Quote: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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Quote: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. Before last players are picked Edmonton is the only team that has 4 players selected for the game. Among those only defensive pairing from a single team Isaac Forty-One and Emil Egli. They both were traded to new teams this offseason. Would you let them play one more time with each other or would you highlight them with their new teammates Dirty Boots and Brandan Laroux who also made it to the game?
b. Inferno and Panthers got to send two forwards each, Shōyō Hinata and Binko Koivu from Atlanta and Adam Prpich and Derek Martin from Los Angeles. Would you let them show of their chemistry and potentially dominate the game by letting them play on the same line or is All-Star game prime opportunity for them to show their creativity and skill even when playing with other top players?
c. Should the starting goaltender be the one who arguably had better season? Or as the stakes aren't as high as usually would you think it is better to offer the experience for the goalie who has had less appearances? Or maybe honor the one who has had more? Who should start and why?
d. Aleksandr Iskandrov and Wide Peepo Happy 3 Koivu get to play on their home arena as Hamilton is hosting the event this season. Does it matter more for the fans or the players that they get to play in front of home crowd?
e. 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, tell us why they were picked.)

a. I would give those two the chance to play one last game together as teammates. Edmonton was a team that was so fun to watch these last couple of seasons and it stung a bit to see their window slam shut so suddenly, so I would love to see those two have on laast hoorah together!
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c. I don't think number of games during a season or appearance in the ASG should really be a factor here. The game is meant to honor the players who did outstanding things during the season and not to hand out participation trophies, so the starter should be whoever performed the best during the year. The game time should still be evenly split between all goaltenders who are part of the game though.
d. I'm sure it matters for those players that get to play in their home arena and in front of their hometown fans. I would however argue that the crowd that you will find at an ASG will look very different from a normal crowd at one of your regular season games, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. There will still be a lot of local in the attendance who will cheer their hometown heroes on.
e. My player made a bunch of ASGs in recent years but this time he didn't and honestly - it is fine. Other players on my team outshined me this time around and you don't want too many players from the same team in an ASG anyway, as being the 4th or 5th best scorer on a stacked team is often less impressive than being the second best scorer on a lower ranked team, even if your raw point totals are higher.

Quote:3. Written, 3 TPE, The Teammate One (150 words min.)
Tell me about your teammate who made the all star game! Who are they, why were they an obvious choice to make the All Star roster, and what do you expect from them this ASG? (If more than one of your teammates made the game, pick one of those players other than yourself. If you are the only player on your team selected for the all star game so far, write about your team's candidate for last man in instead.)

This was a tough one to choose for me, because I would've loved to both talk about Justin Time and Jack St. Clair. Those two represent two very different generations and are pretty much at the opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to ASG-players. On one side we have Justin Time, a grizzled vet who has been dominant in his position for almost a decade now and has been rewarded for it with five All Star Game appearances already - and even more could follow over the next few seasons, as he has shown no signs of slowing down. But everyone knows how got Justin Time is, so I think I should give a shout out to a new breakout star in Jack St. Clair. St. Clair has already been a good player for a couple of seasons. but he really broke out last year and sort of initiated a changing of the guard at the Blizzard, becoming not just the teams best scorer after the likes or Surkhi-Ze'ev and Winter had occupied those spots for the last few years, but the number two scorer in the league overall. A truly remarkable season for a player who is just getting started as one of the leagues very best.