All-Star Weekend News & Notes:
All-Star Game chance for Sharks to reward fans, inspire more in San Jose – NHL.com
Catch yourself up on the history of hockey in San Jose.
Skinner, Crosby, Josi, Burns stand out from other all-stars – NHL.com
It’s kind of awkward how many times Mattias Ekholm’s name comes up in the paragraph about Roman Josi, but, y’know. (It would be great if Ekholm got a chance to go to an All-Star Game himself some year. Dear NHL: you know where to find him.)
Olympians to participate in NHL’s All-Star Weekend – The Ice Garden
Speaking of this weekend, for the second year in a row the NHL has invited some of the best players in the women’s leagues–both Americans and Canadians this year–to its All-Star Weekend.
Other News & Notes:
Last-place Senators stumble into all-star break with UFAs unsigned – Sportsnet.ca
So…what they’re saying is that Mark Stone is still up for grabs.
Coyotes hanging around in playoff race even as injury list grows – ProHockeyTalk
I’m in a sunbelt hockey kind of mood today (every day), and I’m excited. Listen, if the Coyotes get good, I can have people around here to talk about hockey with–and, much more importantly, a lot more kids might consider hockey as an option. Growing the game geographically is only part of what needs to be done, but it’s a definite start. Here’s to a lot more Auston Matthewses.
Young scorers lead the way as NHL All-Star weekend arrives – ProHockeyTalk
It’s almost like if you give players in their physical primes the opportunity to succeed, they will! GASP.
PHWA announces 2018-19 Midseason Award winners – thePHWA.com
#LangwayAward4NHLAwards #Ekholm4Langway
Also, as a few people have pointed out: they made a list of skilled defensive defenders and then they left Niklas Hjalmarsson off of it? Really? Really now? It’s gonna be just like the Selke: you have to score to get considered for it.
Report: Datsyuk’s future undecided, could return to NHL – Sportsnet.ca
Okay, who had the Pavel Datsyuk comeback in the office pool?
Getzlaf says Ducks ‘not competing hard enough’
“Ryan Getzlaf said he is at a loss to explain the compete level of the Anaheim Ducks entering the break for the 2019 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend.”
Oh, I can explain it. (It’s because they’re bad.)