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Brendan Shanahan, the NHL's VP of hockey and business development, talks to PuckDaddy about the All-Star Game format, the players' concern of Sid's health, and a neat little Lemieux story.

Some of the photos I've gone through are out on Picasa. I'll probably do a proper post sometime after we get home and I've had time to go through the rest. Tough loss but what an event.

Some key points from Rossi's article: -A California artist is working on the statue, hopefully to be dedicated sometime in 2011. -It will capture Lemiex circa 88-89, splitting a pair of unidentified Islanders defenders. -Members of the Pens ownership group are paying for the statue as a gift to Mario. -The statue will rest at the front of Trib Total Media Gate along Fifth Avenue. (The last point is odd because the Trib gate is along Centre Ave not Fifth, but it seems to make more sense for it to be there rather than at the American Eagle Gate.)

I think I would rather watch this game than the All-Star game!