S80 All Star Week

S80 All Star Week Due: Sunday, February 9th @ 11:59 PM PST

Keven
Fantasy League Manager
Posting Freak

#148

02-07-2025, 01:20 AM

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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.

https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3626281

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2. Do you like the new format? Why or why not?

I think the new format is interesting because it provides a chance for more games to be played during the all star break, but I'm not a fan of brining back hall of fame players to play with the team. There's two situations with these players: either they're given stats boosts in the file to stand out as legends and take away the spotlight from currently active players, or they just blend in to the teams and don't have as much of a visible impact on the games. It also feels like selecting these players would involve more randomness than selecting all stars because it's more difficult to compare careers as a whole than it is to compare which current players performed the best this season. The new format also seems like more work for the file team, which is something that can't always be taken for granted. Overall though, I certainly agree with the effort to mix things up and appreciate the work that goes into making a new format.

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6. Who do you think should be captain of each team? Why?

For the Atlantic division, I think the best choice of captain would be Johnny Wagner-Svenson. I haven't checked the stats, but I would think that he has the most all star game appearances in past seasons and has the experience needed to captain a complete all star division. For the Central, Chris Valentine seems like the best choice. This is his final opportunity to wear Texas colours and Texas has the most representation in this divison. He's a former league MVP and will easily guide the division with competence. The captain of the North East should be Jarrod Lakemore. Similar to Valentine, he's has the presence of many Buffalo teammates to support him, and he's an extremely veteran presence with a ton of all star seasons under his belt. Finally, the Pacific division captain should be none other than Justin Time. Time has had a legendary career up until this point, and it's only fitting that arguably the strongest member of the cup-winning Pride should be the one to lead the division.

150+ words, 3 TPE

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9. Written, 50 to 200+ words. Snubbed M&Ms

Minnesota and Montreal only got one player selected to the tournament, despite there being two more teams than there has been in the past. Pick a player from either of the teams that you think should have made it, or would be the best option if we wanted to ensure each team has more than one player taking part in the event. And who would you remove from the team to make room for them? Would you consider it a swap that should be done or do you agree with the all-star committee and think that even the second best option is a bit too far from the player that made it into the team?

I think John Peanut should've easily made the North East team and been a second representative for Montreal in the All Star Expo. The first thing that jumped out at me when looking at stats from excluded players is the fact that Peanut led the entire league in takeaways with 92. The league leader in any positive stat like this should probably qualify as an all star. He also had 37 points on a struggling Montreal team, the most among their defenders. I think the player he should replace is Pork Tenderloin who only had 2 more points, didn't lead their team defense in points, and had far fewer takeaways.

100+ words, 2 TPE