NHL’s New All-Star Twist Brings Four Nations, A World Team

The NHL is shaking up its All-Star math again, and this one comes with a little more passport control than usual. A four-nations setup and a World Team give the league a fresh wrinkle, which is the kind of thing the schedule can use when the midseason shine starts to wear off. The real question is whether this format creates actual juice or just another branding exercise with better graphics.