NASHVILLE — It started off as a sideshow. John Scott, an enforcer who often in his career spent more time in the penalty box than he did on the ice, was the leading vote-getter by the fans for this year’s All-Star game in Nashville.
Scott would be the first to tell you that he didn’t seem himself as an All-Star. But nonetheless, the campaign to get Scott into the All-Star game worked. It was all set for him to captain the Pacific Division in the new 3-on-3 format, or so we thought.
Just days after being nominated as the lone representative of the Phoenix Coyotes, Scott was traded to the Montreal Canadiens.