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===Draft===
The draft of the NHL players will take place on February 1, 2024.<ref name="32 players"/> On January 4, the league announced that two of the captains will be [[Connor McDavid]] of the [[Edmonton Oilers]] and [[Auston Matthews]] of the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]].<ref>{{cite web |title=McDavid, Matthews to serve as two of the NHL All-Star Game captains |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/mcdavid-matthews-to-serve-as-two-of-the-nhl-all-star-game-captains/ |website=Sportsnet |access-date=January 13, 2024 |date=January 4, 2024}}</ref> The league then announced on January 20 that [[Nathan MacKinnon]] of the [[Colorado Avalanche]] will captain the third team, and brothers [[Jack Hughes]] of the [[New Jersey Devils]] and [[Quinn Hughes]] of the [[Vancouver Canucks]] will co-captain the fourth team. For alternate captains, [[Morgan Rielly]] will join Toronto teammate Matthews, [[Leon Draisaitl]] will join Edmonton teammate McDavid, and [[Cale Makar]] will join Colorado teammate MacKinnon. Each team will also have a celebrity captain.<ref name="Captains">{{cite web |title=Bieber, Arnett, McCrae, Buble named All-Star celebrity captains|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/nhl-all-star/nhl-all-star-celebrity-captains-named |website=Sportsnet |access-date=January 20, 2024 |date=January 20, 2024}}</ref> Each
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==Skills Competition==
The [[NHL All-Star Skills Competition]], scheduled for February 2, has been revamped. Instead of having individual winners for each skill event, twelve specific players will now compete in multiple events to determine an overall winner. Each player will first compete in four of the following six events: Fastest Skater, Hardest Shot, Stick Handling, One Timers, Passing Challenge, and Accuracy Shooting. The top eight will then advance to the Shoot Out. From there, the top six advance to the final event, the Obstacle Course.<ref name="skills">{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-all-star-skills-competition-to-feature-new-format |title=2024 NHL All-Star Skills to feature 8 events, $1 million prize |website=nhl.com |date=December 12, 2023}}</ref>
The players participating in the Skills Competition were determined by a fan vote held concurrently with the main All-Star fan vote that ran from January 4 to January 11:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/quinn-hughes-j-t-miller-named-to-all-star-skills-after-fan-vote |titleHughes, Miller of Canucks named to All-Star Skills after fan vote |website=nhl.com |date=January 20, 2024}}</ref>
* David Pastrnak (Boston)
* Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado)
* Cale Makar (Colorado)
* Connor McDavid (Edmonton)
* Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton)
* Jack Hughes (New Jersey)
* Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay)
* Auston Matthews (Toronto)
* William Nylander (Toronto)
* Quinn Hughes (Vancouver)
* J.T. Miller (Vancouver)
* Elias Pettersson (Vancouver)
==Festivities and entertainment==
The [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]] NHL Fan Fair, held between February 1 and February 4 at the [[Metro Toronto Convention Centre]], will feature various fan activities during All-Star Weekend including games and appearances by NHL mascots and All-Star alumni.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/2024-hyundai-nhl-fan-fair-attractions-announced |title=2024 Hyundai NHL Fan Fair attractions announced |publisher=nhl.com |date=January 17, 2024}}</ref>
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The All-Star Game on February 3 will feature singer [[Tate McRae]] during the second intermission.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/nhl-all-star/tate-mcrae-to-headline-2024-nhl-all-star-game-entertainment |title=McRae to headline NHL All-Star Game entertainment |publisher=nhl.com |date=January 24, 2024}}</ref>
==Media rights==
In Canada, both the All-Star Game and Skills Competition will be broadcast in English on both [[Hockey Night in Canada|CBC]] and [[NHL on Sportsnet|Sportsnet]], under the ''Hockey Night in Canada'' banner, and on [[TVA Sports]] in French. The All-Star Game will also stream live in Canada on [[Sportsnet+]].<ref name="Captains"/>
In the U.S., the All-Star Game and Skills Competition will be broadcast by [[NHL on ABC|ABC]] and [[NHL on ESPN|ESPN]], respectively. Both events will also stream live in the U.S. on [[ESPN+]].<ref name="Captains"/>
==References==
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