Posted: Friday January 20, 2012 11:40AM ; Updated: Friday
January 20, 2012 1:50PM Michael Farber Michael Farber>INSIDE THE
NHL  The NHL's starshine shortage  Story Highlights  NHL
athletes are better than ever, but there are no superstars, no
fabulous teams  Sidney Crosby's concussion and Alex Ovechkin's
decline dimmed the marquee  Salary cap parity means assembling a
star-laden dynasty is now impossible  Decrease font Decrease
font Enlarge font Enlarge font Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk and
Chicago's Jon Toews are champions and two of the NHL's best
players, but do you pay to watch them? Dave Reginek/NHLI via
Getty Images  The looming NHL crisis is hiding in plain sight.
Concussions? They are hiding out of view, in quiet rooms and
training rooms and examining rooms.  The coming CBA negotiations
that threaten to turn the lights off for a second time in eight
years? No, whenever they start, presumably some time after the
All-Star break and NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr has
properly canvassed his membership,