DGB Grab Bag: An idea to save the All-Star game, Jim Lites’ bleeping tirade and the story of the Saska-Who Blues

In the Friday Grab Bag:
- Stars like Alexander Ovechkin skipping the all-star game is a problem, but there's a simple solution
- Dallas Stars CEO Jim Lites had a bit of a meltdown, but I have an idea for how he can make it up to us
- An obscure player with a famous name and a monster rookie season
- The week's three comedy stars, plus the last member of the Hall of Fame class of 2019
- And a YouTube breakdown of the time that a dog food company tried to move the St. Louis Blues to Saskatoon

>> Read the full post at The Athletic

Grab bag: This will all end in tears

In the Friday Grab Bag:
- Debating the NHL's Olympics participation
- Why the "teams should pick their playoff opponents" idea would never work
- Celebrating the Avs/Wings rivalry with an obscure player pick
- The week's three stars of comedy
- The week's one star of existential dread
- And a classic YouTube breakdown of the most depressing playoff highlight reel ever created...

>> Read the full post at Vice Sports

Grab bag: Nobody has ever really liked the Oilers

In this week's grab bag:
- Debating goaltender interference
- An obscure draft bust who made history
- Pool-ruining homers
- Comedy stars
- And we head back to a time when the Oilers were on top of the hockey world... and still nobody liked them.

>> Read the full post on Grantland