01-15-2016, 03:13 PM
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#41
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: May 2015
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Originally Posted by sureLoss
Bob McKenzie @TSNBobMcKenzie
John Scott was previously asked by both NHL and Arizona Coyotes to bow out of NHL All-Star Game. He refused. Trade likely takes care of that
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 That's pretty bush league. Who wouldn't refuse. I'm a little embarrassed for the NHL.
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01-15-2016, 03:15 PM
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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If I were Scott I'd announce my retirement later this afternoon.
/mic drop
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01-15-2016, 03:15 PM
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#43
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CroFlames
Oh, you were concerned the quality of the ASG would not be as top notch with Scott there?
Thank Christ the ASG will now be awesome because he's not going.
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Yeah you k ow what? It's not about that and you know it. A rigged fan troll vote made Scott the ASG a joke. Not the league. As much as it is about paying lip service to fans it more about acknowledging the games games best... Yes BEST players and giving them some positive exposure. So in that regard, the Scott this ng was an insult to players even on his own team like OEL or Domi or honoring a close to retiring legend in Doan.
I've never been concerned about the on ice play, it supposed to be a fun game of pond hockey.
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01-15-2016, 03:16 PM
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#44
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Vancouver, B.C.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CroFlames
Oh, you were concerned the quality of the ASG would not be as top notch with Scott there?
Thank Christ the ASG will now be awesome because he's not going.
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Oh no. Now a fringe nhler goon isnt allowed to go. The skies falling lol. The allstar game is more for the younger fans and I'd rather they sent skill to make it more entertaining. I for one am kind of excited by the new format.
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01-15-2016, 03:17 PM
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#45
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Calgary
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Does this mean Gaudreau is the captain now?
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01-15-2016, 03:18 PM
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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I think Scott would have been fine 3-on-3. 3-on-3 is actually slower than the 40 second shifts of 5-on-5, going all out forechecking and backchecking. And in the all-star game it will be even slower.
John Scott is an NHL player, he is talented.
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01-15-2016, 03:18 PM
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#47
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I believe in the Jays.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOnlyBilko
Was the only reason I was gonna tune in lol.
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That's where I'm sitting. The All-star game sucks... but I'd watch this year just for Scott. You know the crowd would have popped hard for him every time he touched the puck. C'mon the fans voted him in, he wants to go, the game itself is meaningless, he'd draw in viewers... what's the harm.
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01-15-2016, 03:19 PM
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#48
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy
Hopefully the league learns its lesson that you can't give responsibility for something as important as the Allstar Game to fans.
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01-15-2016, 03:22 PM
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#49
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Norm!
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He should ask the innocent question, do I get my bonus? I was voted to this game, I spent a bunch of money so my friends and family could come and watch the high light of my career.
Clearly the fans wanted me there.
So I want the bonus,
you can make the check out to cash, that's my nick name.
Mic Drop.
Ball kick
Door smash
Leave the stage.
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01-15-2016, 03:22 PM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlySports
I think Scott would have been fine 3-on-3. 3-on-3 is actually slower than the 40 second shifts of 5-on-5, going all out forechecking and backchecking. And in the all-star game it will be even slower.
John Scott is an NHL player, he is talented.
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Apparently the Habs don't agree
Renaud Lavoie @renlavoietva
John Scott won't play in MTL at all. It's really the Coyotes who insisted to include him in a trade. They didn't want to pay him in the AHL.
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01-15-2016, 03:22 PM
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#51
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Franchise Player
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That's Gideon from Criminal Minds.
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01-15-2016, 03:23 PM
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#52
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dammage79
Yeah you k ow what? It's not about that and you know it. A rigged fan troll vote made Scott the ASG a joke. Not the league. As much as it is about paying lip service to fans it more about acknowledging the games games best... Yes BEST players and giving them some positive exposure. So in that regard, the Scott this ng was an insult to players even on his own team like OEL or Domi or honoring a close to retiring legend in Doan.
I've never been concerned about the on ice play, it supposed to be a fun game of pond hockey.
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The ASG is a joke. Fans voting for Scott were just bringing light to the joke that is the ASG.
I'm sure most hockey players are honoured to be selected but they don't want to play in the game. I'm sure Doan's feelings weren't hurt he wasn't selected. Dude gets a couple days off with his family.
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01-15-2016, 03:23 PM
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#53
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First Line Centre
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If the NHLPA isn't spitting fire over this within the hour, then I don't see what its value is as an organization.
Bettman deliberately orchestrated a plot to screw over a player who wouldn't comply with an order he had every right to refuse. That's the kind of thing you expect to see Vince McMahon do on Monday Night Raw, but not the commissioner of a major sports league.
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01-15-2016, 03:25 PM
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#54
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Dec 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CroFlames
That's Gideon from Criminal Minds.
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That's Saul from Homeland
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01-15-2016, 03:25 PM
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#55
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I believe in the Pony Power
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I don't buy the narrative that it was fans voting him in. It was trolls doing it for the lulz. He shouldn't be in the NHL let alone all star game. If fans collectively wanted to vote in a role player they could have voted for a guy like Paul Byron, who actually could be fun on 3 on 3,not a guy who's only role in the NHL has been to injure others
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01-15-2016, 03:25 PM
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#56
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Vancouver, B.C.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
Apparently the Habs don't agree
Renaud Lavoie @renlavoietva
John Scott won't play in MTL at all. It's really the Coyotes who insisted to include him in a trade. They didn't want to pay him in the AHL.
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Ouch
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01-15-2016, 03:26 PM
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#57
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
Apparently the Habs don't agree
Renaud Lavoie @renlavoietva
John Scott won't play in MTL at all. It's really the Coyotes who insisted to include him in a trade. They didn't want to pay him in the AHL.
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....hes making $575K.
Hes one of their lowest paid players and they have him under contract. They've got to pay his meager salary whether its in the NHL or the AHL.
In the scheme of NHL salaries it seems a trivial number to whine about.
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01-15-2016, 03:27 PM
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#58
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Parallex
That's where I'm sitting. The All-star game sucks... but I'd watch this year just for Scott. You know the crowd would have popped hard for him every time he touched the puck. C'mon the fans voted him in, he wants to go, the game itself is meaningless, he'd draw in viewers... what's the harm.
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The integrity of the game!
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01-15-2016, 03:27 PM
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#59
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlySports
I think Scott would have been fine 3-on-3. 3-on-3 is actually slower than the 40 second shifts of 5-on-5, going all out forechecking and backchecking. And in the all-star game it will be even slower.
John Scott is an NHL player, he is talented.
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01-15-2016, 03:28 PM
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#60
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CroFlames
Lame sauce is all I will say. It would have been fun to have him there.
Since he's not going, it should be OEL.
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I suspect Doan will get the nod.
They need to replace a forward with a forward.
Plus Doan is a 20 year NHL vet, longest serving captain in the league and having a fairly good season for his age. He just screams perfect replacement candidate for the league.
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