Re: 2021 All Star Idea - International Flavour
Having teams based off of nationalities is going to be a logistical nightmare, it will be even harder if you try and do 4 teams for 3-on-3, even worse if every team still needs 1 representative.
The nationalities of all players selected and replacements was:
Canada 23
USA 14
Sweden 5
Finland 2
Russia 3
Czech Republic 3
Germany 1
Slovenia 1
Switzerland 1
Denmark 1
You could do: Canada, USA, World to get 3 teams. Then an under-2x team for Number 4.
The Olympics and World Championships are awesome because all players share a nationality and because the games matter to the players, the ASG will never actually matter and so replicating the intensity is not possible.
The captains and pick-em game should be awesome but the captains never want to take it too seriously or upset their teammates so we do not get to see their true thoughts.
If it were up to me the NHL would pick four high-end respected, unaffiliated, scouts (maybe two old school guys and two stat nerds) and let them pick their roster, ideally via auction. Give the GMs a month's notice and have them commit real time and effort into it, capture the whole thing on cameras and release a documentary after the fact showing the thought processes.
Imagine Dobber and three other long-time fantasy writers getting a crack at an ASG fantasy draft. With a healthy prize to the players like they have now, and the winning GM and a chance to be crowned ASG GM Champ. Anyways, that's my pipe dream.
12 team H-2-H 1 year league, daily roster changes, 3 goalie start minimum/week
2xC, 2xRW, 2xLW, 4xD, 3xUtil, 2xG, 5 Bench
G, A, P, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, W, SV%, GAA, SVs
C: C. Keller, C. Mittelstadt, B. Nelson, R. Strome,
LW: K. Connor, B. Tkachuk, J. Gaudreau, J. Marchessault, E. Rodrigues, A. Lafreniere
RW: K. Fiala, J. Bratt, T. Jeannot V. Arvidsson
D: R. Josi, J. Trouba, E. Gustafsson,
G: L. Thompson, F. Gustavsson, V. Vanecek
NO IR