All Star Solution?
I just saw this article, and while I’m still chewing on the idea, the more I think about it the more I like the idea.
The NHL’s All-Star Game is gone until next season, but International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel is angling to put on a different battle of the stars: The Stanley Cup champion vs. the best team in Europe.
“We must have a club championship – the winner of the Stanley Cup against the winner of the European Hockey League,” Fasel told The Hockey News in an interview with Paul Romanuk. “It is a must for the NHL and it is a must for us. It is a must for the hockey fans and for the game of hockey. Hockey needs it on both sides.
What we need is two teams who actually care about the game they’re playing. The All-Star game is nothing more than a joke, and I can’t reasonably blame the players for not putting their necks on the line. It’s bad enough for a team to lose a key player in the Olympics, but during the All-Star game?
Not a bad idea. I for one will be keeping my eyes on this.