FULL Stick Handling Competition | 2024 NHL All-Star Skills

Watch the league’s best compete to see who is the best stick handler at the 2024 NHL All-Star Skills Competition.

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IN T GAME HE’S AS ELITE AS THEY COME. SO QUINN HUGHES GETS THE SET THE BAR EARLY ON HERE. I’M NOT SURE IF THAT’S A GOOD THING OR BAD THING >> MAY BE A DISADVANTAGE. >> Craig: I THINK SO. >> Craig: WILLIAM NYLANDER IS

THE LAST ONE TO GO SO HE’LL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE HAS TO DO TO TRY TO WIN IT. >> Chris: WHAT A SEASON HE HAS HAD. LOOKS SMOOTH SO FAR. THERE’S THAT SECTION WHERE YOU THINK THE BLUE LINER MIGHT HAVE AN ADVANTAGE ESPECIALLY SOMEONE

AS ADAPT AS QUINN HUGHES >> Craig: AND NOW A TOE DRAG HERE. >> Chris: 29.038 IS THE TIME TO BEAT. >> Craig: I THINK IT’S THE HARDEST GOING FIRST. YOU JUST — EVERYBODY NOW GETS TO WATCH. ALL THE GUYS LOOKING UP AT THE

BIG SCREEN, WHAT DO WE HAVE DO IT OH, THE TRANSITION. HUGHES WAS FOCUSING ON THE PUCK TO MAKE SURE HE DIDN’T LOSE CONTROL. IN A GAME YOU NEVER SEE THE PLAYERS LOOKING DOWN SHOO HERE’S A GUY WHO HAS THE QUICKEST HANDS IN THE LEAGUE, YOU’D THINK.

SO FAR FIFTH IN THIS OVERALL COMPETITION WITH FIVE POINTS OFF HIS FASTEST SKATER WIN. AND THINKS HIS GAME STILL HAS ANOTHER LEVEL THIS SEASON. 29.038 THE TIME TO BEAT. >> Craig: ALL GOOD CROSS OVER. TURNED A LITTLE QUICK. >> Chris: GOINGNG TO BE CLOSE. MAYBE NOT THAT CLOSE. 25.755.

>> Craig: YOU MENTIONED THE AN ATHLETIC KANE VIDEO YOU SAW EARLY ON. THESE GUYS ARE OWE — SO ADEPT AT DOING THE QUICK HANDS. THAT TURN WAS MY QUERY. TWICE HE MADE THE TURN QUICKLY AND THERE’S THE TOE DRAG. >> Chris: SO IT’S THE FOURTH

EVENT FOR ELIAS PETTERSSON. SECOND IF THIS COMPETITION WITH 10 POINTS, BUT HAS TO BE TOP FIVE HERE TO TAKE THE LEAD IN THE COMPETITION. >> Craig: REALLY GETS YOUR ATTENTION EARLY, DOESN’T IT? HOW CLOSE TOGETHER THESE PUCKS ARE >> Chris: THEY REALLY ARE.

>> Craig: TO HAKE SURE YOU’RE NOT GOING OUT. >> Chris: COULD BE OVER EARLY. >> Craig: YEAH. OH! BLOWS A TIRE AND THAT WILL COST HIM. >> Craig: THERE’S KEVIN’S DISCUSSION OF THE ADVANTAGE FOR THE DEFENCEMAN. WE SAW McDAVID WITH THE QUICK

LITTLE TURURN AND THERE JUST LOSING THE EDGE, AND THAT TIME >> Chris: 29.526. AND WE LOOK AT THE PROBLEM THERE. AND YET BEATS QUINN HUGHES DESPITE THE BOBBLE. >> Craig: THIS WILL BE FUN TO WATCH, KUCHEROV AFTER THE PASSING. HE SAID HE’S HAVING A LOT OF

FUN. LET’S SEE THE SPEED THAT HE CAN GET UP TO IN THIS ONE. >> Chris: CORRECT MYSELF, BEHIND QUINN, BOTH WITH JUST OVER 29 SECONDS, BUT HUGHES IS SECOND. AND NOW KUCHEROV, WHO NEEDS A RESULT HERE. AS HE HAS STRUGGLED AND, NOT HIS NIGHT

>> Craig: NO, THIS IS WORST CASE SCENARIO THERE. YOU KNOW HOW JUST LONELY IT CAN FEEL THERE. NOBODY TO HELP YOU. >> Chris: FIRST PLAYER PICKED IN THE DRAFT LAST NIGHT. THE POINTS LEADER, AND — >> Craig: I THINK HE’LL MILK THIS ONE, ISN’T HE? >> Chris: YEAH.

GOING TO SOAK IT ALL IN, AS THE FANS GIVE HIM A LITTLE OF THE BRONX CHEER. HERE’S KEVIN. >> Kevin: CONNOR, SURPRISE GUESS HERE PASSING THE PUCKS IN THE ONE-TIMER EVENT. HOW ARE YOU ENJOYING THE WEEKEND SO FAR? THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY I’M SURE.

>> YEAH, IT’S BEEN GREAT. I MEAN, KIND OF — MY PARENTS CAME DOWN AND ARE ENJOYING IT, TAKING IT ALL IN. IT’S BEEN FUN BEING WITH THESE GUYS, GETTING TO SEE THEM DOING STUFF. >> >> Kevin: YOU’RE WATCHING AND STUDYING THE EVENTS.

WHAT EVENTS WOULD YOU DO WELL AT AND WHICH WOULD BE CHALLENGING? >> I WOULD STRUGGLE IN THE SKATING ONE BUT MAYBE WITH THE ONE-TIMER, I DON’T KNOW. >> Kevin: WHO WILL WIN THIS? THERE’S ONLY ONE OR TWO EVENTS LEFT? EVEN KNOW THE SCORES?

