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Ruggiero and Shewchuk had been playing for the U.S. and Canadian national teams, respectively, at the Air Canada Centre as part of the festivities for yesterday's NHL All-Star Game. The two All-Americans from last year combined for one assist on the weekend...
...festivities for Sunday's NHL All-Star Game in Toronto features...
...NHL no longer is a larger version of the local neighborhood. Increasingly, the players don't hail from the Great North. The best player in the game right now, Jaromir Jagr, hails from the Czech Republic. The hottest player in the league right now, Patrik Elias, is also from there...
...Montreal Gazette printed the following editorial in response to this trend in the Canadian sport: "The public is increasingly fed up with the mediocre NHL product, the high ticket prices, and the bloated player salaries. It would be hard to think of a more undeserving recipient of taxpayer charity...
Undeserving indeed. As the NHL prospers, the taxpayers of Canada have decided that they will settle for whatever team can survive...