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.

https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3600692

+3 TPE.

Written, 50 to 200+ words each. Shiny Grab Bag
3. On West you could build D pairs out of teammates or rivals as both Los Angels and San Fransisco sends 2 defencemen. Which one you’d choose and for why?

I'm not even going to try and fight my homer bias here. I'd be picking Elena Maximova and Willow Soderberg-Snooks as my two defenders. I've had the pleasure of having both of them on my team this season and I couldn't be more impressed with them. There aren't any more two deserving defenders in the game. Their combination of skill and grit has them making defense look easy. I know whomever is going to be the starting West goalie (cough, Grzegorz Brzeczyszczykiewicz for sure, cough) will appreciate them being the two top defenders on the team over whomever the guys from that other team are.

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4. Which of the goalies you would have starting for each team?

Grzegorz Brzeczyszczykiewicz is the obvious answer for the starting goalie for the Western team. How could you say anyone else? He's a proven commodity and the best goalie in the entire league. For the Eastern team, you've gotta go with Rebecca Montagne after what they've done this season. Not as good as Grzegorz of course but still respectable.

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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?

Let's face it, as the league stands right now, almost all of the power is in the Western conference. With absolute rock stars like Chris Valentine, Derek Martin and Logan Webb on their team, I'm going to have to give them the edge in play and say that they'll be the ones winning the All - Star Game. I didn't even mention the fact that they have the legendary Grzegorz Brzeczyszczykiewicz back stopping them. Oh damn, I almost forgot the combo of Elena Maximova and Willow Soderberg-Snooks on defence. That just solidifies it. It would take a miracle for the Eastern team to even compete.

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