GDT: All-Star Weekend

[MonsterMack]

If I offend anyone with this post, I don't care. Country music is beyond awful. It actually hurts.

I like most music, but I just can't stand country

 

[tigervixxxen]

If I offend anyone with this post, I don't care. Country music is beyond awful. It actually hurts.

It's really cheesy is what I don't like about it. Since rock is embarrassingly unpopular right now it's the only music with guitars that gets out of the underground.

 

[AvsRobin]

 

[Cousin Eddie]

I still wish they let him wear his IceCaps jersey like he wanted.

 

[RockLobster]

imagine the bidding war between two expansion teams if that happened this summer... haha

And he seems to be a great guy to have around your team.

So are players like McLeod and Bordeleau. From all accounts, they helped keep the room loose and whatnot. With fighting being phased out (or, at the VERY LEAST, Enforcers being phased out), you sometimes feel a little sad for some of these guys (at least McLeod has been able to offer SOMETHING else other than fighting--the little bit of offense he's been able to provide throughout his career).

And that Players' Tribune article from Scott opened a lot of eyes, in my opinion (and yeah, helped people get on his side).

 

[BoxOfChocolates]

The fans were such jerks for voting Scott in...


It's nice to see people like Damien Cox and Jeremy Roenick eat crow.

 

[tigervixxxen]

The fans were such jerks for voting Scott in..

They were taking direction from puck daddy, so yeah.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

They were taking direction from puck daddy, so yeah.

Wow is that actually where it originated?

 

[BoxOfChocolates]

They were taking direction from puck daddy, so yeah.

And Reddit. And HF Boards. And other podcasts.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Wow is that actually where it originated?

Yeppers

This

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-p...why-fans-must-make-this-happen-155528278.html

And this

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-p...tely-don-t-want-to-be-voted-in-220242904.html

Just because they all turned it into a positive doesn't change the intent. Enjoy it for what it is but media getting their hot takes in is where they are losing the plot.

 

[BoxOfChocolates]

Wow is that actually where it originated?

Marek vs Wyshynski to be exact.

 

[RockLobster]

And Reddit. And HF Boards. And other podcasts.

It may have ended up nice and everything, but it did start out as this:

"You know what would be funny? Voting in the worst player in the NHL. Who would that be?"

"I know! John Scott!"

"Yeah! Let's get this thing going!"

It was because of how Scott handled it, and his teammates supporting him, that it was able to evolve into the "feel good story" that it's been this weekend.

 

[BoxOfChocolates]

It may have ended up nice and everything, but it did start out as this:

"You know what would be funny? Voting in the worst player in the NHL. Who would that be?"

"I know! John Scott!"

"Yeah! Let's get this thing going!"

It was because of how Scott handled it, and his teammates supporting him, that it was able to evolve into the "feel good story" that it's been this weekend.

True but perhaps the people that voted him in expected that Scott would handle it properly and have fun with it.

I mean:

 

[AvsRobin]

It may have ended up nice and everything, but it did start out as this:

"You know what would be funny? Voting in the worst player in the NHL. Who would that be?"

"I know! John Scott!"

"Yeah! Let's get this thing going!"

It was because of how Scott handled it, and his teammates supporting him, that it was able to evolve into the "feel good story" that it's been this weekend.

And the NHL turned it into this underdog vs the evil empire. You know who people are gonna root for then.

 

[tigervixxxen]

No, I don't believe that's why he was the chosen one.

I mean good for him, good how he's handled it and how it has turned out. I have nothing against Scott. Actually I'm one of the few that cares he was embarrassed about it in the first place.

 

[AslanRH]

If you don't follow Luongo on Twitter.... I'm sorry. Trolling the other Florida fans now

 

[henchman21]

There is some really good country out there... It just isn't the popular stuff. Sturgill Simpson and Jason Isbell are phenomenal country acts.

 

[AslanRH]

 

[henchman21]

So... my gf, who doesn't like hockey much and doesn't know anybody beyond Landy, Duchene, MacK, Varly and ROR... Is screaming for Scott. Never seen her so into a game.

 

[bohlmeister]

A++++

 

[cgf]

No, I don't believe that's why he was the chosen one.

I mean good for him, good how he's handled it and how it has turned out. I have nothing against Scott. Actually I'm one of the few that cares he was embarrassed about it in the first place.

I don't care why it started. I voted for him because it highlighted what was so dumb about fan-voting for the ASG and was a great way to show what a forgotten joke the ASB had become. It turning into a feel good story for Scott is just a bonus.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Did anybody just see that backhand release by Joe Pavelski? It was like a backhand one timer. I couldn't release on my forehand like that.

 

[cgf]

Did anybody just see that backhand release by Joe Pavelski? It was like a backhand one timer. I couldn't release on my forehand like that.

There's a reason he's so magic when he's on Jumbo's line. That man just knows how to shoot the **** out of the puck.

 

[tigervixxxen]

I don't care why it started. I voted for him because it highlighted what was so dumb about fan-voting for the ASG and was a great way to show what a forgotten joke the ASB had become. It turning into a feel good story for Scott is just a bonus.

That's too bad.

 

[RockLobster]

The NHL needs to sub-in Dubnyk so we don't end in a 0-0 tie...