The Skills Competition was kind of a joke, players clearly not taking it seriously. It was drawn out way too long, and it was really hard for fans to really buy into it.
Take this shootout effort from New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin:
Sarah Nurse is a great player, and it's great for the game to have her and Hillary Knight on the ice for this event.
But this level of effort - in which Shesterkin is not alone - is an insult to fans.
Trevor Zegras, who stole the show with his Dodgeball-inspired shootout move last season, chimed in with his thoughts about the All-Star game.
They weren't positive...
| POLL | ||
FÉVRIER 4 | 784 ANSWERS Trevor Zegras Bashes the NHL's All-Star Game & Skills Competition How do you feel about the state of the NHL's All-Star weekend? | ||
| Love it | 45 | 5.7 % |
| Like it | 68 | 8.7 % |
| Don't like it | 126 | 16.1 % |
| It's a joke | 545 | 69.5 % |
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YESTERDAY
APRIL 30, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Quinn Hughes | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Leo Carlsson | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Chris Kreider | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Troy Terry | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Matthew Boldy | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Cutter Gauthier | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mavrik Bourque | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Wyatt Johnston | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Connor Murphy | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Vasily Podkolzin | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Ryan Poehling | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Michael Bunting | - | 1 | 1 | |
| John Carlson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Colton Dach | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Leon Draisaitl | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Matt Duchene | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Brock Faber | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Marcus Foligno | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Kasperi Kapanen | - | 1 | 1 | |
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