Eklund: Ovechkin Skipping the All-Star Game... RUMORS A Plenty... Buzz@1

THINK ABOUT THE KIDS!

Eklund: Ovechkin Skipping the All-Star Game... RUMORS A Plenty... Buzz@1
- Eklund

Its his way of getting revenge on the NHL for missing the Olympics.

LOL the penguins talked to the wings about Howard?.....LOL

very "intensely"....LOL

..But here is the thing...This ONLY hurts the NHL fans.

You can't think of any way this might hurt more than the fans?

I’m a fan of hockey and I have always hated the all star game. Completely useless, boring hockey with no emotion. Skills competition is the only interesting part and we are not even seeing the skill from players that don’t make it to the all stars. More interested in the franchises skills challenges instead

LOL the penguins talked to the wings about Howard?.....LOL

very "intensely"....LOL
- DeflatedPucks

DeSmith > Howard

DeSmith > Howard
- LeafGuy89

The Penguins had the league's best goaltending this past month in December. Murray and DeSmith have both been on fire and the former is also finally healthy. 2 solid dudes between the pipes. The Pens have needs elsewhere, not at goaltending. And yet they have talked very intensely.

'A lot' and 'alot' mean very different things, ek. It also looked like you were trying to type with a heavy Bostonian accent up "thair"

I think having the all-star game in the middle of the season is silly.

If it were a true all-star game, it would happen at the beginning of every season to kick-off the season, with every trophy winner and the best seasons by players from the previous year being rewarded. Its also dumb that every team gets represented at the game, when some teams don't have "real all-stars".

"A perfectly healthy Alex Ovechkin has decided to skip the All-Star Weekend in San Jose to get some extra rest"

His obligation is to his team....not to NHL marketing. I'm fine with this.

The Penguins had the league's best goaltending this past month in December. Murray and DeSmith have both been on fire and the former is also finally healthy. 2 solid dudes between the pipes. The Pens have needs elsewhere, not at goaltending. And yet they have talked very intensely.
- DeflatedPucks

Yeah, this doesn’t make any sense anymore.

HE has Every right to skip he knows his time is window is closing and he wants another cup . Good for him, Its stupid ! their are plenty of other ways to help the kids out Open practices Meet and greets etc

yawn,,,,,all star break....No all star game has been fun.

perfectly healthy? How do you know that? Complete conjecture

What the heck are the Oilers going to give up for Simmonds?

is there a rumor generator online somewhere? that HAS to be where some of this stuff comes from

The ASG is some of the worst hockey I've ever seen. I'm shocked that people still go

Commie gonna Commie

I would scrap the all star game, but keep the skills competition. Every team sends their best for each event, so we get the actual best at each skill. That's an event I would watch.

This would allow, for example, Kapanen to go for fastest skater, which will never happen in the current format.
You could have Mike Smith in the goalie puckhandling one, which will never happen in the current format.

Ovi has a toddler at home, I would assume he’s taking the time to spend his family...

What the heck are the Oilers going to give up for Simmonds?
- EugenesAxe

Knowing Chia, probably McDavid..

Its his way of getting revenge on the NHL for missing the Olympics.
- Alexzanki

As if the NHL cares. If this is his "revenge" than it's weaksauce.

Eklund: Ovechkin Skipping the All-Star Game... RUMORS A Plenty... Buzz@1
- Eklund

Ovechkin, or any player for that matter, skipping the AS game hurts no one.

No one.