Is this article from this year? Nope it's from 2007. Clearly the NHL learned nothing and between this and the Girgensons vote last year it's very obvious they don't have a clue.
http://www.slate.com/articles/sports.../rorygate.html
"one commentator described Rory-voters as a bunch of "computer geeks." Wayne Gretzky suggested that the league intervene to save the All-Star Game. ESPN's Barry Melrose made an ominous warning about how the league would respond: "If this works, enjoy it," he said, "'cause I gotta think they'll have a trick up their sleeve so it'll never happen again."