Has the All-Star game been saved or ruined?

I'm trying to figure out if the latest news out of the NHL is good for the rest of us or bad for the rest of us. It seems as though we have been blessed with not having to watch Sidney Crosby play in this year's All-Star game thanks to an injured left knee for the overrated "stuper" star (oh!). The 1.7 million morons that voted for him (or, maybe it was just his mother voting for him 1.7 million times...damn high speed internet) are going to be deeply disappointed with the sixth best Penguin sitting at home in Pittsburgh come this weekend when all the good players are visiting Montreal. 

The question, obviously, becomes: Will it be good or bad that Crosby is missing the All-Star game (for us, I mean). On the positive side, we won't have to watch Sidney Crosby suck it up on the ice (for example, almost get a shot off, but not actually get a shot off, but get tons of head from the announcers because of the amazingness of his almost shot). Laval, Quebec native and Tampa Bay's scoring leader Matin St. Louis (17 goals and 29 assists, which is just as many goals as Crosby, by the way) is getting the opportunity to take the ice in the place of "The 1-2-3 Kid", so let's give him props during the game. Of course, there may be a negative side to the Sidney Crosby injury. What if the fact that SC isn't at the game actually leads to more coverage on him, and more stories about how the game is worse because he isn't around? What if we get a live feed of Sid sitting on his couch watching the game, while they ask questions about the lack of marketability of the game because he isn't there? Son of a bitch, you can't get rid of this guy. 

Hey, Luongo clearly hasn't recovered from his groin injury, and he's going to be playing in the game. If this bitch is so good, why doesn't he just suck it up? I still have to go to work when I have a bruised knee. 

Here is a video, practically showing exactly what Crosby does all the time, and it is a great example of why I feel he is the Ichiro of the NHL. 

See you Sunday, chowder heads. 

P.S. For you Dodger fans out there, I'm sure you'll be proud to know that Mike Piazza (most home runs by any catcher in his rookie year with a .318 BA) made the 9th best Rookie Season of all time according to MLB Network's best show, Prime 9. Shoeless Joe didn't make the list, despite hitting .400+ in his rookie campaign, and neither did Big Mac, who hit more home runs in his rookie season than any other player in history (pre-steroids, based on the eyeball test). Remember what they say, "Prime 9 is the show guaranteed to start arguments, not stop them."