The Scottie dog is about to have a new friend to chase around the Monopoly board. Following a month-long nationwide vote from fans, Hasbro took to the Today show to announce that it will retire the iron from the game’s iconic pieces, replacing it with a cat. While some fans were worried about the fate of beloved tokens like the pooch or the race car, neither was ever in much danger of being eliminated. (The Scottie dog, in fact, was the most popular token, with 29 percent of the vote to save it.) Hasbro says the boot, iron and wheelbarrow were always in the red zone with players. In fact, all three tokens were virtually tied for last place until late Tuesday night, when iron haters pushed the appliance over the edge, sending it to jail without passing…