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RE: S70 PT #5: The Grand Finale - Ferda - 05-01-2023
Yo, so there was this hockey player named Billy Herrington who played for the Detroit Falcons in the Simulation Major Junior Hockey League. The season was pretty wild, with lots of ups and downs. At first, Billy was crushing it, scoring all kinds of sick goals. But as the season wore on, things got tougher, and he wasn't racking up points like before. Still, he was a solid player, and the team had high hopes of making the playoffs. They barely made it into the postseason, but Billy knew he had to step up if they wanted a chance. He came through with a clutch goal in the final game of the regular season to get them in. In the playoffs, they won their first series, with Billy contributing some serious skills. But then they faced a tough team and got bounced. Billy was bummed, but he knew they gave it their all. Looking ahead, Billy was psyched to keep working on his game and help his team crush it next season. He was planning to hit the gym hard and come back even stronger. With a little luck, they could totally make a deep playoff run next year.
RE: S70 PT #5: The Grand Finale - Salming - 05-01-2023
Player task:
Season 70 was individually disappointment for William Salming. He scored only 14 goals and 42 points in 66 games. That was his worst total since season 62. Regression is starting to affect Salming's game which is a sad thing. However, he has been able to bounce back during playoffs and has played over point per game pace on them which is good. So, Salming has still some gas left in his tank. Next season he will play his 800th regular season game and hopefully bounces back towards 60 points which has been the norm for him during last six or so seasons. But luckily as a team Argonauts were again strong and won the Pacific Division. They have also won already two playoff rounds and will play in the conference finals against Winnipeg. It is a revenge season. The team has still power for one last push and Manning, Fischermann ja Miller in their primes which should give Seattle a chance to succeed also this year.
RE: S70 PT #5: The Grand Finale - .simo - 05-01-2023
Well yeah the season in the juniors league of the simulation hockey league has almost ended for big John Hopoate and his Beserkers from New Foundland. There is just a few more games to go in the playoffs until all the hockey is completely finished and we can enjoy the off season and just do some different activities. The feud between big John Hopoate and the staff member all died down a few weeks back. We ended up being in the same pub together and having a bunch of beers together and playing some pool. Before we knew it it was the wee hours of the morning and we had both had a great time that night for many hours together. So that really made it easy to bury the feud and both move on with out lives and made it much easier to work with each other. Great way to end the season, no complaints here.
RE: S70 PT #5: The Grand Finale - SledgehammerPete - 05-01-2023
Written Task: Tell me about how your season went. Did you exceed expectations? Is regression starting to bite? Did you set a new career high? Did your team do better or worse? How did you factor there? What are your hopes for the playoffs - this year or next? (150+ words)
Sven Petterson had a tremendously better season this year vs. his rookie season. He was a little slow on development in his rookie season, but he showed tremendous progression in S70. He exceeded his own expectations this year, as he led the Malamutes defensive corps in both goals (12) and points (38). He only had 4 goals and 10 assists for a total of 14 points in his rookie season. More importantly, he wanted to make sure he was steady on the defensive end – and Sven saw massive improvements there as well. In season 69, Sven had an abysmal -48 +/- rating (ouch). He saw this improve to a -3 rating in season 70. Additionally, he saw massive improvements to his Corsi and Fenwick stats. Season 69 he saw a corsi of -475 with a corsi for % of 36.5%. These improved to +120 and 53.2%, respectively, in season 70. As for fenwick, season 69 he saw a -358 with a fenwick for % of 35.7%. These improved to +68 and 52.4%, respectively, in season 70. The Malamutes are still fighting in the playoffs as well – partly due to Sven’s drastic improvements year over year.
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RE: S70 PT #5: The Grand Finale - JR95 - 05-01-2023
The season was a bit of a mixed bag for both Cormier and his team, Quebec City. Well to be honest that’s sugar coating it a little bit. Unfortunately there aren’t a lot of positives to highlight for either as the team finished in last place and Cormier did not have the season offensively he had been hoping for. Even in the playoffs when given a second chance to really show what he was made of, Cormier put up a singular assist and failed to register a goal in 6 post season games. It was a stark contrast to last year to say the least. That said it isn’t all doom and gloom. Some of the lack of production can be somewhat explained by the quality of the roster that the team iced. Had it been a similar team to last season’s, it’s fair to believe Cormier may have seen a steady progression in his numbers. Numbers aren’t the whole story though and you can be sure that despite a lackluster season, steps have been taken to solidify Cormier as a future SHLer.
RE: S70 PT #5: The Grand Finale - leviadan - 05-01-2023
PT pass because I cannot decide which nemesis to vanquish.
RE: S70 PT #5: The Grand Finale - Slappydoodle - 05-01-2023
The Colorado Raptors had a fantastic regular season followed by a disappointing second round playoff exit.
