S74 All Star Week

S74 All Star Week

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01-25-2024, 07:05 AM (This post was last modified: 01-25-2024, 07:06 AM by Salming. Edited 1 time in total.)

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?
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?

a) My thought has always been that All-Star games belongs to the very best players in the game. It is not an event where you should get a place without achievements. I hate it when you get called up to the game if there is not anybody else from your team. So, I really like that there are five players from these teams in the All-Star game. They have earned their places there more than anything.
c) I am sure both goalies duos will have a great time to show their skills in skills competion and then in the All-Star game. There is no excuses in that sense. But if I had to choose, I think West duo will have more fun. Time is the best goalie in the league so he will have fun because he stops all penalty shots. And then that Polish name monster will get good laughs thanks to his surname which is pretty crazy.

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.)

The Great Seattle Argonauts are represented in the All-Star game by one and only Landon Fischermann. He is a top tier defenceman who leads Aronauts's blue line. He is a two-tine Stanley Cup... I mean Challenge Cup winner. He knows how to go through tough playoff grinds. He has attitude. He leads by his example. He is a sensational leader on and off the ice. He is also GM of the franchise nowadays thanks to his leadership qualities, scouting skills and understanding of the game. He is a hockey nerd, you could say. He is a very intelligent hockey player. I expect Landon dominates the All-Star game now when he gets the chance to play with better players than currently in Seattle which goes through a re-building phase. It will be Fischermann's second All-Star appearance and I expect to see something magical from him. So yeah, there is that story about Landon Sir Fischermann. He will be at his element in Toronto's... Yukon's All-Star game.

5. Written, 3 TPE, Last Men In (150 words min.)
Argue for one of your teammates (not yourself!) to be the last man in for your conference!

Well, Willie Miller has played a sensational season behind a very bad Seattle Argonauts team. Of course his save percentage and goals against average numbers are not great because the team gives up so many shots and quality chances and in the end goals, but his analytics and deep data look very cool. His goals saved above expected number is magical +15.0. That means Miller played a very good season. Without him Seattle would have failed to reach its target which was six wins due to casino line. So yeah, just look at that number and then tell me why Miller is not in the AG game? If we compare him to other goalies, his goals saved above expected number is the second highest among all goaltenders in the Simulation Hockey League in season 74. So yeah, he was simply excellent. His athletiscm was suberb and pad saves very quick. He moves from post to post like Usain Bolt in his prime. Believe me. Eye test tells that Willie should be in the AG game.