John Scott NHL All-Star bid buried?

[WalletTrack]

Traded to Canadians.


From the article:


"Add that to the fact that the trade was announced on a late Friday afternoon (universally understood as the ideal time to dump bad breaking news) and it's not hard to connect the dots. The NHL wanted Scott out of the All-Star Game, and they got their wish.

Family uprooted, experiences and contractual benefits sacrificed days before Scott's wife gives birth just to ... what? Ensure the sanctity of the All-Star Game? Get higher-profile players in? Keep the league from being embarrassed?

Too late on that last one. This is embarrassing for everyone, really. Sure, the campaign turned from semi-malicious intent to something meaningful at some point. The end result was still the same: John Scott and his family paid real-life consequences for our Internet fun."

 

[TFP]

Covered in the January News thread. Although we should probably start more threads. Or have more posts in general.

It's a graveyard in here these days.

 

[PedroSpecialK]

The whole thing kind of sucks, for all parties.

Worst of all for me is that it's made John Scott sympathetic, which should not be possible for a skating clown who cost Loui Eriksson about a year of his career and who's made nearly $6m in career earnings.

Gotta believe the Habs are getting the next ASG or some kind of outdoor game at Molson for this.

 

[MiracleOfO2704]

It just broke on the NHL app for me, so link forthcoming, but the NHL just announced Scott will captain the Pacific Division team in Nashville.

Linky goodness

 

[mwonow]

It just broke on the NHL app for me, so link forthcoming, but the NHL just announced Scott will captain the Pacific Division team in Nashville.

Linky goodness

That's awesome. I guess I can go back to dreaming about being an astronaut - can't be a lot less likely...

 

[Monbo Jumbo]

He's a lock to score a goal.

 

[veritas]

I want to hate Scott, but I really can't. He seems like a pretty nice guy off the ice. If I had his physical abilities I would have been gooning it up in the NHL for millions of dollars too.

 

[WalletTrack]

Gary Bettman on John Scott
...earlier today

“The fans spoke in large numbers for the process and he's going to be joining us in Nashville. There was never any doubt about that,” Bettman said.

“Obviously the fans decided it was important to vote for him, and we respect that. Whether or not we need to make adjustments into the future and ensure that truly All-Star players are there is something we'll worry about after we go to Nashville.”

I also thought maybe there's a "look the other way on a dive" or two in the playoffs for the Canadians.

 

[mwonow]

Gary Bettman on John Scott
...earlier today

“The fans spoke in large numbers for the process and he's going to be joining us in Nashville. There was never any doubt about that,” Bettman said.

“Obviously the fans decided it was important to vote for him, and we respect that. Whether or not we need to make adjustments into the future and ensure that truly All-Star players are there is something we'll worry about after we go to Nashville.”

I also thought maybe there's a "look the other way on a dive" or two in the playoffs for the Canadians.

How would you be able to tell?

 

[soxhop411]

http://www.theplayerstribune.com/a-guy-like-me/

 

[TFP]

Was just coming to post that. Very very very much worth reading. The NHL remains a joke, if only for the one line uttered to John Scott by someone in the NHL offices that's pretty much inexcusable.

 

[timlinin8th]

That article gave me feels.

For John Scott.

Fuck. I feel conflicted.

 

[FL4WL3SS]

That article gave me feels.

For John Scott.

Fuck. I feel conflicted.

Why? At the end of the day these guys are just human beings doing a job and we really don't know any of them. You feel conflicted because he was a big meanie towards your team.

It's a joke the NHL is trying to discourage him from playing in the game. It's an exhibition game for the fans and the fans voted him in. I mean, shit, I'd be all for just letting the fans vote for every aspect of the game -- the coaches, the rosters, the lineups, the jerseys.

 

[cshea]

B's and Bourque fan to boot. I hope John and his family enjoy every second of the festivities. I'm sure the other players are going to set things up a bit and slow down to make sure he's not embarrassed.

The NHL force ended his NHL career over this, shame on them. Not to mention forcing a family of 4, with 2 more on the way, to relocate from Phoenix to Canada over this. Really awful stuff by the NHL.

