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To the surprise of absolutely no one, the Buffalo Stampede once again sent Konstantin Selich to the all-star game, for like the 7th or 8th straight season. Though plenty of "experts" predicted a significant drop in production from Selich and claimed he was "way past his prime", all Selich did was go out and lead the entire league in points with a whopping 127. Buffalo cruised the top seed and best record in the East despite icing a roster that many considered to be "average" and "devoid of the starpower that the best teams in the league boasted". Obviously all-star awards are based solely on performance over the course of one season, which again, Selich completely dominated in, but the fact is Selich probably has had the best run of any player in the entire league over the span of the last 8 seasons or so. Even as the players around him have come and gone and new faces are brought in, Selich has been the one offensive standout for Buffalo and continues to be an automatic inclusion in the all-star game for Buffalo. (187 words)

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All-star selections are based on performance, so naturally there is going to be a correlation between being selected to the all-star game and TPE, since TPE should directly improve performance. There are of course several nuances. Having a high amount of TPE while being on a team that has many high TPE players can make it less likely to receive an all-star nod. With many high TPE players on one team, the points may get spread out more or some players may simply be outshone by their own teammates. This is of course bolstered by the fact that every team sends at least one player to the game, meaning there likely are going to be some less productive players from bad teams making it in over more productive players from good teams who may be the 3rd or 4th best player on their own team. Of course being just an above average TPE player on a team going through a full rebuild may get you an all-star nod by default as you are simply the best option on a team that has single digit wins. Of course we should expect that players with more TPE will perform better and therefore more likely to be an all-star, but the rules are setup in a way that lower TPE players may also get nods, but in a way that I believe makes sense and can recognize players who have had standout performances on poor teams, even though there may be cases where a bad player gets the nod simply because someone has to be the representative of a bad team. (273 words)