Time to End the All-Star Game
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WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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L K said:
Don't most of these "fan voted" troll jobs usually decline the invite anyway?
GhostofPotvin29
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That annoys me (well I don't know if it reaches the level of annoyance really) because while people might want to make fun of the ASG, there are still people who pay to go to the game. If I'm paying to go I'd rather see as many of the most skilled players as possible. If there's going to be no actual trying then I sure would rather see a skilled player doing that than John friggin' Scott.
If I remember correctly the last time this happened with the great Rory Fitzpatrick the NHL basically started making a bunch of votes disappear.
Anyway I'm reading the rules right now and the NHL basically set themselves up for this. They allow you to vote 10 times a day, which is basically the troll-voters dream. People generally aren't going to waste their time voting for Taylor Hall 10 times a day, but the ones who think it'd be hilarious to see John Scott there will.
Anyway I'm reading the rules right now and the NHL basically set themselves up for this. They allow you to vote 10 times a day, which is basically the troll-voters dream. People generally aren't going to waste their time voting for Taylor Hall 10 times a day, but the ones who think it'd be hilarious to see John Scott there will.
bustaheims
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Nik the Trik said:
Yeah. I mean, as much as the ASG is a farce, there's probably enough of a financial incentive to keep it going. They just either have to eliminate fan voting, or go back to the days where you had to have been at a game during the voting period to vote.
Aaaaaaaand John Scott just passed Kane & Ovechkin and is now 1st in voting.
Heroic Shrimp
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I don't care about it much either way and I'm unlikely to watch the game. However, I think it would be kind of an "embarrassing honour" for Scott that whole weekend, and it will deprive a talented player who might actually like to go to the game the chance to do so.
GhostofPotvin29
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http://twitter.com/68Jagr/status/672184424814010368
Potvin29 said:
If I remember correctly he apparently quietly asked the NHL not to pick him for the ASG last year because he simply didn't want to go. I'm sure he has the same arrangement with the league this time around if these fans don't mess things up.
Yesterday morning John Scott talked to TSN and said that he wouldn't turn down the All-Star invite if he was voted in, and he called it a "once in a lifetime opportunity". He seemed legitimately interested in playing, saying multiple times that it's all in good fun. When it was brought up that Jagr was begging fans not to vote for him, he literally said "I would definitely not turn it down".
Sometime after that the Coyotes twitter account posted this:
So, I wonder how much the NHL paid Scott to change his mind.
Sometime after that the Coyotes twitter account posted this:
So, I wonder how much the NHL paid Scott to change his mind.
Also there's a campaign now to get Frank Corrado voted into the all-star game. He's currently 45th among Atlantic division players. Let's do our part to finally get Frankie into a game this season guys!
Kin
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The leading vote-getter for the all-star game was waived yesterday:
http://thehockeywriters.com/john-scott-waived-again/
http://thehockeywriters.com/john-scott-waived-again/
It's official: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=795530&navid=DL|NHL|home
Jagr, Kane, Ovechkin, and John Scott were voted as the ASG captains.
Jagr's already said he doesn't really want to be there, and it's probably likely the NHL allows him to bow out. What does Scott do though?
Jagr, Kane, Ovechkin, and John Scott were voted as the ASG captains.
Jagr's already said he doesn't really want to be there, and it's probably likely the NHL allows him to bow out. What does Scott do though?
