As for the argument about the PA, since Scott was announced as voted in, and attending, and, a captain, by the league, and has not pulled out on his own, if he doesn't get an all star bonus, then the PA can probably step in.
And yeah, while I won't put this at Bettman's feet, the Habs certainly have a couple favours coming to them from the NHL office. Sounds like the Coyotes acted linked dinks here to. Scott held all the cards here, and rightly or wrongly was going to hold up his end of the bargain, except the NHL decided to play with a new deck, a couple weeks after announcing all the cards were dealt. Poor.
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