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Nikita Kucherov hilariously booed in NHL skills challenge

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TORONTO -- Maybe Nikita Kucherov was saving it for the game?

The Tampa Bay Lightning star -- and current NHL points leader -- earned boos from the crowd when he seemingly dogged his way through a stickhandling challenge at the NHL's skills competition on Friday.

Kucherov was one of nine skaters tapped to participate in the event. But the right wing seemed the least interested as he plodded through the assigned markers as fans loudly booed his slow progress before he popped his puck in the net after 44 seconds.