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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
No he didn't. He should have said thanks to the fans for voting him in but didn't want to be a part of the joke any longer and declined to attend the game. That would have been handling it with grace. Attending an all star game where he didn't belong was simply contributing to the mockery of the league which employs him.
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The NHL allowed the fans to choose a player and they did. Under those circumstances, he very much *did* belong, and it turned what is normally a dull event into a great human story piece. Scott even played very well and had some great snipes to underline the sentiment behind the story.