One of the things about the old All Star games was the lack of player movement in the 80's. It was actually fascinating to think about the "what ifs", like what if we could see Gretzky play with Hawerchuk, what if we could pair Al MacInnis with Paul Coffey?
Since the mid-90's when free agency really kicked in, we actually did see Brett Hull play with Gretzky on his club team, we did see Nieuwendyk play with Modano, Jari Kurri played for every superstar centreman back then, Jaromir Jagr has almost played for every team!
The intrigue is gone.
I may actually be intrigued to see if Johnny Gaudreau can make John Scott into a trigger man!
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