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Watching The ASG
by Paul on 01/23/09 at 08:11 AM ET
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from William Houston of the Globe and Mail,
A few days ago, TSN hockey analyst Bob McKenzie called the NHL all-star weekend a “white elephant” in the sense that it’s dull, cumbersome and, as a spectacle, a liability more than an asset.
McKenzie might have tempered his comment if TSN were airing the all-star events, but he is right. The game is a pitiful representation of hockey, a no-contact snoozer that leaves real fans cold.
Hockey Night in Canada’s Ron MacLean has suggested replacing all-star weekend with an annual hockey festival with activities that perhaps wouldn’t even include an all-star game. Anything would be better than the existing format.
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I usually watch the ASG cringing with one eye closed. It’s hard to take. The non stop goal scoring is pretty ridiculous especially when the “experts” constantly tell you how great all the goalies are and how there isn’t enough scoring in the NHL...then you turn on the ASG and........? So either the NHL isn’t hockey or the ASG isn’t hockey...that’s really the question. In my mind the ASG isn’t hockey..if its the other way around then I am wasting my winters
Posted by kevin from boston on 01/23/09 at 10:31 AM ET