If this is what replaces the flaccid all-star week, I'm okay with it, showbiz and all. But to be a meaningful representation of best-on-best there needs to be Czech and Russia.

Compared to what NBA, NFL and MLB put on as the all-star showcases, I think the NHL marketers have a winner.

Nothing... I mean nothing will replace a Stanley Cup, but this does sell the game, which I've mixed emotions over.