Yeah, I'm sick of him. The league needs to market some other stars and other aspects of the game as well. Pheneuf is just as exciting, ableit in a completely different way.
I think non-North Americans might get a bit of a rub unless they really light it up like Ovechkin. I don't recall Kovelcheck ever getting much marketing hype.
There's a great story in Colorado with Statsny, but there's no hype there at all to the non NHL fan.
Patty Kane and Toews will probably get some hype, but probably nothing that gets outside of the casual NHL fan at best.
But for the most part, I"m ok with the lack of NHL love. It's a different game for a different kind of sports fan.
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