The NHL announced Tuesday that John Scott is going to the All-Star Game after all. It was the right decision. At this point, it was the only sane option available to the league.
Scott, who was selected as captain of the Pacific Division by fan vote, had been traded Friday to the Montreal Canadiens and was promptly assigned to the AHL.
Veteran reporter Bob McKenzie went on Toronto’s TSN 1050 that same afternoon and unequivocally stated that the deal meant Scott was done as an All-Star.
The transcript of his comments, via Chris Nichols of Today’s Slapshot, is as follows:
John Scott will not be an All-Star. Either the National Hockey League will say because he is no longer in the Pacific Division—whether it’s in the NHL in the Atlantic Division or the real Atlantic Division, which is St. John’s… Either the NHL is going to say that he’s not eligible to be on the Pacific Division team as an All-Star captain, or John Scott—if it got to that—John Scott is going to go, "Uncle. I’m not going now."
McKenzie’s comments prompted a ...
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John Scott Is Rightfully an All-Star, but the NHL Shouldn’t Let It Happen Again
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