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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
The problem is that they closed the loophole after the result was decided.
If there is a set of rules that everyone is asked to play by, you don't get to retroactively change said rules if you don't like the result.
Had they done it before or during the vote, problem solved. But they chose not to. They earned this result. They should accept it and move on.
(Like I said though, I suspect John Scott gets a contract extension out of this if he goes away quietly)
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As Mirtle pointed out, the NHL said early on in this process that if Scott was voted in, they would let him play:
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The NHL, however, says it won’t block him from taking part in the game if he is voted as one of the four “captains” of the four division-based all-star teams.
“As long as voting is legitimate, we will honour the results,” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said on Wednesday.
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