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+2 TPE




High-TPE players should theoretically be the best players on any specific team. At least if the team is good in general. We have seen rebuilding teams where rookies (typically relatively low-TPE players) were chosen as all-stars so there goes the theory. It really depends on each team and the situation the team is currently in. I actually like the fact that younger players get picked, but at the same time you could also pick old, regressing veterans that are definitely no longer the highest TPE players on a team, if they had a good season. If you have several high-TPE players that all had a good season, but none of them stood out and then you had a rookie or an old player that was surprisingly good given their low TPE, why not pick them as an all-star?
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3 TPE





I think I found proof that nobody reads these replies, because I've asked before not to call this last men in but last player in because not all players are men and we already changed this to last player in elsewhere, but I guess I can argue this every season and it won't change. I'll be back next season to check. To get to the point: We didn't have the greatest regular season in Winnipeg, but I would select Lord Farquaads as an alternative choice from my team next to MST who was the all-star selection and also the only player from the Aurora. Farquaads was second best player on the team in points (78 and that includes an impressive 8 short-handed goals and two short-handed assists) and if you want some arbitrary FHM numbers, best overall GR on the team too. He also lead the team in hits by far. If that isn't all-star material I don't know what is. Farquaads did a bit of everything, even lost some face-offs. So, we didn't have that many options (definitely, or unfortunately not among the goalies this time), and I believe they already made the right choice with the player they picked, but as a second player I really don't see anyone else than Farquaads.
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3 TPE

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Total: 8 TPE