1. Milestones, up to 3 TPE.
+2: Milestone TPE

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?
I mean is it not always a advantage to have multiple players of the same team, it most likely meant the team gelled well together, and them all being called up means the lines that did so well in the SHL season, can now keep playing together during this all-star match. Of course it does sadly take away some of the intrigue to see how players from different teams perform together. 71 words (1 TPE)

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?
I mean while the East will of course be interesting to see these strong defensive pairings together again, the west will surely be the more interesting defense to watch, seeing how the new pairings gel together (or fall apart together), and seeing if the players individually also can make do, or if the pairings in the regular team is so perfect that the 2 defenders cover each other’s weaknesses really well. - 71 Words (1 TPE)

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?
On one side we have the goalie pairings of Buffalo’s Casey Fantobens and Philadelphia’s Base Pack. Both great goalies who have in recent times been somewhat regulars in the all-star game, but for the first time being seen together. In the west we see Justin Time and Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz, Justin Time has played in the last 3 all-star games, with the last one already being together with Brzęczyszczykiewicz, because of this I do think the Eastern pairing will be more interesting as it is a new pairing. - 87 Words (1 TPE)

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 mean there is certainly a high correlation between these 2, but is that not just logical? The more TPE you have, the better your player most likely is. This means more minutes played, and thus more potential to gain stats, which means more likely to get into the all-star team. And still when looking at this seasons all-star team we only need to look at the Eastern Conference into Atlanta’s player to see the 3rd highest TPE player being in, instead of the 1st highest. Because of this I personally think it is a logical correlation, as you will most likely see the for forwards 3 highest, for defenders 2 highest, and for goalies highest TPE player play in the 1st line (or as main goalie in the case of goalies) so those are also the ones in contention for the all-star team as they played more minutes, and got more (and likely better) statistics than the ones behind them. - 161 words (3 TPE)


Total: 8 TPE