S74 All Star Week

S74 All Star Week

spidey
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01-24-2024, 01:47 PM (This post was last modified: 01-24-2024, 07:41 PM by spidey. Edited 1 time in total.)

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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.

Wingers
Goals: 29 or more
Assists: 47 or more
+/-: 25 or higher
PIM: 24 or fewer
Fights: 1 or more
Hits: 129 or more -> 132 Hits
Special Points: 19 or more
GWG: 3 or more
Give Aways (GvA): 50 or fewer
Take Aways (TkA): 39 or more

https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3465348
https://index.simulationhockey.com/shl/player/3911

+1 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. Two teams, Edmonton and Los Angeles, tie with five total nods each. Both of those teams are in the West. Playoff rivalry aside, do you think it's to the West's advantage or disadvantage to have a relatively large number of players from the same two teams? Does it make the all-star game better or worse when this happens?

b. While the East rolled it back with two top defensive pairings - this year that means Philadelphia and Hamilton - the West mixed it up with only Los Angeles having two defensemen present. Everyone else has a new partner. Which side's defense are you more interested in watching?

c. While there aren't any new faces in net this season, which pair of goalies do you think is going to have more fun?

d. Why should YOUR player have made the all star game, and why should you be the last man in? (If your player did make the all star game, argue for one of your teammates instead!)

A)
I think it is an advantage on two fronts. It is an advantage at the All-Star game. These players know one another, they have played all season long with one another and they are going to know where each other will be without a second thought. It is also an advantage because the Blizzard in particular were the most dominate team in the league. Having that kind of strength at the All-Star game will go a long way for a win.

B)
I think the East will be a little more stable, so I am more interested in watching the West. It will be more enjoyable watching the unpredictable nature of having an unfamiliar partner playing alongside you. It should create some fun match up opportunities for the East forwards. But I believe being All-Stars, these western defenders will be able to quickly get back in position and make life interesting for the easts forwards.

C)
West. You have arguably the best goalie in the league playing for half the game in Justin Time, who is just a brick wall. He will shut down opposing forwards without any thought. Than the Panther’s Goalie (I am not looking up how to spell that name) is coming in as the youngest goalie in the group. His inexperience should create some great opportunities for the East to catch up on a high scoring game. It will be great to watch.

D)
I mean I was nominated for rookie of the year. Being a top rookie in a massive class that found a high level of success should have given me a nod to the All Star game. I was playing all season on the third line but managed to score at nearly a point per game pace another huge nod to the success I accomplished… Ok now that I am done with that, I had no business to actually have been in the game, the league got the right players there.

+4 TPE

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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.)

3.
There is an argument that the Pride could have sent a second player to the All-Star game or maybe should have sent another. But I believe the league did get it right by picking Viktor Hargreeves. Unlike the past where he was chosen because someone had to go to the All-Star game. This year he truly deserved it. He was in the top 10 for goals and number 11 for points in the league, he finished first in points for the Pride, by a large margin, was a +12 rating, 8 game winning goals (also top among the Pride), and played in all situations. Hargreeves is the heart and soul of the Pride on the ice and a leader in the locker room. He has helped the team find success and was the main contributor on a successful underdog story playoff run. While we could argue Willow Soderberg on defense could have made the game, Hargreeves was the right choice.

+3 TPE

TOTAL TPE: +8