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Dec 21, 06
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lol my friend voted for him 10 times today.
He's still 20k behind though, ultimately I doubt he'll win. I'd laugh if he did though! 
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Dec 21, 06
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who cares?
The all star game is a joke. Have you ever watched it? If it werent for this topic I wouldn't even have thought about the all star game yet so that goes to show you what publicity does for a league even if its bad publicity.
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Dec 21, 06
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League likes Rory for 'fun' factor
 Jason Botchford, The Province Published: Thursday, December 21, 2006 Much like Sylvester Stallone has done with Rocky, Rory Fitzpatrick campaigners have taken a charming story and launched it into the realm of the ridiculous -- and the NHL couldn't be happier. The league is embracing the 'Vote for Rory' efforts which now seem poised to elect to the all-star game a bottom-roster Canucks defenceman who has as many points as the fans voting for him (zero). "I hope that from a human standpoint, for once, we can all just have a moment of fun with something without sentencing ourselves to paralysis by analysis," said NHL spokesman Frank Brown. "I have a pretty strong feeling that everyone who has played this year at an all-star calibre will end up on the ice in Dallas. "If one of those players is a player who has been picked by the fans, who have made use of the opportunity granted them by fan balloting then so be it. Let's not make it into something catastrophic." Thanks to fans who go on 'Rory Diets' -- where they do nothing but vote for Fitzpatrick for hours -- Fitzpatrick is in second place among Western Conference defencemen after his biggest week yet. In one week, he jumped from sixth to second. If voting trends continue he will take over the No. 1 spot held by Scott Niedermayer before voting wraps on Jan. 2. "You gotta laugh at it all," Brown said. "We all have to remember, they're hockey players, not hockey workers. "It's good that a lot of people are having fun with it." The campaign originated with the website voteforrory.com when creator Steve Schmid set out to shine the spotlight on a lesser-known player. Many got involved in the campaign to show the flaw in the NHL voting system that allows fans to vote online as many times as they want. There has been a belief in some circles that the NHL has been appalled by these developments and is planning to change the way it selects all stars next year. Not even close to reality, Brown said. "This is what passionate fans do and we have some of the most passionate fans in sport," Brown said. "This story underscores the respect we have for our fans' passion. "It is a delight when there is a positive story to tell from a hockey standpoint. If there is going to be a hockey story that will make people feel good about their ability to have an impact on a national event, then that is a really nice story." Brown said no matter what system the league uses there are always people who complain about who got in and who didn't. The biggest question left is whether Fitzpatrick will decide to go to the game if he's voted in. "There's almost 500,000 voters who think he should go already," Brown said. "We welcomed their participation in making the decision." There is no question the story has brought a lot of attention to the NHL and its all-star game. It has been picked up and discussed throughout Canada, by Sports Illustrated and media outlets in Los Angeles and New York.
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Dec 21, 06
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I've seen almost all the all star games since i was born, and until this year the voting process was pretty good. Its just a fun way for the players to get out, and be flashy. So not a joke I think your taking the all star "BREAK" too seriously. p.s: all star weekday break eh? whatever happened to the all star weekend haha
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Dec 22, 06
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they're still having the skills competition right?
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Dec 23, 06
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Still really wierded out by how the so called All Star Weekend is now gonna be on a tues and weds in the middle of the week. p.s: january 23 - skills comp, january 24 - all star game
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