S79 All Star Week

S79 All Star Week Due: Sunday, December 8th @ 11:59 PM PST

Valpix
IIHF Federation Head
IIHF GM

#97

12-03-2024, 01:55 AM (This post was last modified: 12-03-2024, 04:02 AM by Valpix. Edited 2 times in total.)

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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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Post your claim in the milestones thread for tpe earned per stat, and then link that post in your ASW submission. This is done because the person who grades ASW will be a different person than double-checks milestones.

Milestones +3 TPE

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9. Written, 50 to 200+ words. Balancing It Out

Four out of top 5 teams in the league were from teams in the West but East took all spots from 6 to 11. This is also pretty clear when you look at selection of players that made the All-star game, West being more focused on those few teams on top while East has more balanced approach with 5 teams sending two or more players. Which of the teams you expect to win the game and why?

Honestly, give me the West, and not by a little. Usually, I've found that extreme parity is actually a bad thing, as it's a sign that everyone is mediocre and nobody stands out. Which honestly was kinda the truth about the East in the SHL this season. Did anyone really think that whoever came out of the East stood a chance against SFP, or LAP, or even Texas? The peaks are what sways these kind of comparisons pretty consistently, and we saw in the final that the "best" that the East had to offer got absolutely flattened by a much better Western juggernaut. (103 words, +2)

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11. Written, 50 to 200+ words. Thinking Out Of The Box

All-Star games are usually hosted by SHL or SMJHL team but what if it wasn’t so? If you would like to grow the game on new market having an exhibition game with all the best players in the leagues could be good kickstart, or maybe it could revitalize an old market that might have had their team moved in the past? If you were to hold games outside of current teams, where you would take the games and why?

If it were up to me, and you could host it outside of SHL/SMJHL cities, I would be taking the All-Star Game abroad! The only real chance that fans outside of North America have to watch SHL stars is IIHF/WJC, and that's if their country is hosting on that occasion. There are 13 IIHF federations from outside North America, and so many unassigned players from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, South America, or a more abstract locale. Why not give those players the opportunity to have some fun close to home away from the pressure of the national team? You could probably package it with the IIHF hosting duties, or have it in a neighboring country - for example, if say Czechia is hosting in a particular season, maybe have the All-Stars across the border in Bratislava? Or even some of the countries with old feds looking for a chance to prove they deserve a return, like Austria. (160 words, +3)