Sean Shapiro

Associate Editor

The league officially announced that the 2024 NHL All-Star Game will be in Toronto.&nbsp;It’s not surprising, Toronto will always be in the All-Star Game rotation, but it is a hard shift from the past two All-Star games in Las Vegas and Florida.&nbsp;Warm weather sites understandably play favorably with the players. This past week players have enjoyed spending time on the beach in Fort Lauderdale, and it was demonstrably more of a family affair.&nbsp;Between players, sponsors, and other league big-wigs, the league had more than 7,000 guests in town for All-Star Weekend, an all-time high according to <a href="https://www.eliteprospects.com/staff/44077/gary-bettman">Gary Bettman</a>.&nbsp;He downplayed it and diplomatically made a point to say all locations would be considered in the future, but there have been rumblings from within NHL teams that there will become an informal “rotation” of all-star locations in the future that check off the boxes that places like Florida and Vegas provide.&nbsp; &nbsp;