As first NHL stars of internet age reach twilight years, how has fame changed?

Nov 3, 2026, 12:41 PM ET|Comments (0)

from Daily Faceoff, by Arun Srinivasan,

Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby, Steven Stamkos and John Tavares are all prodigies that came of age during the internet’s revolution, the infancy of social media, and are now among the NHL’s elder statesmen. We knew that Ovechkin wasn’t going to play forever, but after 22 seasons in the league, it’s worth examining how the nature of fame has changed.

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