S77 All Star Week

S77 All Star Week Due: Sunday, August 4th @ 11:59 PM PST

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07-29-2024, 12:09 PM

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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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3 TPE

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Written, 50 to 200+ words each. Shiny Grab Bag

6. If you had to form RPG party with 4 of your team mates, who would you pick and which role would they play?

This is a fun idea. I know "RPG" can be interpreted in many ways, but since I only play JRPGs myself and know those best, I'll pick four roles that could fit into the classic Final Fantasy games. We'll have a strong, physical attacker type (e.g. Sabin in FF6) and then a paladin type (e.g. Cecil in FF4) and then I'll pick your typical white mage and black mage to complete the group. There could be more different roles, but I'll limit myself to those. I will also pick the S77 WPG roster since some of them have left the team. For the physical attacker I will pick the player who had the most penalty minutes which was Langston Hardison-Laurent, because why not (it was very close because Christian Kinsinger was only 1 PIM behind). Lias Ekholm-Gunnarsson will be the paladin who did a bit of everything and also led the team in points. Mikko Rashford will be our black mage, because he led the team in hits and also wasn't so bad in total points either. Since I have no idea who else to pick as a white mage I'll pick myself, the goalie, since I have to 'save' the team all the time, even if that didn't work out so well last season.

200+ words
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13. Written, 50 to 200+ words.

Team Spotlight series brought us some quality graphics and media, one of them being FuriousChicken’s series on draft numbers of each SHL team, highlighting seasons, rounds, positions and teams they made their picks from. All in all there is a lot of cool data to anyone who likes charts. Personally I was most interested to see where each team drafted their prospects. While most teams draft from almost anywhere there are clearly some teams that feed into certain SHL teams, as shown on the last graph of the linked article. Do you think the league is in a healthy place when it comes to pipelines for SHL players or should we aim for even more even spread among teams? Or maybe you would like to see even more players carrying on their careers with teammates from SMJHL?

I found the so-called chaos chart very interesting, too. If you look closely enough you can identify some connections between SMJHL and SHL teams, especially the thicker lines. I wouldn't say we have clear pipelines or even something like 'farm teams', but some SHL teams draft more often from certain SMJHL teams. A lot of SMJHL GMs have their players on SHL teams and if they're involved in those teams' war rooms and help scouting it can't be avoided. However, the more we mix teams up, the better. Let's avoid too strong pipelines and let players meet more new people in the SHL.

100+ words
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Total: 8 TPE