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Wrapping Up The Weekend Talk

01/04/2016 at 12:19pm EST

from Damien Cox of Sportsnet,

Easy fix to John Scott fiasco

Of course it’s silly John Scott is going to the all-star game. Of course, he should have listened to all of those who suggested various gracious ways out of this situation.

But it’s happening. If Scott – a healthy scratch on the day it was announced he’d been voted in as a divisional captain – wants to make a farce out of a game that’s been limping along for years, an event the players’ association should be trying harder to make more legitimate, that’s his call. He seems to think the hockey world is laughing with him.

But this one’s easy to fix in the future. The NHL just needs to put out a list next year of the players who are eligible for all-star votes. It can be large enough that the Latvians can still get Zemgus Girgensons in. But it will erase the kind of silliness we saw with Rory Fitzpatrick, and now Scott.

Media doesn’t have to play ball with Maple Leafs

You can go along with the “upper body” injury nonsense with William Nylander if you like, but it’s clear he suffered a brain injury (concussion) that Sweden and the Maple Leafs would prefer not to acknowledge.

That’s their business, their choice. If the choice is to hide injuries, well, that allows the rest of us to guess what those injuries are. The media is under no obligation to report just what teams want them to report. End of story.

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