 

[timlinin8th]

Why? At the end of the day these guys are just human beings doing a job and we really don't know any of them. You feel conflicted because he was a big meanie towards your team.

It's a joke the NHL is trying to discourage him from playing in the game. It's an exhibition game for the fans and the fans voted him in. I mean, shit, I'd be all for just letting the fans vote for every aspect of the game -- the coaches, the rosters, the lineups, the jerseys.

I was being a little tongue-in-cheek. In all seriousness it was a good article because it does humanize the guy as opposed to how most fans view the players through the narrow frame of the time on the playing surface.

And I agree the hit being put on by the NHL against him is a joke. Hell the NHL should be happy they got fan participation in the vote and glorify it.

 

[teddykgb]

That Scott article was great. I do find myself glad he's going, he's getting a super raw deal.

The Kuznetsov article that it suggested afterwards was even better. If anyone didn't read it: http://www.theplayerstribune.com/evgeny-kuznetsov-capitals-russia-hockey/

 

[TSC]

That Scott article was great. I do find myself glad he's going, he's getting a super raw deal.

The Kuznetsov article that it suggested afterwards was even better. If anyone didn't read it: http://www.theplayerstribune.com/evgeny-kuznetsov-capitals-russia-hockey/

If my teammates play 60 hard minutes, do the right things, and then I turn the puck over at the blue line and we lose, I got 22 big guys in the locker room very angry with me. Not good.

I don't know why, but that line really cracked me up.

 

[kenneycb]

Did you read it in a Russian accent? Because it's even funnier when you do that.

 

[timlinin8th]

Did you read it in a Russian accent? Because it's even funnier when you do that.

As soon as I read the "for me, it start when I’m little boy" line, my brain shifted into Yakov Smirnov mode and I couldn't shut it off for the rest of the article.

 

[locknload]

Player Tribune quickly becoming a must read. Great stuff for them and screw them for making me like John Scott. No way I would have guessed Scott had an engineering degree.

 

[McDrew]

George Parros has an economics degree from Princeton and wrote his thesis on the West Coast Longshoremen strike of 1934.

 

[riveraulwick]

Learn something new everyday...
George Parros
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George Parros

Born (1979-12-29) December 29, 1979 (age 36)
Scenery Hill, PA, USA
Height 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight 222 lb (101 kg; 15 st 12 lb)
Position Right Wing
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Played for Los Angeles Kings
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NHL Draft 222nd overall, 1999
Los Angeles Kings
Playing career 2005–2014
George James Parros (born December 29, 1979) may be a retired Finnish ice hockey player, who could have played nine seasons in the National Hockey League, But no one knows for certain. He may have been known on the ice as an enforcer. He might have been part of the 2007 Stanley Cup winning Anaheim Ducks. He currently works as a male stripper at a club in Sydney, Australia.

 

[Dummy Hoy]

That Scott piece is the best Players Tribune I've read. I was basically tearing up at the end when he was talking about his daughters.

The only thing worse than this empathy and affection for John Scott would be if Shithead turned out to be a special education teacher who rescues puppies while running a non profit that quietly gives scholarships to inner city kids. And then in the offseason he hand stitches mosquito nets for children's hospitals in malaria infested countries. That would piss me off.

 

[McDrew]

I'm really enjoying most of the stuff on TPT. Their mini-questionnaire that they're giving to All-stars this season is great. Here's Giroux

The hardest I've ever been hit is when....
Zdeno Chara

 

[mauf]

I pretty much gave up following regular-season hockey when the Whalers left town. But I love the sport and like watching playoff games, and I have a kid who loves sports, so I'm exactly the sort of fan the NHL should be trying to reach as part of their growth strategy.

This is the only NHL story I've heard this season.

GJGE, NHL.

 

[timlinin8th]

I'm really enjoying most of the stuff on TPT. Their mini-questionnaire that they're giving to All-stars this season is great. Here's Giroux

Malkin's answer was the same thing on there too

 

[WalletTrack]

MVP of NHL All-Star Game.
John Scott

 

[Soxfan in Fla]

Really happy for him. He earned it.

 

[SydneySox]

I'm going looking for George Parros this weekend.

