S76 All Star Week

S76 All Star Week Due: Sunday, June 2nd @ 11:59 PM PST

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05-29-2024, 03:02 PM (This post was last modified: 05-29-2024, 03:06 PM by oknom. Edited 1 time in total.)

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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. Which of the three Montreal players would have been best addition to either of the teams?

d. Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz and Sir Devoir were picked with back to back picks and thus both teams secured their started. Does either side have advantage on net? Back up goalies were picked lot later, do you think they can play role in the game at all?

A.) Given the choices here of the three Montreal Patriotes skaters, I would be drafting Damien Hirano. Hirano stacks up pretty closely to Mutou with identical points in the regular season and just 1 more goal than their teammate. Why I give Hirano the nod is the better faceoff win percentage (42.2% vs 24%) as well as better shot blocking numbers than Mutou (59 vs 40). WC: 65
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D.) I think the two starting goalies drafted are pretty evenly matched in Sir Devoir and Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz. Devoir made the finals just recently in S76 whereas Brzęczyszczykiewicz took home the cup the season prior. Easily two of the most elite tenders in the league right now. I do think there should be an opportunity for backup goalies to feature in the all star game. They could play the final period or first period just to be sure they get enough of a chance to impact the game. I think overall though, the all star game is more about honoring the players than it is about the outcome of the game itself. WC: 111
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4. Written, 3 TPE, It is the draft season (150 words min.)

This season we saw huge changes on how All-Star teams were formed. How do you like the new draft format for all-star teams? Do you think it is good that committee picks the pool from which the players are drafter? Should there be more players from each team on the pool? Are last season cup finalist good picks for selecting the players?

Every once in a while, you just gotta do something different to spice things up. Get the onion rings instead of the fries. Wear the pink shirt instead of the blue one. Take the long way home. Switch your simulation hockey league’s all star game selection process to a fantasy draft format. If my player were in a position to actually be selected to the all star game, I would have been way more invested in the draft. It was still thrilling to see the roster announcement in prior seasons, but now there is a little bit more to it. Did this take some agency away from the all star committee though? Or are they happy with the added engagement of the Challenge Cup finalist GM’s? I think for now it’s a good thing, but we can always look to change it up again in say 6 seasons or so. I do think the amount of players in the pool was fine and doesn’t need to increase. Having the players who didn’t make the team still be in the skills comp is much better than just never knowing how close you were to making the team. WC: 196
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ISFL Affiliate link WC: 164 (week of 5/27 to 6/2)
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