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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Absolutely right. But the entire All-Star game is confined to people already interested in the ASG. And in this case, the bad press may very well have forced the NHL's hand.
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I think the NHL forced their own hand here. They didn't fix the selection process even though this 'troll job' if you want to call it that has occurred numerous times, though this is the first that it succeeded (unless you want to count Girgensons - but that is a different kind of case).
I never voted, and I never really appreciated fan voting anyways, especially for teams like the Flames who are in the West and are not a big market team.
There were so many ways to fix the selection process while still including the fans, but the NHL chose not to do so. I think it would have looked terrible if they decided to exclude Scott. He got voted in - legally as per the NHL rules - and thus the NHL should follow their own process. And they are, so they are looking a lot less bush-league and the conspiracy theorists can stop fixating.
Yeah, having Scott in this All-Star game is not ideal. Fan voting without restrictions isn't ideal either, and this is what can happen.
If the NHL wanted fans to be involved in the voting process, there are so many ways to do it. Maybe the selection process would run better if the NHL asked teams to submit a list of their top 5 or 10 players who they feel should be there. Throw them all online and have fans select from these?
Heck, I would be much more interested if the players themselves selected who shows up. Make them select 'x' number of players from every team. That would be an interesting result to take note of. Perhaps have coaches select players from different teams. So many ways the voting itself can be interesting. Fan voting? I never thought fan voting was all that interesting, but maybe that's just me. NHL should have at least made a fix a few seasons ago to put an end to the 'troll vote' at least, but they chose not to, and now we have Captain John Scott.