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2. Shiny Grab Bag:
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?

The All Star game isn't actually about playing hockey. It's a show for the fans and a chance for the players to play with their friends on other teams (if they were so lucky to be selected). I'd let them play with their old teammates. It might be the last time they get a chance to before the end of their careers.

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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?

Let them show off! This is supposed to be a show for all the fans after all. If they were going out there trying to make equal teams with equal skill then yea, sure. Maybe then keep them apart but since they aren't trying to do that, you might as well let the folks with already solid chemistry go hog wild.

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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.)

I'm lucky to say that I have Adam Prpich as a teammate and he was such an obvious choice to be selected to make the All-Star game that a blind man who had never even heard of hockey as a sport could have selected him. Not only was the man the leading goal scorer and point leader on the Cup Winning Los Angeles Panthers but he did so with style. Sporting a 22% shooting average, the man was hitting the twine with almost 1 in every 4 shots. It shouldn't be surprising that he had 9 game winning goals either. He wasn't all about the goal scoring though, as he had more assists then goals with a total of sixty six of them! The man did it all, he scored the goals and made everyone around him better. It would have been completely bonkers if he hadn't made the All-Star game.

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4. Written, 2 TPE, Participation Trophy (100 words min.)
Currently every team gets to send at least one player to the All-Star game. Are this seasons selections good in terms of team variety? Would you prefer more even selection from all of the teams or more focus to be put on individual performances despite the teams they represent? Do you think it is important for each team to get representation?

As much as I'd like to tell you that I think the All Star game should be just the best of the best, I really can't. The game isn't for us players really, It's for the fans and you know what the fans want to see? Players from their favourite team playing. You pull that away and you're cutting out a whole swath of folks who might otherwise be engaged with the sport. Which in turn means less money for the league and the players. It just makes sense to let each team get at least one representative to the game.

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