eva unit zero 271 Report post Posted January 15, 2008 What I've wanted to see for quite some time is a shift away from the All-Star GAME to an All-Star tournament using division all-star teams. With a six division setup, it would work somewhat like the NFL conference playoffs. Top overall division record in each conference receives a bye. Remaining four teams are seeded based on overall division record. Winners would then be reseeded to face the top two division teams. There would be a total of five games, that could be scheduled as such: Thursday: Quarterfinals, two games Friday: Semifinals, two games Saturday: Skills competition Sunday: Finals While this would mean six times as many players (but only twice as many goalies) would be 'All-Stars' it would make for a more entertaining All-Star break that drew in more fans. And isn't that the point? For example, the Central Division roster could be: Hudler/Zetterberg/Holmstrom Filppula/Datsyuk/Cleary Nash/Arnott/Kane Kariya/Legwand/Boyes Lidstrom/Rafalski Kronwall/Keith Zidlicky/Hainsey Osgood Leclaire Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hank 0 Report post Posted January 15, 2008 ESPN Article Scott Burnside and Damien Cox had an interesting idea about the All-Star game, and I think it would be great. Back in the day, the All Star Game format was that the Stanley Cup Champions would play all the rest of the All-Stars in the league and host the game. So this year the Ducks would host the game and play one unifed team of All-Stars from the rest of the league. Conventional thinking would say the Ducks would get creamed, but it would be an interesting game! And the Ducks would have home ice and have been playing together all year. The record of the games when this was the format was: All-Stars 13 Defending Champs 8 1 Tie What do you think? I've always liked that idea. Back in the day there used to be fights too. Can't see that happening now but I think there'd be more emotion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
