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.

+1 (link HERE)

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.
b. Nash Topalo and Seamus O'Slapahan were only defencemen picked in top 10. Were they two best options this season? Should there have been more picked early on?

b. I think Philippe-Eko Eel is the best defenseman in the league. He should have been taken first overall, since he is the best defenseman for the team that I play for. So no, Topalo and O'Slapahan are not the two best options, Philippe-Eko is, and ideally you would clone him and have both PEEs on the same defensive pairing. I would have also picked more defensemen early on, making sure to get good ones. That's because they play more minutes than forwards and you'll get better value for your picks that way.

Quote:9. Written, 3 TPE, Players Tribune (150 words min.)
A popular format of media that has made a resurgence recently due to certain dedicated media writers, The Player's Tribune involves writing from your player's point of view in the 1st person. Write your Player's Tribune about your player's season. How do they feel about their results? Did they achieve their goals? Are they venting out frustration? Are there any moments of the season that were memorable?

I find it difficult to write from the first person in a sim league with such few words, so I'm going to summarise what the Tribune article would be like.

First, Jae-ik would make note of how happy he is to be playing in the best simulation hockey league there is. He’d talk about how much joy he experiences playing hockey, and how having good teammates helps him get accustomed to life in the SHL.

I think once he got to his play this season, he’d be pretty down about it. It wasn’t a colossally bad season for Jae-ik, but he holds himself to a high standard and prides himself on defensive ability. That he finished with just over 30 takeaways and 80+ giveaways would really grind his gears. Faceoffs were ok at 53.3%, especially for a player as young as he is and not really having familiarity with the tendencies of opposing centers.

I think he’d be most bullish about his play in the IIHF tournament. Canada is in the finals against Switzerland at the time that I’m writing this, and Jae-ik has not been a net negative for the team, which he’d be very grateful for. He has a lot to live up to given that his dad was inducted into the IIHF HOF.

Quote:10. Written, 3 TPE, Most Offensive Goalie (150 words min.)
The league has multiple awards, yet there is always room for improvement. What award would you add? Why that award and who it would be named after? Or which of the current awards would you change? How would you change it and why?

I know this is an easy question to answer for the NHL, because there’s a desperate need to split the Norris up or at least add an award to separate the best Offensive defenseman and best Defensive defenseman. But the SHL has that solved with the Stevens and Biscuit being separated, so that’s not it.

I think I’d mimic what the NHL does with the Hart and the Pearson: have separate awards for ‘Most Valuable to their Team’ and ‘Most Outstanding Season’.

One would be given to the player whose contributions their team could least do without. This would tend to be a player who is miles above their teammates in play.

The other would be given to the player who had the most statistically impressive season. So even if you have five absolute superstars on your team, you could still win the Outstanding award if you score ten goals more than the second best in the league. I also think that there’s a tendency to give the Ron Mexico to the player with the best stat line, and this would go some way to addressing that.