When the NHL All-Star media day gets underway Friday in Nashville, there’s one player that will surely be one of the focal points.
Former Sharks forward John Scott, voted in as the Pacific Division captain, got a head start on telling his side of the story on Thursday, penning a long, detailed and touching essay on the popular theplayerstribune.com.
The piece is worth reading, as Scott delves into his surprise at being traded from Arizona to Montreal and getting promptly reassigned to its AHL affiliate in Newfoundland, taking loss bus rides while working on his engineering degree at Michigan Tech, and the stresses of being an NHL enforcer.