The NHL All-Star Game itself and the fan vote formats are different this year. The voting has only been live for the last two days, but it's already generating all sorts of headlines.

First off, the format allows fans only to select four players, one per division. Those four players captain the four teams that will compete against each other in the new 3-on-3 tournament format the league decided on for this year. The league picks the rest of the players. Secondly, there is a humorous (and, so far, successful) campaign to get Arizona Coyotes enforcer John Scott to be the captain for the Pacific Division. Lastly, Jaromir Jagr aka The Legend, is leading the Atlantic Division.

Not knowing how long the 43-year-old Jagr will have left in the league and how well he has played for the Florida Panthers so far this season, he's not really a shocking choice to vote for inclusion. The Panthers had been promoting efforts to get him into the game. They might not have consulted with No. 68 first, though.

Jagr took to Twitter to inform his fans that while he's grateful for their votes, this year's All-Star Game with its 3-on-3 tournament format is not fit for someone his age.

Well this is a very important warning, All-Star Game voters. There are some out there who would prefer to see Jagr play until the end of time. We can't have the future Hall of Famer running out of gas because of an exhibition.

Jagr, a nine-time All-Star, has not participated since 2004, but in case he reconsiders, 10 is a nice round number.

Jagr has 1,820 points in 1,572 career NHL games. He is one goal away from tying Marcel Dionne for fourth all-time on the NHL scoring list with 731. Jagr is already fourth all-time in points and 30 away from tying Gordie Howe for third.

Even if he doesn't get voted in, Jagr isn't out of the woods if he's hoping for a few days of vacation at the end of January. The league selects the 40 other open roster spots and each team has to be represented. If the All-Star Game was tomorrow, there’s a good case for Jagr to be the Panthers' representative.

By the way, Jagr is now the third player to come out Wednesday and say he doesn't want to be selected for the All-Star Game. Buffalo Sabres forward Zemgus Girgensons, who was the top vote-getter for last year's game, tweeted in Latvian that he doesn't want to be voted in again because he doesn't feel like he's earned a spot with his four points this season. He got a lot of help from his countrymen in the voting last year. Scott has also come out and said, that while he thinks the initiative to get him into the game is fun, he "definitely" doesn’t want to be voted into the game.

As of this writing, the top vote-getters for the 2016 NHL All-Star Game, in order, are Scott, Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals, Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks and Jagr. So half of them aren't on board with their inclusion so far. We'll see if they get their wish.

Jaromir Jagr says he's too old for the All-Star Game. (USATSI)
Jaromir Jagr says he's too old for the All-Star Game. (USATSI)