in the standings or winning stanley cup
Well it means something to the nhl fans that were there to see their heroes.
Cl*wn
The way that the NHL under Gary Bettman makes these players make fools of themselves with these silly costumes and off ice contests is straight up disrespectful to the game . Kucherov was making a statement to Bettman just like Proverov did by not wearing the pride jerseys in warm ups . Hats off to both of them for standing up to this silly bullshit . It's NOT what hockey is about .
No one cares about the all star. I never have and I won’t start now, Kucherov just doing what is expected he doesn’t care about some silly little game. Maybe if the NHL wasn’t forcing their players to participate, you would get people who actually want to go.
I like your charity idea.
Davo said he was going to donate a portion of it to charity. Making it a million dollar donation to a charity of your choice instead of a cheque is a fantastic idea.
The All Star game should really be after the Stanley Cup is done.
I really feel like when he dropped down the rankings he knew he couldn’t win and he’s at a point in his career where he isn’t as competitive to go try hard mode and then when he messed up every skill competition drill, he gave up because he knew he lost. I bet he actually tries a little harder in the game because he likes playing hockey, not showing off random skills of the game.
The weekend is a marketing farce and Kucherov knows it. He just gained my respect.
He had an incident at the All Star Game when he tried very hard, but due to nerves he could not hit the goal. Then all the fans laughed at him, and he was angry. And now it’s the other way around - he’s laughing, and all the fans are angry.
What a pro
Absolutely, this event should be for charity with the winner deciding where the money goes.
All star is a terrible demonstration of actual skill, you just need to watch Draisaitl in any accurate shooting comp during these. Kuch is the top scorer in the league and probably winning the Hart. The guy only tries when it matters. He could’ve forfeited his spot but I don’t think anyone on the lightning would care.
He would have been suspended one game if he had, so there's zero incentive for him to go that route when he can just show up and not try.
he isn't the top scorer, thats matthews. matthews has most goals right now, kuch has most points.
@@junk3996 oh brother, we have a genius right here. Scorer refers to points. You have to say goal scorer for it to be about goals
Then why’s he here then step aside and let someone that wants to be there play.
@@ryans413 1 game suspension. NOT worth in the tightest division.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined”
Mr lynch with a timeless quote haha
Last year was a complete disaster and pretty much a joke … turned so many fans ( myself included ) off of the complete point of this competition… this year … other than the celebrities that have nothing to do with hockey … has been better than past
I assumed it was bad. Looked decent from highlights. Maybe I'll actually watch next year.
@@alwayzsmarter better listen to the Betman Conference… no more All-Stars for sometime
@@jeniasmackay7931 no way? I've not listened but that's interesting
@@alwayzsmarter they are doing a 4 international challenge competition
@@jeniasmackay7931 it sounded like next year was an off case due to Olympics but may be a format they stick with if goes well. Idk if that means they're basically doing a mini nhl-only Olympics or what but I'm open to the idea tho I think the competition thing sounded cool this year. I'm sure it's a never ending expirement
I'm buying his Jersey now
Said the same thing last night
I agree on the charity angle. It’d be a fuck load more interesting if it wasn’t a bunch of millionaires playing for yet another million while loads of people can’t afford more than one game a season if that. That being said, still a shit ton better than the jokes of previous years. At least it was just kucherov on his own that made a mockery of it as opposed to the whole night being a joke.
It was finally a skills competition worth watching, it would be nice if each participant helped create one competition
Charity is a scam. The CEO of the charity keeps the bulk of the money.
You know you can easily go online and verify what % of intake that charities actually payout right? There are tons where the payout is 80%+. Instead of calling an entire industry a scam just maybe do a tiny bit of homework.
Anyone who follows the lightning saw this coming… thats kuch. Get over it
... and he's a classless piece of garbage. Get over it.
Just got home from the comp lol honestly Kucherov looked like he didn't wanna be there. I am a Toronto fan and am also disappointed at Nylander's miss in the obstacle course.. the whole stadium was on their feet ready to celebrate :(
He made it very clear that he has no respect for the game, the fans or even himself. He's a Ducherov.
@@stevencooke6451 yeah i also went to the game yesterday and every single person booed him during his penalty shot. No one will respect him if he can't take it seriously
Really, take all star game seriously? Its silly show. For players it will be better if they have 2-3 days free which can spend with family....
NHL should allow players who get voted in the option to opt out so this is avoided
Maybe he is just sick of the production it has become.
