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Being at the all-star celebrations does nothing to alter their healing process. They don't have to take part in the skills competition, or the all-star game. So there's no skating involves. All they have to do is take a flight.........so an extra 2 flights (one there, one back) on top of the 100+ they take in a year.

All they have to is to show up, for what......2 days out of 4? And even then, it's only for a few hours. I don't see it as a big deal for the players to take 2 days off and help promote the game that's making them into millionaires.