1. A solitary TPE, what a pittance

2. a. I doubt it affects the event that much but if you are asking about the effect it has on the Conference... well, to be blunt, is it ever a good sign when you have a concentration of better players in a small number of teams? The answer is usually no, I guess.
b. West. I prefer something more varied than something that you could probably see on a regular match anyway. It really is not quite a varied show if you will have a usual pairing from a team that plays through the regular season together, so yeah... fail to see why I would rather see that as opposed to just players from different teams having to figure their way out together for kicks.
c. Probably the West, just because that goalie has to deal with players who lack the same chemistry they would otherwise have if they were from the same team. Not that it matters much given the game is really just for bantz and all so I suppose both would enjoy it in their own way though if I had to pick one, just give me the West one.
d. Barring the fun of seeing whoever narrates the game have a struggle with the name of Sunrise van de Schubbekutteveen, I fail to see any reason he would have gotten in anyway. Comes with the territory of being a young player in a team working themselves up as opposed to the usual suspects playing for the Cup that usually end up at this thing anyway.

8. No bloody idea. I see some people I like, some people I doubt I have ever met and that is probably about it. Bordeleau being our only player makes an awful lot of sense since she's the team's veteran and I believe she is on her way to retirement sooner than later so it should probably be a nice little visit if you look at it that way. But I still could not care less about an All-Star Game and that kind of just remains as it is to this very day regardless of how many teammates of mine end up in it.

That is probably why there was that three-on-three All-Star thing a while back that I had heard about but could not care much to check, to try and give the concept some extra life but man... kinda rough of a battle to face, huh? Good luck to them with this whole thing, I guess.