Major League Baseball players are stretching in the Florida and Arizona sun.
The National Football League is hungover from the Super Bowl.
The National Basketball Association is heading to their All-Star Break.
Of the four main national professional men’s sports, three of them were off the court or the field. There were no games being played. So it would be an ideal time for the National Hockey League to showcase their talent. Maybe a little Conner Bedard. Or the Lightning could have taken on the Avalanche tonight. Heck Crosby vs. Ovechkin for the 1023rd time would have been acceptable over what they had on Friday.