>> I’LL GO WITH I THINK BARZY, STICK WITH HIM >> Kevin: YOU STICK TOGETHER, DON’T YOU? >> YEAH, I TRY >> Chris: ANOTHER OF THE VAN UFR DELEGATION, CONNOR BEDARD. LEON DRAISAITL WITH THE BIG PADDLE AS HE BEARS I IN AND PUTA

TIME OF 28.677 ON THE BOARD, SO THAT WILL MOVE HIM INTO SECOND PLACE. >> Craig: AGAIN, FOR THE FORWRWARDS, THIS IS THE MOST CHALLENGING PART THERE TO TRY TO KEEP YOUR SPEED AND NOT TURN TOO QUICKLY. DRAISAITL WAS ABLE TO. THIS NEXT PARTICIPANT IS ONE I

THINK I’M REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE. >> Chris: YEAH. >> Craig: YOU THINK OF HOW MANY BURSTS OF SPEED COME OUT OF THE GAME OF NATHAN MacKINNON, AND THE QUICK HANDS IN THOSE TIGHT AREAS. INTERESTING TO SEE HOW HE CAN HANDLE THIS.

>> Chris: WASN’T HAD IN THE FASTEST SKATER AND SOME SAY HE’S FASTER WHEN HE HAS A PUCK ON HIS STICK. SEE HOW HE NEGOTIATES THE TURNS. TIME TO BEAT, 25.755 BY McDAVID. NOT GOING TO GET THERE. HE WILL, 25.715. PARDON ME. >> Craig: HE’S GOT 27. >> Chris: 27.

>> Craig: YOU DO SEE, THESE ARE TWO OF THE MOST EXPXPLOSIVE SKATERS, YOU’RE TRYING TO GO UP AGAINST McDAVID’S NUMBERS, SO IT’S IN THESE MOMENTS YOU TRY TO I CAN P UP — PICK UP THE TIME, AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFICULTY OF PICKING UP THE PUCK.

A COUPLE OF SECOND OFF THE LEADER McDAVID >> Chris: LET’S RESET THAT McDAVID IS THE LEADER AND NATHAN MacKINNON HAS MOVED INTO SECOND PLACE. AND HERE IS DAVID PASTRNAK. SEVENTH OVERALL WITH 4.5 POINTS SO FAR. AND HE WILL NOT THREATEN McDAVID AS WELL. >> Craig: OH, MISSES.

>> Chris: THAT’S THE PART YOU WOULD NOT HAVE EXPECTED. >> Craig: OH, BOY. HE’S LAUGHING AT HIMSELF THERE. BUT THAT MISS IS GOING TO ADD WHAT, ANOTHER 14 SECONDS AS HE’S GOT NOTHING BUT A SMILE ON HIS FACE. CAN’T BELIEVE HE MISSED THE OPEN NET.

>> Chris: DANGER THERE IS P MIGHT PUT HIM IN THE BUBBLE POSITION. >> Craig: YEAH, RIGHT. EVERY POINT A SIGNIFICANT ONE TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE IN THE SEMIFINAL AND FINAL. AND DID THE CURL AND DRAG PART. IT CAME OFF THE TIP OF HIS STICK. [ Laughter ]

>> Craig: AT THE END YOU’RE ALWAYS FUN TO BE AROUND THE GUYS. >> Chris: A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND MATHEW BARZAL IS A SLEEPER PICK IN THIS COMPETITION. THE LAST ENTRY REPLACING JACK HUGHES, AND RIGHT NOW HE’S IN THIRD PLACE WITH SEVEN POINTS.

THIS IS ONE EVENT YOU THINK HE COULD CONTEND >> Craig: YEAH, HIS SKATING ABILITY WITH THE PUCK IS TOP NOTCH. ISN’T THIS ELLIOTTE’S SLEEPER PICK, I ISN’T IT? >> I THINK IT MIGHT BE. LET’S SEE AGAIN, TIME BEAT, HE’S INN AT 26.929, AND THAT’S

GOOD FOR SECOND BEHIND McDAVID, BUT AHEAD OF NATHAN MacKINNON. >> Craig: SO McDAVID’S RUN IS STILL THE TIME TO BEAT. AND YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING COMING UP HERE, WILLIAM NYLALANDER, IF YOU LOOK AT A PA OF HIS GAME THAT REALLY HAS

GROWN OVER THE LAST COUPLE CAN OF YEARS IS HIS EXPLOSIVENESS AND HIS STOPS AND STARTS. IT’S EVIDENT IN HOW MUCH OFFENSE HE CREATES. HE HAS THE HOME CROWD BESIDE HIM AND HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT NUMBER HE HAS TO TRY TO GET. >> Chris: YEAH, DIFFERENT STORY

IN THIS EVENT FOR NYLANDER WHO HAD TO GO FIRST IN THE FASTEST, SECOND IN THE PASSING. >> Craig: THERE YOU GO. >> Chris: WRAPPING UP THIS COMPE COMPETITION. CROWD BEHIND HIM AS HE HEADS HOME. AND A BOBBLE AT THE END, 27.272. THAT’S THE THIRD BEST TIME IN

THE STICKHANDLING COMPETITION >> Craig: YOU SAID A LITTLE BOBBLE. LITTLE BOBBLE AT THE BEGINNING AS HE HITS ONE OF THE PUCKS HERE AND HE HAS TO RETRIEVE AND KICK IT UP AND GET THROUGH THEM ALL. THAT COST HIM A SECOND OR SO.

DID A NICE JOB AT THE END WITH HIS FOOT WORK. AND IT’S THAT QUICK EXPLOSIVENESS. WATCH AT END, DOES THE CURL AND DRAG, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY TH