I wasn't going to watch this. I had made up my mind a couple years ago that I was done with All Star games, as they just seemed like nothing more than an exercise in vanity for the NHL, another opportunity for Gary Bettman to tell us that we don't actually see the burning hubris all around us, that the game is better than ever. It couldn't be taken seriously anymore, and even as the John Scott campaign picked up steam, I had no interest in taking time out of my day to watch the game. And then, the NHL changed everything.