The NHL announced on Saturday that Florida Panthers forward Jaromir Jagr and Arizona Coyotes forward John Scott were two of the four players voted into the 2016 All-Star game and will serve as the captains for the Atlantic and Pacific Division teams. This came after both players spent the month of December campaigning for fans to vote for players other than them for different reasons.
Scott, a little-used enforcer that has five goals in eight years and was mostly voted in as a joke by fans, didn't want the votes because he felt they should be going to his more deserving teammates.
Jagr, the oldest player in the NHL, a future first ballot Hall of Famer and one of the best players to ever player in the NHL, had a different set of reasons for not wanting in: He was afraid the 3-on-3 format would kill him. After the voting results were released on Saturday, Jagr had a new worry for the game.
Fans-I was afraid,that 3on3 all-Star game may kill me,now,I am more afraid,fighting John Scott 6,8 300 during All-Star, kill me for sure
— Jaromir Jagr (@68Jagr) January 2, 2016
Obviously he's not going to have to worry about that in what is pretty much a non-contact exhibition, but whatever your thoughts on Scott being in the All-Star game are from a hockey standpoint, having him and Jagr there off the ice should be pretty outstanding. And probably better than anything that actually happens during the game.
After saying in early December that he did not want to get voted in to the game, Scott already said on Saturday that he plans to participate.