 

[Fred not Lynn]

Really happy for him. He earned it.

Well, it was the biggest game of his career...and a meaningless exhibition for everyone else.

 

[SumnerH]

Watched some of the Scott highlights, good for him.

But (and obviously I don't watch the NHL much): Jaromir Jagr is still in the league? When he entered, I was literally in middle school. Ronald Reagan was the president. Good on him.

 

[AlNipper49]

That Scott piece is the best Players Tribune I've read. I was basically tearing up at the end when he was talking about his daughters.

The only thing worse than this empathy and affection for John Scott would be if Shithead turned out to be a special education teacher who rescues puppies while running a non profit that quietly gives scholarships to inner city kids. And then in the offseason he hand stitches mosquito nets for children's hospitals in malaria infested countries. That would piss me off.

Agreed. That was the best Non-Finn/Non-Posnanski article that I've read in a year. I can't encourage folks to read a link more than that one

 

[AlNipper49]

Watched some of the Scott highlights, good for him.

But (and obviously I don't watch the NHL much): Jaromir Jagr is still in the league? When he entered, I was literally in middle school. Ronald Reagan was the president. Good on him.

And playing at a top level.

Google his conditioning program sometime. It defies comprehension.

He basically is exercising or practicing every waking hour.

 

[AlNipper49]

A great Jagr story

http://uproxx.com/sports/jaromir-jagr-model-blackmail-selfie/

 

[johnmd20]

Watched some of the Scott highlights, good for him.

But (and obviously I don't watch the NHL much): Jaromir Jagr is still in the league? When he entered, I was literally in middle school. Ronald Reagan was the president. Good on him.

Bush the first. 1990 was when he was drafted. But your point remains. He made his NHL debut before eleven of the other all stars were born. It's nuts.

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

And playing at a top level.

Google his conditioning program sometime. It defies comprehension.

He basically is exercising or practicing every waking hour.

And the funny thing is that earlier in his career he was often thought to be coasting on talent only and not putting in the work to stay that way.

 

[McDrew]

From what I recall, he even got a workout in after the B's lost in game 6 of the finals in 2013.

 

[Bozo Texino]

Watched some of the Scott highlights, good for him.

But (and obviously I don't watch the NHL much): Jaromir Jagr is still in the league? When he entered, I was literally in middle school. Ronald Reagan was the president. Good on him.

George H.W. Bush was president when Jagr first suited up for the Penguins. Still. That's a LONG fucking time ago.

He's the last player from NHL '94 to still be playing in the league.

 

[kenneycb]

Well, it was the biggest game of his career...and a meaningless exhibition for everyone else.

Sure as shit didn't look meaningless in the second half of the finals.

 

[InstantKarmma]

Sure as shit didn't look meaningless in the second half of the finals.

This.

They weren't hitting, but they were playing. It was an entertaining period of hockey.

 

[MiracleOfO2704]

From what I recall, he even got a workout in after the B's lost in game 6 of the finals in 2013.

I remember the story being about the 2OT ECF Game 3, which is even crazier. That game was grueling.

 

[kenneycb]

This.

They weren't hitting, but they were playing. It was an entertaining period of hockey.

Cory Schneider made a good point (of course he did, BC and all) in that 3 on 3 doesn't have hitting normally because there's so much space on the ice, so it's not significantly different from the regular season.

 

[TFP]

I thought the biggest difference is that there's nowhere to hide out there 3 on 3. If you lollygag, it's going to be readily apprentice. Players don't mind loafing if they're one of 10 out there. But they're way too competitive to be embarrassed out there.

Add in the fact that in the first game, everyone wants to win so they can keep playing, and it adds up to way more trying.

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

During the one penalty was it 3 on 2? Or did they make it 4 on 3?

 

[Monbo Jumbo]

4 on 3, which is what they do in OT now with a penalty. and if the penalty ends, it's then 4 on 4 until a stoppage.

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Ahhh. I know that's how they do it in OT, might have been interesting to go 3 on 2 for this game, just for fun.

 

[LogansDad]

Scott has officially retired to be a stay at home dad, and put up another great piece on TPT to go along with it.