NHL All-Star Balloting and the Crosby Conspiracy

I just checked the NHL All Star Balloting results and found that Sidney Crosby is now in the lead amongst Eastern Conference forwards. In fact, he is leading by over 25,000 votes. WTF?! How in the hell did that happen? Don't get me wrong, all things being equal I would have suspected that one of the league's most heralded players would easily be among the top vote-getters. But given the scandalous (yet officially unacknowledged) vote-fixing bot implemented by some geeky, over-zealous Canadiens fan(s), the top-3 prize seemed certain to go to Kovalev, Koivu and Tanguay. So how could it be that Crosby has gained so much ground in such little time?