S75 All Star Week

S75 All Star Week Due: Sunday, March 31st @ 11:59 PM PST

karlssens
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S28, S45, S49 Challenge Cup Champion

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03-26-2024, 02:58 PM (This post was last modified: 03-26-2024, 03:31 PM by karlssens. Edited 3 times in total.)

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1. Milestones, up to 3 TPE.

claim 2

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8. Written, 3 TPE, 75 seasons worth of stars (150 words min.)

It is 75th season and we had excellent media series produced by Luke that showcased the best players the league has ever had. Your task is to make an All-Star line (3 forwards, 2 defensemen and 1 goalie) out of those 75 players. To make it bit harder, you can only pick one player from each of the following ranges: 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-55 and 56-75. Who you pick and why?

F- Joe Kurczewski - In the 11-20 range I'll take captain clutch himself, Joe K. When he entered the league he was in the shadow of some other greats like Anrikkanen and Randleman, but as they aged out Joe continued to find new levels of success and not only managed to get out from their shadow, but surpass them. He leads all players in playoff points still I believe too.
F- Tony Pepperoni - In the 21-30 window I'm taking Pep. The swiss army knife of all star forwards he could do everything and leads Edmonton in every offensive franchise statistic.
F- Mike Izzy - In the 31-40 spot I'll take the Augment. Love him or hate him, mostly hate at this point, his first gen player was a resounding success having been nominated for the Dar award 8 times. Toss in 3 cups and a couple of Razov noms, he was an impactful player every shift.
D- Alonzo Garbonzo - In the top 10 spot I'm taking Garbonzo. The 9 time all star and 5 time Stevens winner is the Nik Lidstrom of the SHL and the top available defenseman in the history of the SHL.
D- Scott Stevens - In the 56-75 spot I'll take the man himself, Scott Stevens. With 7 nominations and 2 wins for best defenseman they opted to rename the award after him. Not much more needs to be said here.
G- In the 41-55 range I'm taking Tommy Tuck. I'm surprised he fell this far given his accolades, but I guess there are a lot of successful goalies. His prime window from S45-49 was all time and I think he'd best any goalie during that time.

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10. Written, 3 TPE, One foot inside the Hall (150 words min)

Make a case for a player to be inducted in Hall of Fame, check out the list of players from last ceremony post and pick any player that didn't get inducted and wasn't on their final year (as this isn't the place to argue about votes that already have passed). Let everyone know why they should be inducted to Hall of Fame.

Based on the players that missed the S69 class the player I believe that's most deserving to be in the hall that already isn't is Manhattan goaltender Peter Larson. There are several other high end goalies in recent votes that have bumped him down the last few years like Elizabeth Doyle and A Jobin, both of whom are equally deserving, but now it's Larson's time. The 3 time all star has 16 seasons played, 270 wins, a pair of McBride trophies, 1 Challenge Cup and 1 Razov for MVP that season. Those numbers get him in the conversation, but what puts him over the top is the Khan award win and Mexico nom as regular season MVP. Goalies don't typically get nominated for those awards, let alone win one of them. Both Doyle and Jobin haven't done that and they're already in. I think Larson gets in next year as the top eligible goalie.