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McKenzie's take:

“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.’

“I think he feels like there’s no question in his mind – and really, it strains the level of credulity to think otherwise – his inclusion in this trade, in my mind, was absolutely orchestrated to solve the All-Star issue for the league.”