By JEFF Z. KLEIN

Hockey fans stopped caring about the N.H.L. All-Star Game long ago, so the league turned to Brendan Shanahan, its go-to guy for fixing whatever ails the game. His solution: take a page from the schoolyard pick-up handbook. Make fans wonder who will be picked first — and last.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/sp...ahan.html?_r=1