Can we talk about how McDavid won the contest he helped to construct…. Hm. What a surprise (he is one of the best players EVER, but the contest was partly drills he does all summer?? No other player had a fair chance in the last round)
I wish they would have had more players involved but it was better than last year
@Eck plssss make a video about how they need to take the all star games seriously like the 2016 all star game was actully fun to watch, now they just look like they are all scripted and purposely missing the net or just handing it to the other team. - coach burnzy
Kuch knew it was rigged for McDavid to take it all & be the "hero"... so why bother? I mean, they actually had McDavid tell them what he does for practice & applied it to this year's skills challenges! A blind person could have seen that coming, so I don't blame Kuch one bit.
Skills comps were great before the Internet boom. Now that we can watch highlight reels whenever we want, there’s really not a need for them. Let the guys have a week off
The NHL put on this showcase to highlight who they consider their biggest star, they said during the broadcast that Conner McDavid helped format the program and during one of the competitions said that he should be good at this one because it is his off season training routine. Why Kuch go all out to promote another player.
Kucherov? Not trying? Not caring about anyone but himself? No, that can't be right...
Someone’s upset 🥺🥺🥺
cope
How about they stop all of this, and just have Allstars in name only. This is beyond stupid in all sports, not just hockey, let the professional athletes rest and still get the honor of being an Allstar without having to do this trash
Let the organizers deal with it. This should be all about the FANS.
Either bro got some shrooms from buble and thought he was in blades of glory too or he just wanted the backlash. I hope he is the single reason its for charity
He started off poorly then wanted to play it off like he didnt care.
People complaining like the skills competition hasn’t been a farce for the last 10 plus years. Who honesty is upset about this? I would have been laughing my ass off at this if I was in the arena.
I agree that this should be for charity bc they already make a ton of money so giving a million dollars to a charity of their choice could be overall a better look for the nhl
It sucked so hard last year I vowed to never watch it ever again. Admittedly, I am too old school these days for “hip” or “fancy” new ideas regarding how to showcase these guys. Truth be told, I miss the old 5 on 5 East vs West battles and used to LOVE seeing guys actually get fired up, trying to win, and show which division was the “best”. Alas, those were also the days when dudes also checked hard, played gritty, and sometimes initiated some scrums and physical battles. Unfortunately, that part of hockey and the All Star game went the way of the pussyfoots. 🤔🧐🤔🤨🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫💥👊🤣💥
This was Connor McDavids personal Stanley Cup Finals
Kucherov is a hockey player, not a general entertainer. If you want hamsters to run through your child impressing maze, then go find hamsters to run it. Kucherov is the only one who had the backbone to do, what everyone else there was thinking.
The nhl all-star break, is an on-going joke, running about 15 years now. Nobody over the age of 7 should care about this, and if someone over the age 7 does, well, I question their maturity. This entire event was embarrassing............ for the league, like it always is.
All Star games should be stopped forever.
10 puck takes me back holy
he got under everyones skin, pure awesomeness haha
He was trying… until he started doing crappy, then he started to loaf around. Pretty embarrassing, not awesome at all. He is a great player, just not in the conversation with Mcdavid or Mackinnon.
The way to actually fix this is to bring the players who actually want to be there and not force them to go
Overall good choices on the types of Skills Events. I'd like to see more variety in players throughout events though. And add 2 Events. Breakaway Challenge. Tone it down on theatrics and it could be great. And finally, BRING BACK THE GOALIE RACE!
8 Events where skaters can earn points. 8 Skaters participate in each event. Skaters are allowed to participate in Max 4 Events so they have to choose wisely on which ones. Top 6 in Points from the 8 events get the Obstacle Course Event. 1 of those events the Goalies can earn money - One on One and an extra Goalie Event in the GOALIE RACE Tournament Bracket where winner gets money.
Skater Events - Fastest Skater / One Timers / Passing Challenge / Hardest Shot / Stick Handling / Accuracy Shooting / One-On-One / Breakaway Challenge // Obstacle Course Final
Goalie Events - One-On-One / GOALIE RACE
Biznasty and PK Subban Host / 4 Teams each with Captain and Alternate Captain and Celebrity Coach / Player Draft in smaller studio setting
Max 4 Skaters and 1 Goalie per NHL Team
Friday - Player Draft / PWHL Showcase Game
Saturday - Skills Competition
Sunday - Legends Game / All Star Games
Imagine you are playing 82 games in a season plus playoffs and you are not the youngest and you have given enough to fans by being 2 time stanley cup champion i absolutely understand that Kucherov didnt go full effort i would do the same
Got the impression that he was tilted from doing poorly and just decided to int, as opposed to not caring the whole time
He probably has something against Toronto like a lot of players
Listen if the dude is already forced to go don't expect him to try, i'm sure he would rather be on vacation relaxing with his teammates instead of doing some challenges that basically mean nothing to the nhl season.
