S71 All Star Week

S71 All Star Week

CrazyMojito
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07-20-2023, 01:37 PM

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1. Milestones, up to 3 TPE.

Milestones are folded in with All-Star Week.

Link your Milestone claim as task 1 for up to 3 TPE towards your 8 total.

+2 TPE

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2. Written, up to 4 TPE - Shiny Grab Bag: Pick up to 4 topics related to the All Star Game to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words.

a. The goal scoring race this season ended in a tie between Evil Allbran and Lias Ekholm-Gunnarsson, each potting a phenomenal 60 goals. They'll be lining up on opposide sides of the faceoff dot this all star game. Which of our league's best scorers

Its a tough choice to have to pick between these two incredible players. Not thinking long term and focusing only on the next season I'd probably want Evil Allbran over Lias Ekholm-Gunnarsson simply because Evil Allbran has won a cup. LEG has been to the finals several times and each time they have walked away empty handed. So as much as regular season success is great, it means nothing without that cup at the end.

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b. Borje Samuelsson lead all the league's defensemen in points this season with an incredible statline of 22-59-81 in 66 games played. However, the best defensive defenseman in this all star game is Adelie de Pingu, who put up 16-40-56 in the same number of games played while still recording the best average defensive performance of anyone who made primetime. Which of these defensemen will have a better showing this weekend and why?

When it comes to All-Star games I think the expectation is an offensive performance. Nobody is hoping to watch players block shots and play sound defensively, and that probably includes GMs of the players blocking shots lol. For this reason I have to say Borje Samuelsson should have the better showing and more likely to get the fans out of their seats.

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c. The eastern conference will be lining up in front of netminders Casey Fantoben and Brick Wall, while the west will play in front of Justin Time and Jon St. Ark. Which team should be more comfortable with their backstop tandem? Why?

Looking at the regular season Brick Wall and Casey Fantobens had incredible seasons and I don't think the Eastern Conference should have any worries with these two tending the net. I'm going to choose The tandem of Time and Ark though because Time is used to not having defense in front of him and he was still able to lock it down enough to get the win and I can see the All Star game being very similar to that.

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3. Written, 3 TPE, And Now, For the Main Event (150 words min.)

Tell me about your teammate who made the all star game! Who are they, what makes their game special, and why are they going to utterly dominate this event? (If more than one of your teammates made the game, pick one of those players other than yourself. If you are the only player on your team selected for the all star game so far, then and only then may you pump your own tires.)

After a period where the Edmonton Blizzard really didn't have anyone worthy of being labled an All Star, this season the Arctic Foxes are sending 6 players! Four were selected and two voted in as last players in. Basically the top line, or top defense pairing, and our goalie. I am super excited to watch Benjamin Surkhi-Ze'ev the next couple seasons as he hits his prime, but I think Evan Winter is going to be the guy that takes over the All-Star game. For the first time in Blizzard history we had a player break the fifty goal mark as well as the hundred point mark. Winter was by far and large our MVP of the season and finished 5 in league points and third in goals, only behind those two 60 goal scorers. With the chemistry he has with the line mates joining him in the All Star game, I expect to see some incredible and magical things from him.