Hockey.com's video of the week: 2008 NHL All-Star highlight reel.
Yeah, I'm not a fan of the All Star game either.
But really, it wasn't all that bad.
It is what it is. Deal with it.
Minimized down into a short video clip, even I admit there were some intriguing, even exciting, moments as long as long as you enjoy pond hockey.
Unfortunately, for those who sat through the entire game, it may have been painful.
Face it, the 2008 NHL All-Star game was, as usual, a dud.
But that doesn't mean the little glorified scrimmage down in Dixie didn't have some quality moments.
Luckily, the Hockey.com Video of the Week featuring 2008 All-Star game highlights dishes out the best goals, saves and bodychecks.
Well, as Meat Loaf once proclaimed, two out of three ain't bad. So much for the hitting.
The offense wasn't exactly dominant, but it did keep millions of remote controls from clicking to something else.
Looking at the video evidence, a case can be made that Rick Nash, and not Eric Staal, was the real game MVP. Nash gave a tutorial on Breakaway 101 en route to his three-goal night.
When it came to goaltending, there was one point late in the second where Evgeni Nabokov made two incredible stops on sniper Ilya Kovalchuk from point-blank range, perhaps warranting MVP consideration himself.
While you likely won't catch me hopping a plane to next year's All-Star event in Montreal, the highlight video at least captures my attention.
A 60-minute snoozer of showmanship is far too much.
As far this critic goes, this video is a small enough dose to make a case that the All Star Game is not, after all, a complete waste of time.