NEW YORK -- The NHL is taking steps to avoid another John Scott situation at the All-Star Game.The league announced new fan voting rules Monday that disqualify players from being named All-Star captains if theyre injured or sent to the American Hockey League. Scott, a journeyman enforcer, was voted in by fans last year when he was with the Arizona Coyotes and still served as the Pacific Division captain despite being traded to the Montreal Canadiens and demoted to the AHL.Scott was the MVP of the 3-on-3 tournament that will be back for a second year, but the NHL didnt want a similar awkward situation to happen leading up to the 2017 All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles.Players who are injured or in the minors wont be on the active ballot until theyre back in the NHL. If someone is voted captain and is hurt or in the AHL, the player with the second-most votes gets in.Fans will vote for a captain from each division -- the Metropolitan, Atlantic, Central and Pacific -- regardless of position. The 3-on-3 tournament of the two Eastern and two Western Conference divisions facing each other before meeting in the final will take place on Sunday, Jan. 29.The All-Star skills competition will be Saturday, Jan. 28. Vans Shoes Sale . -- Bobby Ryan helped the U. Vans Shoes Sale Cheap . After dropping their final six games of December, the Wild opened the new calendar year with four consecutive wins. Following a loss to Colorado on Saturday, Minnesota rebounded the following night to blank Nashville 4-0, but then had the tables turned on them Tuesday. http://www.vansoutletsale.com/ . PAUL, Minn. Vans Shoes Sale Outlet . There are some early surprises in the race for the Hart Trophy, but two of the contenders are the leagues biggest stars over the past decade. There are many more players in contention for the awards than just the three that Ive named, and a good or bad week can easily alter the landscape, but through the first 20 or so games of the NHL season, this is how the awards races look to me. Vans Outlet Online . Catch all the action on TSN2 at 11pm et/8pm pt. The nine-time Big 12 champion Jayhawks are positioning themselves for another title, as they have run out to a flawless 6-0 mark in conference play thus far. The Boston Red Sox swung a deal with the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday morning, acquiring reliever Tyler Thornburg in exchange for infielder Travis Shaw and prospects Mauricio Dubon and Josh Pennington.Shaw, 26, took to Twitter after the announcement to bid farewell to the city of Boston, where he spent the first two seasons of his major league career.Brock Holt, who just wrapped up his fourth year in Bosston, sent a crying emoji to Shaw, who responded accordingly.ddddddddddddShaw hit 16 homers and had 71 RBIs in 2016. He was affectionately coined the Mayor of Ding Dong City by Red Sox fans after hitting a couple of long home runs in spring training this year.-- Josiah Turner ' ' '