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LA to host 2017 NHL All Star Game, NHL likes Montreal better than Toronto.

Today NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman officially announced that the Los Angeles Kings will host the 2017 NHL All Star Game. This will be held there as the NHL celebrates its centennial and the LA Kings celebrate their 50th anniversary.

This is a huge get for the Kings, and for NHL fans as LA will put on quite a show for the festivities.

However.....next year is the Maple Leafs centennial season. MLSE CEO Time Leiweke said in 2014 that the Maple Leafs expected:

The team with the longest Stanley Cup drought is looking to host every other major NHL event—the All-Star Game, the NHL Draft and the Winter Classic, not to mention the anticipated 2016 World Cup of Hockey—leading up to or during the club’s 100th anniversary, to be celebrated throughout 2017.