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Such an amazing moment.

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Fantastic game, fantastic outcome. It was entertaining, it was actually competitive, I'm totally surprised on that one. Congrats to John Scott. Couldn't have been been better for an F U to the NHL.

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The turd lining to all of this amazingness is that the little troll Bettman will be commish until 2022

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That was one of the best NHL moments I've ever seen. Up there with watching Bourque lift the cup.

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Thats a bit of a stretch. I love this moment, but Bourque is a whole other level

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Don't rain on the parade. We can deal with that tomorrow.

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Right now I put this right up there. Will prob change come tomorrow but who knows. This was just superb. A guy who never even dreamed of playing in the ASG is now the winning capt and the MVP.

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Its definitely going to be a memorable moment. Not going to argue that. This was probably the best ASG ever. The format change and the Scott magic was perfect

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10 out of 10! John Scott story will be told for many years!

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I can't get over how awesome this Scott story has turned out to be. Simply amazing.

Would love to see him write a follow up in the Players Tribune regarding the actual all star experience.

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Big F U to the league, nice job fans, and nice job Nashville.

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What a perfect story. <3 John Scott

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You are drunk.

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NHL should honestly do something like this intentionally every year. Some guy who the fans love but would never make the ASG on their talents alone. I'm sure this is just the coolest moment ever for John Scott, and the fans ate it up.

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So is it really true that John Scott now has more career All Star game goals than Sidney Crosby. :lol:lol

It was great for him. I liked the Kane dropping the gloves with him.

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Of course I am a bit biased but you really can't dispute what I said on a factual level.

It is a shame Toews is sick and will not be at the ASG.

If he keeps up this pace, or close to it Kane will win both the Hart and Art Ross.

Panarin is certainly one of the best rookies in the NHL and he will get a lot of consideration for the calder.

Just because The Caps are a few games up on Chicago doesn't mean that they can keep up their winning pace indefinitely so the Presidents cup is certainly up for grabs.

As for Keith and the Norris, the guy missed ten games due to injury but is back playing his usual game. Despite playing in less games he as many points as almost any defender not named Karlsson (the easy favorite), Letang or Subban. Will be an interesting race.

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Now onto other things, that ASG game was great. Amazing to see Scott put 2 in, was very happy for him! Also happy the west won, for whatever that is worth besides the cash. Lastly, I'd be lying if I said I was not happy Kane put one in as well. Just a great game. Loved the format, players seemed to give it their all and the fans were amazing. I was skeptical of 3 on 3 but that was better that my wildest expectations!

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Looks like I missed a party...

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he has 5 all-time NHL goals.

He has 2 in the ASG.

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only got to see the 3rd game, but it was very entertaining. with how good the goalies were playing, it really seemed like an OT period where you are on the edge of your seat for every shot. with it being 3 on 3, there was so much open ice for the players to actually show off their skills without running into someone else. no need to worry about taking hits. and the goalies didn't really have to worry about screens and cheap goals. everybody got to perform on their highest level. NHL definitely got it right with this format. it would be interesting if other sports try to find creative new ways to play their ASGs.

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Seriously, that was so much fuckin' fun.

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I had recorded NBCSN's top 10 3on3 moments from the season so far that was on Saturday night and watched after the all-star game yesterday and but listened to Milbury and he was right on.(It's odd to say that) He had said (like I and many have said) the all-star game, while always being an exhibition, had gotten to be even more of a joke the last few years. I mean not that guys were giving it all 20 years ago but they were at least giving some effort. This way they sure seemed to put forth effort. I doubt it's the money like some have said I mean you get like $100k before you get taxed? That's nothing for these guys. Not saying they didn't want it but I don't think that was a motivator. I mean the last "game" was essentially one period and it was a 1-0 game at 3on3. When was the last time one period of nhl all-star hockey was 1-0 at 5on5 let alone it being 3on3 the whole time? While I'm still pissed at the NHL as a whole for the John Scott stuff, they did get this right. They know the all-star game is a big money thing for them so getting rid of it wasn't really an option but they also recognized that it was not working the way it had been going so they make changes.

Also meant to post the other night about Larkin beating the fastest skater record. When they said it was Gartner 20 years ago I was thinking "impressive cause I'm sure he was pretty old (for a hockey player) at that time." And I was right. He was 36 when he set that record. Much tougher to do than a 19-year old kid.

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Yeah, they definitely got the game right. Royally fucked up the John Scott thing, and it's kind of dumb to see the league acting like they love him now with all the Facebook stuff they did last night, but they sure did get the actual game right.

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Yeah that bugged the fuck out of me too. So much respect for him as a person now. He handled himself with such class, it was impressive. He had every reason to not even shake Bettman's hand when he gave him the giant check but he was amazingly polite. Loved how all the players were cheering for him. Burns seemed the happiest for him but I then remembered that he was on the Wild with him when Scott started in the league.

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seems like everyone in here ate up the ASG ridiculousness so i won't rain on the parade

just glad we get back to real hockey tomorrow....down the stretch they come

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Been out of town the past few days, so have to backread through everyone's ASG posts. I'm sure this has already come up, but if you haven't given John Scott's piece in the Players' Tribune a read yet, go do that.

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Yeah, I don't think the money was a big motivator at all... Well, maybe for Scott it was. :lol

I really think - and maybe this is either too obvious or too cheesy - that a lot of the guys, even guys on the other teams, were doing it for and pulling for Scott. Just as an example: When Scott scored on the breakaway, it was Matt Duchene chasing him down. MATT DUCHENE. One of the most agile players I've ever watched. Do you mean to tell me that if he really wanted to, Matt Duchene couldn't have skated down John Scott?

And by saying that, I'm not trying to negate the magic of last night with Scott. In fact, I'm trying to add to it by demonstrating how players - even those on other teams - were pulling for the guy.

OH, and of all the stuff I read on the ASG and Scott last night (and there was an embarrassing amount), this one was my favorite:

http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey...ay-arthur.html

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I thought so too and I have been skating all my life. He should get a ten game suspension. I don't buy the BS argument that he confused a ref with an opposing player, I think it was in intentional crosscheck.

Interesting stat - John Scott has one more career goal that Jonathan Drouin. I am sure that will change at some point but what will not change is the fact that Scott is a likable guy who has earned the respect of both the players and the fans while Drouin has pretty much alienated himself from the players and the fans because he is an ass with an ego as large as a planet.

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I'm not going to lie, I teared up a bit when he was announced as the MVP. Seeing him enjoy that as much as he did was special. Next years all star game will be no where near as enjoyable.

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I don't think there will be an asg as enjoyable as that one for a long time