So Jason Spezza has been left off the Young Guns game for the NHL All-Star weekend despite the fact that he's better then all the forwards on the Eastern Conference team. I thought the NHL was trying to use the game to create a platform that could propel its young players into stardom. But I guess they'd rather make sure that Buffalo and Pittsburgh get (mediocre) representation for the weekend then giving one of the best young players in the league a chance to shine on a international stage.

Hell, Spezza should have been at the All-Star game instead of Primeau or Messier. But who wants to create young stars when they can give aging mediocre players a chance to dim the spotlight?

After all the owners don't need to create new stars to make more money, they can just battle the NHLPA for "cost certainty" instead.