Buffalo Boy's Blog

As big of a hockey fan as I am, I will not watch the pathetic display that the NHL puts on today. The All Star game has become a joke. Its no better than the NFL Pro Bowl that nobody watches.

I was quickly reminded of why I will not watch today as I sat watching yesterday with my dad. The breakaway competition was a sad excuse for a skills competition. It was ballet dancing with a puck and stick. The goal wasn't to score on scrub goalies as much as it was to dance around as much as possible with the puck and scoring was secondary.

The fastest skater was okay, the hardest shot was okay, that kind of stuff I can get behind. But the breakaway skill was a joke. Ovechkin with all his talent made a mockery of the thing with his two stick and goofy hat thing. Thats exactly what it all was, goofy.

Today will be no different, the players will skate around and score about 20 goals between the two teams and one team will win 12-8 or something like that. Nothing we ever see during a regular season or playoff game.

Whats the worst part and the main reason why I don't waste me time is that integral parts of the game are left out because the players and coaches are too chicken shit to get anyone hurt. Hitting is an integral part of this game and if you have time on your hands, tune in, you won't see anyone touch anyone else. You'd be better off putting them all on a bubble hockey board, they can only skate in straight lines and no one will lay a finger on anyone.

Hitting and checking is part of this game, its the reason why some guys get voted in. But you won't see it. You won't see any powerplays because no one will play hard enough or play desparate enough to hit anyone or hook anyone for a penalty. Again, all part of the game.

The reason I chose the French logo was because the bottom word Etoiles, kind of looks like toilet, which is exactly where they should put this game, in the toilet. It doesn't provide the casual fan or any new fan for that matter who may tune in, an appropriate view of why the game of hockey is great. Yes the wide open play is nice, but so are the hits, the aggressiveness and the physical play that you would see if these players were playing in a game with some meaning.