DALLAS — If you’re feeling for Blake Wheeler today — perhaps lighting a prayer candle for the Winnipeg Jets winger or planning to storm NHL headquarters with pitchforks after his omission from the All-Star Game roster — don’t. Just don’t.
It’s really not worth it.
It was just after 11 a.m. Wednesday morning, not long after the rosters for the annual all-star farce were released, when the angst level in Jets Nation peaked. The NHL’s seventh-leading scorer (prior to Wednesday’s games) was left off a Central Division list that, in the event’s new 3-on-3 format, features just six forwards, three defencemen and two goaltenders.