S74 All Star Week

S74 All Star Week

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01-25-2024, 11:59 PM

1. Milestones (3 TPE)
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4. Written, 3 TPE, TPE TPE 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?

I don't know that TPE should be the end all for what is considered an "all star" level player. There's a lot that goes into a successful player, from their build, their deployment by their GM, to even just their teammates and their teammates' skill. If someone is building poorly, or making weird decisions, then obviously there isn't much correlation between high TPE and being an all star. However, I really question what you're spending on if you have over 1.7k TPE and have a bad build. Must be something egregiously bad, somehow. Then there's deployment, FHM is nice that you can play certain roles within your team and have some specific style of play when you're on the ice. Hopefully your GM or co-GM is somewhat aware of how all that works and can deploy you properly. Lastly, if your teammates just suck, chances are you'll struggle as well. Or maybe you'll get all the points, who really knows. Sim engines do as they please sometimes. Maybe flip a coin to see if you're an all star or not.

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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?

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 the NHL has shown how even rivalries can be put aside for the all star competition and deep ties can result in strong performances. Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin are one of the first rivals to teammates that I can think of in the all star competition. From playing each other so much in the regular season and playoffs, they were quite familiar with each others' games in the playoffs and were able to play very well together in the all star game when deployed together.

d. I guess Cheeks was pretty good at scoring goals from the blue line. Scoring 18 goals as a rookie defensemen should be considered fairly impressive, even if his +/- was a miserable -61. He had 41 takeaways or something to just 10 giveaways, so fairly strong metrics there. Around 70-80 hits and blocked shots each. I dunno if it's really all star worthy beyond the goals as a rookie d-man, but I guess its better than absolutely nothing. Maybe the best defenseman on Calgary too, so could be worth something there as well.