S74 All Star Week

S74 All Star Week

Thelastheraclid
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01-28-2024, 12:04 AM

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1. Milestones, up to 3 TPE.

Milestones are folded in with All-Star Week.

Link your Milestone claim as task 1 for up to 3 TPE towards your 8 total.

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Post your claim in the milestones thread for tpe earned per stat, and then link that post in your ASW submission. This is done because the person who grades ASW will be a different person than double-checks milestones.

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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?

It is an absolute advantage for the West to have a bunch of players from the same team. They have that built in chemistry which will give them a slight edge against a team with fewer players who know their teammate’s games in and out. For the fans though, it makes the game worse. Fans want to see impossible line combos not the same old same old line ups.
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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 am more interested in watching the East’s defense because I am self-centered and I am on it. With regression hitting Emerson hard, this could be my last go at the all-star game and to be able to enjoy it with my regular season D partner and bud, Antonio Flusso, means it is going to be memorable.
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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 think that there is a pretty strong correlation between TPE and getting an all-star nod. Generally speaking, the more TPE a player has the more top tier offensive production they will have. Although there are probably some people out there who do not like the idea a top point scorer automatically getting in, the fact is that an all-star game is supposed to be an offensive extravaganza. There are two reason I will so it is not a direct correlation. Because every team needs to have at least one representative, you are going to have lower TPE players squeaking into the game. There can also be a case of a team’s top goal scorer being lower TPE but highly specialized for their role. The people feeding them passes could be higher with the TPE but assists are not flashy enough to get you into the all-star game. It would be a shock to me if an all-star game was ever made up of a majority under 1500 TPE players.
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