times have changed . in the old days there wasnt satelite tv with every game live or recorded 24/7/365 , and computers / the internet so fans didnt know much about the allstars and getting to see them at the allstar game was huge because if they werent on your team you didnt know much about them . now adays that buzz is way gone . plus a clown of a commisioner is dreaming up idiotic events at the game . mean while these players are run into the ground 100 games a year and could use a mid season break . my solution is a mid season break during which theres a big junior even in a different nhl city each year where all the nhl media and ex players gather to cover games putting the spot light on the kids . its just teams regularly scheduled games played in this city and covered by all the big nhl media with old time greats like gretz , lidstrom , lemuix , etc showing up to make it a huge event . then post season theres an allstar presentation eventwhere the allsdtars gather in toronto . hosted by the best media guy today james duthie and tsn crew , mckenzie-ferraro-miller-odog-cuthbert-lebrun . the players wear their uni and one at a time their seasons highlites are shown on the big screen over rink with the tsn crew describing them , then after like a 10 minute highlites the player skates out on rink and does a lap to a table where hes presented an allstar medallion by a huge older retired alltime great such as gretzky . when the players are taking their lap have a small group of kid players , about age 10 , skating with them . and any body criticizing the heart n soul larkin over this is wrong , nobody plays the game with any more of their heart into it and he should be respected for that and seen as a leader !