S80 All Star Week

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

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02-10-2025, 02:00 AM

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Written, 50 to 200+ words each. Shiny Grab Bag

5. Who are the most unexpected players taking part in the event? Why?

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

5. I think its unexpected to see Flacko Lagerfield show up for the Hall of Famers. It's clear that they went with some of the best of all time with Ron Mexico, Visser, and Garbanzo but Lagerfield isn't even close to that tier. Also there is the fact that the user jss hasn't been around since 2022.

6. Probably Bojo Biscuit for Atlantic. The big time defender that the award is named for. Has a lot more experience than most of the guys on that roster. For Central its gotta go to Jason Visser the GOAT or one of them at least but that team is stacked with Mexico and Garbanzo that's 3 of the top 3 in SHL75. Northern division has no where near the star power of Central but it does have grummy worm. I would give the captaincy to Daniel Grumathan easily because I trust Grum with my life. Pacific gotta go to Tony Pepperoni that guy lead the Blizzard forever and is really that go-to face-of-the-franchise type guy when you think about Edmonton and he played some in the current era which those other olds like Esa can't say, though Esa would probably have been my second choice as he was in kind of the same capacity for Calgary.

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8. Written, 50 to 200+ words. The Teammate One

Tell me about your teammate who made the all star expo! Who are they, why were they an obvious choice to make the All Star roster, and what do you expect from them this ASE? (If more than one of your teammates made the game, pick one of those players other than yourself. If you are the only player on your team selected for the all star game so far, write who else should had been picked from your team.)

Gwendolyn Telenn and Alex Johansen made it in for Edmonton which is crazy to see considering it is the sophomore season for both of them. Goes to show how young Edmonton is as a team and how bright their future is except for one old guy. Weirdly though this was a much worse season for Johansen then last, as she posted 29 fewer points than last season. The majority of them goals too. Telenn did perform a little better than her last season and ultimately ended up with more points than Johansen. There is still some competition in Edmonton to see who is going to be their top player moving forward.

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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?

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10. Written, 50 to 200+ words. All-Star EXPO 80 

Instead of a game between two teams we get a short tournament of 4 teams. Write your predictions for the 6 game round robin and the playoffs. Do you see it as anyone's game or is there a clear favorite among the teams? How much impact do you expect from the added Hall of Fame players?

You gotta go with central for those 3 top tier hall of famers plus they have Chris Valentine who is one of the best players in the league right now. Honorable mention to the crazy goalie tandem in the Northeast as well as their scary offense of Wilson plus Lakemore and defensive stud Adam Barron. Very balanced team and might be tough to beat. Pacific team has a lot of leadership on the team but maybe not the raw talent that the other teams have. Ok now that I think about it Atlantic has VLAD McZehrl who I think is the one that was definitely taking PEDs so if he keeps doing that then that might be the secret weapon.

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