Vegas Golden Knights: Main Takeaways from All-Star Skills Comp

ST LOUIS, MISSOURI - JANUARY 24: Mark Scheifele #55 of the Winnipeg Jets, Tyler Bertuzzi #59 of the Detroit Red Wings, Nico Hischier #13 of the New Jersey Devils, Tomas Hertl #48 of the San Jose Sharks, Leon Draisaitl #29 of the Edmonton Oilers, Jonathan Huberdeau #11 of the Florida Panthers Jaccob Slavin #74 of the Carolina Hurricanes and Alex Pietrangelo #27 of the St. Louis Blues take part in the 2020 NHL All-Star Skills competition at Enterprise Center on January 24, 2020 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images) /

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ST. LOUIS, MO. – JANUARY 24: Montreal defenseman Shea Weber (6) fires in the winning shot in the hardest shot competition during the NHL All-Stars Skills Competion, at Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Mo., on January 22, 2020. Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

1. The King Returns

My favorite event in the NHL All-Star Skills Competition has always been the Hardest Shot, I’ll admit that now.

I mean, who doesn’t enjoy seeing players give it their absolute all to hammer the puck as hard as possible?!

And, for me, one of the best sights in all of hockey is whenever Shea Weber winds up to unleash one of his trademark one-timers.

The Montreal Canadiens defenseman has been a staple of the Hardest Shot competition and, after an absence, the veteran was back this year.

Praise the lord.

Weber’s mere presence made the event more entertaining and he didn’t disappoint.

Going up against defending champion John Carlson, Weber unleashed an absolute bomb and he won the event for the third time in his career after his shot came in at 106.5 miles per hour.

If I didn’t before, then I certainly adopted a newfound appreciation for all those bodies that have been on the receiving end of one of Weber’s bombs.

Rather them than me.

It was a triumphant return to the All-Star Game for Shea Weber and the Hardest Shot event is just that much better when Weber is involved.

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