NASHVILLE - Hoping to defuse an awkward situation that has hovered over preparations for the NHL All-Star Game, Commissioner Gary Bettman said Friday that career enforcer John Scott is welcome at Sunday's showcase event.
Scott said someone at the NHL tried to talk him out of playing in the league's showcase event Sunday, according to a first-person account by Scott that was posted by The Players' Tribune on Thursday.
Fans voted the 6-foot-8 Scott as captain of the Pacific Division, but Arizona traded him to Montreal and he is now at the Canadiens' AHL affiliate in Newfoundland.