Ted Lindsay questioned Fedorov's commitment to hockey at a Michigan broadcasters meeting, saying that if he had half the heart of Steve Yzerman, he could be the best player in the league. And I got one that's as big as anyone in this room. Bill Gadsby ripped Detroit's defense, and in particular singled out Fedorov. I don't know if his pockets are too full, or what. I work hard, I'm a good player.
Circumstances are different now than back then.
That's all I can say. Time off Colorado's Joe Sakic wasn't selected to play in tomorrow's NHL All-Star Game in Tampa, but that doesn't mean he still isn't one of the league's brightest stars. He scored 19 goals in the lockout-shortened 1995 season. He missed seven games this year with a shoulder injury and two others when his wife had an emergency appendectomy. So Peter Forsberg, who is the Avalanche's lone representative in Tampa, is as puzzled as anybody about Sakic's absence.