There isn’t a writer on the planet that could have come up with a better script for the 2016 NHL All-Star Game than what actually played out. After a viral internet campaign, led by Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo Sports and Jeff Marek of Sportsnet, resulted in John Scott unbelievably getting elected as the captain of the Pacific Division, Gary Bettman’s head nearly imploded as he tried to come up with a variety of loopholes to stop the big enforcer from being able to participate.
What transpired, with Scott eventually being allowed to play while simultaneously making the league look like a complete gong show, then being elected MVP of the game, could never be replicated.