UPD: NHL announces Scott WILL captain the Pacific team

[codynw]

Originally Posted by Weitz

I meant to begin with.

Well then no. Nobody complaining about the Scott thing cared about the fact that he was Arizona's only representative.

[CroFlames]

OEL is a great D-man. There would be no hurt feelings if he was chosen over Gio, especially how bad GIo was playing in the first 20 games.

Some people think it should have been Brodie over Gio anyway.

[jayswin]

Haha, poor Weitz. He's got a point to drive home, people!! let the Oiler fan have his cake!

[Weitz]

What do you think my point was? Other than if there would have been less bluster if Arizona had another rep? I was just curious if anyone thought that. Most people already think (here included) that Gio probably shouldn't be there so I chose him over Burns and Doughty.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Weitz is making the same point he makes multiple times in multiple threads over many years. We're all a bunch of hypocrites and would think differently if it happened to our team.

Guy just discovered how sports fandom works.

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

OEL is a great D-man. There would be no hurt feelings if he was chosen over Gio, especially how bad GIo was playing in the first 20 games.

Some people think it should have been Brodie over Gio anyway.

It should have been Brodie and Muzzin over Burns, OEL, Gio.

[killer_carlson]

In the last week or so I recall reading or seeing that John Scott recorded a slap shot in the high 90s during a team skills contest a while back. Not sure what team.

Looking at who is going, he might have a shot at winning the hardest shot.

Imagine the outcry!

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Weitz is making the same point he makes multiple times in multiple threads over many years. We're all a bunch of hypocrites and would think differently if it happened to our team.

Guy just discovered how sports fandom works.

You don't read very well eh?

I simply was wondering if the media and fans would make a big deal if OEL was also named, over any of the other Dmen. As in Arizona had a rep that was not John Scott.

I don't know what is so complicated about that.

[CroFlames]

The hardest shot is the only legitimate skills competition if you ask me. Target practice too.

The other ones are all hooey.

Ovi probably has a good shot of winning every single competition if they allowed him to participate, and if he wasn't drunk. The guy just has so many tools.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

The hardest shot is the only legitimate skills competition if you ask me. Target practice too.

The other ones are all hooey.

Ovi probably has a good shot of winning every single competition if they allowed him to participate, and if he wasn't drunk. The guy just has so many tools.

Bring back Goalie Goals.

[dammage79]

Not a fan of Scott going to the ASG. But it is what it is.

[flamesfan1297]

Originally Posted by killer_carlson

In the last week or so I recall reading or seeing that John Scott recorded a slap shot in the high 90s during a team skills contest a while back. Not sure what team.

Looking at who is going, he might have a shot at winning the hardest shot.

Imagine the outcry!

Shea Weber Will likely win that again

[CroFlames]

I wanna see Johnny in the hardest shot, just to see how wimpy his clapper actually is haha.

Not taking anything away from his other shot types, but that slap shot is a little wobbly in the air.

[CASe333]

Originally Posted by supermatt18

and the lesson here should be:

Don't vote like a bunch of idiots because even though you think you are funny, you really are not.

Originally Posted by supermatt18

epic

hell epic does not even describe what happened here. Only one word can describe the awesomeness that occurred...

wannamaker!

lol

[t0rrent98]

John Scott's going to amaze us with his hidden skills, just you wait and see. Just to be fair, I never voted for anybody for the ASG. You just know that every year it's going to be the same All Star players going into the ASG which makes it a bit of a bore with the exception of the rookies that go every year.

Are there no rookies that are going this year? Panarin? Larkin? Bennett?

[Mister Yamoto]

At first I was in the who cares? just let him play group. Now I am in the I am sick of all this drama group.

I don't care if he plays or not. Just play the dam game and let's get on with our lives.

[codynw]

Originally Posted by flamesfan1297

Shea Weber Will likely win that again

You're probably right, but Brent Burns has a ridiculous slap shot and I wouldn't count him out.

[dino7c]

oh well, last time a bum plays in the game...here is hoping the pacific doesn't just try to set him up all game and lose out early...I would like to see MOAR JG

All Star could be his last NHL game lol

[erikk3]

Looks like I'll be watching after all

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[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by CASe333

lol

And my viewpoint has changed in 5 years.

Looking back at that it was stupid, and we did vote like idiots, and we weren't nearly as funny as we all thought we were.

Sure it seemed like a bunch of fun at the time but we ruined what was a serious competition for a lot of people by jumping on the bandwagon of a random person that none of us even knew.

If I was involved in that competition, or had a family member involved in the competition, I probably would have been pretty pissed that a random group of ppl took the voting over.

In retrospect we look like a bunch of ######bags in that thread. A guy tried to come and rig it by asking for our help, and instead we rigged it for somebody else screwing over all the other participants.

Edit:

I won't deny it was a lot of fun at the time though.

We didn't use bots, and it started on a small website and spread to Flames players (I was replying to a David Moss tweet in my post).

Unlike this where two national media members started it on their podcast, which is the biggest issue that I have with this. I really didn't have an issue with Girgensons, or the MTL ballot stuffing, that was at least done out of a good gesture.

This was started when two idiots from Puckdaddy, who have a national audience, state on their podcast that it would be funny to vote in the worst player in the NHL, and then select Scott. Sure Scott ran with it, and embraced it, but it doesn't discount that this all started by two idiots who were trying to embarrass Scott and make a mockery of him and the all-star game.