S73 All Star Week

S73 All Star Week

CementHands
HOF Committee
HOF Committee

#206

11-23-2023, 10:30 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.

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Post your claim in the milestones thread for tpe earned per stat, and then link that post in your ASW submission. This is done because the person who grades ASW will be a different person than double-checks milestones.

Milestone Claim
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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 presumable top forward line of both conference teams this season is two teammates plus one from a division rival. For the East, Lacksamus and Svoboda of New England will have their line completed by either Shoyo Hinata of Atlanta or Ricky Koivu of Philadelphia. In the West, Edmonton's Winter and Surkhi-Ze'ev teaming up with an old nemesis in Ekholm-Gunnarsson gives me the shivers as a goalie. Which of these top lines do you think will score more this ASG?

The east top line is my pick to score more simply because they are the best players on the ice. It’s true in the regular season and unless there is some kind of uncompetitive schenagans like the NHL all star game has, this should be true in this game as well. The better players should dominate this game. 58 Words

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b. Both conferences also have two pairs each that played together all season. The East has the top pairings of the Wolfpack and Forge, while the West has those of Edmonton and Winnipeg. If you were coaching these games, would you keep those pairs together, or would you mix them up?

Well the answer to this really depends on what the intensity of the game will be. If it is a serious game and winning matters then you have to keep the pairs together. They have built this great chemistry and there is a reason the entire pair was selected. If you are just stupidly trying and failing to showcase the game like the NHL does and fails at, put them in the blender! Maybe have them not able to pass the puck forward or some other silly rule. 88 Words

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3. Written, 3 TPE, The Teammate One (150 words min.)

Tell me about your teammate who made the all star game! Who are they, why were they an obvious choice to make the All Star roster, and what do you expect from them this ASG? (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, write about your team's candidate for last man in instead.)

San-Sam Emerson not only made the All Star game after what I believe is a brief hiatus of a season last year, but was a solid foundation part of it. He’s one of the biggest leaders on the team, always presenting a calming steady nature and being the first one to coach the younger players into what being a professional is all about. On the ice he is one of the best defenders in the league. It can sometimes be difficult to be known as an excellent defensive player when you are on a very high powered offensive team, because the puck so often is in the other team zone, so chances for takeaways or hits are low, but being known for excellent defensive ability is part of his shining star.
Further to this, Emerson acts as a fantastic ambassador to the league. Hailing from the non hockey market of South Korea, he literally put them on the hockey map. It’s so much more than being from there though, being one of the best in the world and showcasing their culture in a great light is doing amazing work growing the game there for them.

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