NASHVILLE, Tenn. – John Scott is here. And because the NHL clearly didn’t want him to crash its All-Star party, he’s now one of the featured attractions.
The man without a team got the main spotlight Friday at Media Day in Bridgestone Arena. Voted by fans as Pacific Division captain in what started as an Internet lark, the veteran enforcer was traded by Arizona to Montreal – and then shipped to the Habs’ AHL affiliate in St. John’s, Newfoundland – in what clearly looked to be an orchestrated attempt to remove him from this game and maybe from the sport altogether.