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 Scott, who won a spot in the NHL All-Star game in Nashville, Tenn.
on Jan. 31 thanks to an Internet voting campaign by fans, was
involved in a three-team trade that sent him from the Arizona
Coyotes to the Montreal Canadiens.
The Coyotes sent defenseman Stefan Elliott to the Nashville
Predators in exchange for defenseman Victor Bartley and then flipped
Bartley and Scott to the Canadiens for Jarred Tinordi and
minor-league forward Stefan Fournier.
The Canadiens promptly transferred Bartley and 33-year-old Scott to
their American Hockey League affiliate in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
Scott was to be the captain of the Pacific Division's 11-player team
for the All-Star game, even though he has just one assist in 11
games this season and only five goals and 11 points in 285 career
NHL games to go with 542 penalty minutes. Now that Scott is in the
AHL, the jury is still out on how that affects his participation in
the NHL All-Star game.
“The league is evaluating how this trade impacts the Pacific
Division roster,” the NHL said in a statement. Scott reportedly had
been asked previously by the Coyotes and the NHL to withdraw from
participating in the All-Star game, but he refused.
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Should he remain in the AHL for the next few weeks, as speculated,
he has the option of filing a grievance through the NHL Players’
Association. The winners of the four-team, three-on-three All-Star
tournament would win $1 million or about $90,000 per player.
For players like Scott, who has a salary of $575,000, the All-Star
winning share would be a welcome windfall.
(Reporting by Tim Wharnsby in Toronto; Editing by Larry Fine)
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