As a Lightning fan, I just gave up watching I was just completely disappointed, this is embarrassing for us
Kucherov was the highlight of that snooze fest
slow play so he doesn't get hurt or risk injury. good on him!
Not saying im right about this, but Kucherov has always looked lazy/lackluster on the ice its part of how he skates, how he plays almost with no pulse in his game. When he slows his intensity down even more this is often what it looks like. I dont think that means he didnt care, maybe he felt some pressure. Kucherov is highly competitive and im not saying you are wrong by stating that he doesnt care enough. Im just not sure the common body language signs are saying so much
What Kucherov did isn't disrespectful, the NHL All-Star game itself is disrespectful. The best players in the world reduced to loafing around a bunch of parlor games so the league can shill its sponsors. I'm more surprised someone hadn't done it sooner tbh.
I found it distasteful how the announcers constantly reminded us how much extra pocket money the players were going to earn.
Even if you take out money aspect alltogether, they should at least try for the fans. They come to watch the best of the best competing and having some fun at the same time. Fans are who pay their bills, not showing even a bit of effort is pure disrespect and I would be booing the guy each time he steps on the ice for the rest of the season.
The "Do it for charity" idea is BRILLIANT!
Hell, it gives the NHL yet ANOTHER "fan voting option"
If he doesn't want to do it, don't make him. Don't select him to the All-Stars. He clearly doesn't want to be there.
I laughed when this debacle was up for gambling on Fanduel. It thought to myself, not in a million years would I bet on this mess! The players don't care.
Well, at least kutcherov did not care. Fanduel! 😂
Hes a top tiet competitor, arguably best in the league. Hes there to do a job and play hockey not fuck around.
Love all the haters. Let's be honest though, Kucherov has been this way throughout his career. He cares about winning the cup, that's it. All the circus show stuff is not for him. All those boos towards Kuch only fuel the machine that is terrorizing the league with 85 points.
"for the fans" really means for profits, so it's normal for some players to just not care
Yes it would do something for the city of toronto in Kuch's eyes to try, he doesn't like or care for this crap, and doesn't want to be there. If this were the Olympics then i would say there's legit problems, but like you said he's the leading scorer of the NHL. You think he gives a fk what people think about All Stars comp considering they're trying to do literally anything else to switch places with how bad it is.... IE the 4 nation battle next year
Honestly the mockery that is all star weekend is disrespectful! If he falls and gets hurt everyone would be calling for it to be cancelled
Honestly quite embarrassing. Let Caufield, Peterka, or Stutzle in there. Some young HUNGRY energy.
Kucherov doing this has only increased my respect for him exponentially. The skills competition is a joke
They need to pay these guys more millions to even get them to go to an event for the fans who made them rich in the first place. Pretty pathetic really.
The guy has one of the most assholic smile I’ve ever seen.
stupid challenge to have the leading scorer pass on the ice
No it isn’t! Maybe decrease his salary and we’ll see “how stupid” it really is”. 👋
Agreed. It should be for charity.
After all, $1,000,000 is just pocket money to these guys
If people are annoyed by this, then they are annoyed by anything. Nobody gives a shit….. period.
As a Blues fan, I tuned in to see how Robert Thomas was going to perform in the skills competition, but no Thomas. Just the same guys competing over and over again, and multi-millionaires competing to get another measly million bucks to try to improve their effort. Not impressed.
These players get paid millions already they don’t need the money. Playing for charity is a good idea.
Yea mcjesus will give it to charity
McDavid ran away with it.
Kucherov: Acts like Kucherov.
NHL Fans: *shocked pikachu face
Kucherov should be (unofficially) banned from next year's festivities
I think he tried at first and when it didn't go his way he gave up.
i stopped caring about the skills comp when the players stopped trying. As a kid I always thought that if i was in an all star game I wanted to show I was the best at something, idk just super weird to not care. Wouldve been better if he didnt even show up
He should be sent to Ukraines front lines if he can’t appreciate what he has.
Hockey fans when a player finally does something remotely interesting: "Stop that! It's rude. 😤😤😢😢"