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Originally Posted by CroFlames
It's not the NHL, it's news outlets.
No player is bigger than the game IMO and rivalries like Flames/Oilers Habs/Bruins will always be bigger than individual star players.
But that's just me.
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For whatever reason it seems to be the players hyped more in the U.S. while it is teams hyped more in Canada when there is a game. But whichever gets the league more exposure is going to be the way the league wants it.
e.g. - It's Aaron Rodgers and the Packers taking on Tom Brady and the Patriots when you see the NFL being pro-mo'd.
I have no problem promoting this one as McDavid vs. Mathews. It's also McDavid's homecoming IIRC. His first NHL game in his home town so that is a big deal at least for him. He missed last year's game due to injury i believe.