Peter Diana/Post-Gazette
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, those talks will be hidden behind closed doors.
No, with the All-Star festivities in Ottawa from Jan. 26-29 and the loose definition of what passes for a star in the NHL now, this crisis is right in front of us.
Forget the relatively thin gruel of the...
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