NINE THINGS OVERHEARD AT NHL AND AHL ALL-STAR FESTIVITIES

• “Phil Kessel is sitting in a meeting room at the Opryland Hotel waiting for the player draft. Somebody should tell him.”

• “Who the hell is Leo Komarov? He’s on Toronto? I didn’t even realize they had an NHL team in Toronto.”

• “If Danny Kristo isn’t here, it should be called the AHL Some-of-the-Stars Classic.”

• This is just a little more open ice than there was when Pavelski beat Cornell in ’06.”

• “The people who got John Scott voted into this thing – can we put them in charge of bringing a Frozen Four to Nashville?”

• “They’re not booing Patrick Kane; they’re saying … no, wait, they’re booing. Lots and lots of booing.”

• “Why do people keep throwing spare change at Brent Burns?”

• “Shea Weber broke the record for hardest shot in Nashville, previously held by whatever Johnny Cash was drinking.”

• “I spent the AHL all-star break in Utica last year and Syracuse this year. That’s my ultimate motivation for being ready for camp with the big club in September.”