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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?
Everyone knows that line chemistry transfers over from one sim to the next, so if these players are already used to playing with each other then that is a big nod that they should have a great game by already knowing each others strengths and weaknesses. I think it will make for more spectacle and fun and I dont even watch the game anyways.
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?
Line chemistry, line chemistry, line chemistry. I think that the east will have some great D opportunities, but having a stellar D in FHM is so random that you never know what to expect. You can have the top D-core, but if you can't score then that means nothing. The best question here is which D player is absent that always bring his A game to special teams?

4. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.) How much of a correlation do you think there is between TPE and an all-star nod? Should there be more, or less, than there is?
For the most part, I think that a low tpe player can easily get into the all star game. The first main reason is that there is parity that allows everyone to send at least one member from each team so there is always the chance of representation. The second, even if a player is high TPE they can have a good season or a bad season depending on luck and the team around them. I think higher tpe generally relates 1:1 with performance in general, but there are times when a player has a really great unexpected season and the RNG of a simulation comes through. If it was totally reliant on TPE, we would see the highest TPE player in the league always be the best at what they do and that just is not consistently correct. If you look at Seamus in this past season, he had terrible PDO and that reflected in his stats and therefore reflected in his not being picked up for the allstar game.