Claim from Milestones


+2 TPE




Let's start with the east where we have an interesting combo of old veteran and young starter who hasn't reached his peak yet. Rebecca Montagne, the older of the two, has recently moved from the west to the east and is now playing for Buffalo. Montagne has a lot of experience compared to Denebor Milasch who has "only" played three seasons in the SHL so far. The fun part is that TPE-wise they're both very close, just under 1200 so you can't base a decision simply on that. To be honest either one of them could start, but since Montagne probably doesn't have that many more all-star games ahead of her, I would give her the starting job. Milasch is still so young and on a good team, there will be other chances in the future.
Going the to west we have Justin Time and Greg B (sorry, but I'm not going to even try with that name). Time is also relatively old already and in regression while Greg is still quite good. Here the decision is somewhat easier, especially since we see a gap between their TPE as well. Both are veterans, yet Greg would be my pick for the starter.

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+4 TPE





It's impossible to say since players get mixed with others that - in many cases - they haven't played with before and we all know how much FHM values things like chemistry. Just because the west had stronger teams during the regular season it doesn't mean that the east has weaker players. Last season the west probably had more weaker or rebuilding teams and that's how you ended up with the standings. I honestly couldn't say that either one - west or east - is better and both all-star teams have equal chances. FHM will make the decision in the end and anything can happen there.

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+2 TPE