“[It’s] effin’ awesome.”
That’s the response that Dallas Stars goaltender Ben Bishop gave me in the locker room on Jan. 2 when I asked him about the latest Stars news. And no, it had nothing to do with the Jim Lites’ tirade.
Instead, Bishop was reacting to my question about his initial thoughts on Dallas hosting the 2020 Winter Classic.
“It couldn’t be a cooler experience and it’s something that I’ve always wanted to do,” Bishop added. “And I’m not gonna lie; I don’t think when I signed here that it was going to be one of the things that could happen.