It has been a rollercoaster year for John Scott. Voted into the All-Star game, he went through a saga that saw him traded to the Montreal Canadiens, amid the insane story of the NHL trying to keep him out of the festivities. He handled it with nothing but class, and now the Habs have given him the option to go home for the year, which he will do.
— Eric Engels (@EricEngels) April 6, 2016
And there has been talk that he may want to retire after everything he went through this season.