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4. Which of the teams can field the best first line, first pair or goalie tandem? What makes them the best?
The best first line would be Ron Mexico-Chris Valentine - Jason Visser. Ron mexico, well that is an obvious choice. He has an award name after him. The other two i remember from their past and they wreaked havoc amongst everyone in their prime. There were other noticeable great forwards like Esa and Randy but I had to go with the trio i named above. Thus, CTL are the clear winners here in terms of forwards. Their defensive pairing is also elite. It would feature Alonzo Garbanzo and Ho Lee Smokes. Garbonzo was touted as one of the best defenders ever in the SHL and if I am not mistaken, he has reached one of the highest tpe ever. The goalie would evidently be Anthony Dionne, who is a great keeper and won many golds for team Canada. Overall, i think this team is a little overpowered and would smoke the rest of the teams chosen just because they have powerhouses on their side.

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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 mean Montreal is a pretty underwhelming team. For a team that has such high tpe players, they performed poorly. Rightfully so, only one player should have been picked and thus Beausoleil was that person. It is crazy to think that team with many 1000+ tpe players performed tragically. The coaching staff definitely needs to be fired or go under heavy tutorial on how to better their lines. Or it could have been a strategy of theirs to perform poorly for better draft picks. Only time will tell here. From Minnesota, the second worst team in the league during the regular season, kevin Kim was the obvious choice and he was selected since he was the points leader. If i had to pick another player, it would have been Florsch, as he had 73 shot blocks and 135 hits as a forward which is pretty decent for an abysmal team. He played great defensively. As a result, i think the committee did well in only choosing one player from these teams as both teams are pretty terrible in terms of performance at the moment. Actually if it was up to me, I would even abolish the rule of selecting at least one from each team and would have even skipped on Beausoleil and Kim. There were players here that deserved more to be on the all star and couldn't because players from these 2 teams had to be chosen.

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