The team performed well in all areas over the year. Walt "Clyde" Frazier did his part admirably. With twenty two goals and twenty six assists, Clyde put up forty eight points during the sixty six game season. He was a solid plus 15 and helped his line achieve success. He had limited time on the power play but still tallied one goal and one assist with the extra man. More impressively, Clyde was a good addition to the penalty kill this season, even scoring and assisting on another goal.
Frazier has dealt with some maturity issues this far in his career. Perhaps enjoying his newfound notoriety and increased bank account account a little too much, Clyde was seen in the local Colorado bars and smoke shops far more often than at the practice facility. He seems to have seen the light though and really dedicated himself in the second half of the season to putting in the work and rededicating himself to the sport he loves .
This new attitude led to playoff success, on a personal level, for Clyde. He led the team in scoring and played at a high level during their short playoff stint
RE: S70 PT #5: The Grand Finale - FaraDian - 05-01-2023
Player prompt
Not the situation I wanted to be writing this in, damn. Marton was in talks to step up to the SHL for S70 but he wanted to finish out his time in Carolina as a veteran presence in that LR. On a personal level, he put up a career best 56 points, getting pretty close to PPG; and then bested that in the playoffs with 14 points in 11 games. But the team was streaky during the season and finished way down in 10th place, falling just short of .500 even. Still, the Kraken have always been a playoff team and they never sweat their seeding. This much was proved when they took out Vancouver 4-1 (with that only loss being an OT squeaker). Then the J playoff format put them up against the overall #1 in the second round. After big wins in games 2 and 3, the upset was the table, but we all know that tables turn and we watched the final three games go against us in rough fashion.
So was S70 a disappointment? In its way, yes, very much so. Marton feels proud of himself, not just for putting up points but for honoring the team that gave him this opportunity. But of course he wanted to leave on a happier note, rather than looking back on a J career that never made it to the cup finals. The buzz in Texas for next season is big and that energy will soon take over, and the international game will require all of Marton's focus for the next couple weeks. The J memories are awesome, but will always be bittersweet. Yet time is inevitable and a big new step happens now.
RE: S70 PT #5: The Grand Finale - erikvm - 05-01-2023
Story Mode:
The assistant coach was let go by the coaching staff not only to appease the fans, but to appease me and the other players who felt his special teams system did not help us reach our potential as a team. There was improvement as the season went along but it was clear by the end the personality clashes between me and the special teams assistant coach were just too much to bear. After Hamilton lost in the first round to Montreal, an expected loss but we took them to 6 games, we showed heart and I want an assistant coach who can put his finger on the pulse of this young team and see what makes them work. I am only going to get better, and as a player who scored nearly a point per game and was a solid two-way player, you have to admit coming to Hamilton and installing your system well could get you looks as a potential head coach in the future, if you can get these you guns rolling even more.
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RE: S70 PT #5: The Grand Finale - yosh - 05-01-2023
You guys know those beat reporters that always seem to have a vendetta for the team? Well, it certainly looks like the Seattle Argonauts have a case of the disgruntled beat reporter in their hands now. After trying just about everything and tossing the kitchen sink at the situation (I could imagine this being literal, but regrettably it is only a figurative declaration), things are not looking like it will resolve peacefully. Argonauts upper brass has decided that the only course of option left is to remove media privileges to that reporter, essentially relegating him into the realms of the beat reporter. That means much less access to interviews, essentially no access to practices either. It probably is the worst case scenario for this reporter, who has essentially declared himself as an enemy of the organization. For Vaseline Podcalzone, this isn't anything too particular. Those beat reporters are about a dime a dozen, and their blogs can do the team no harm.
RE: S70 PT #5: The Grand Finale - SFresh3 - 05-01-2023
Player Prompt
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RE: S70 PT #5: The Grand Finale - Katth - 05-02-2023
My season was not great, but not terrible either. I had 54 points in 66 games, which is pretty decent considering I am a third line player. I scored 22 goals and had 32 assists. I was plus 27 on the season and I only played an average of about 17 minutes per game. We started pretty strong in the regular season, but towards the end other teams caught on and passed us in the standings. In the playoffs we got beaten by an inferior New England team, which was pretty dissapointed. It will be tough challenge to keep the band together to go at it again next season, but I am confident that our leadership will find a way to do that. I just keep grinding that TPE and hopefully move up a line sometime soon. I know I have to keep working to improve on my defensive game which is lacking quite a bit.
RE: S70 PT #5: The Grand Finale - RomanesEuntDomus - 05-02-2023
Player Prompt - Season Retrospective
This season has been really frustrating for us because it feels like things aren't just moving forward very much. It's one thing to come up short and not reach your goals, it's another to seemingly be stuck in more or less the same spot for the last 3-4 seasons now. We tend to have good but not great seasons, win in the first round of the playoffs and then get destroyed in the second round - and usually both those rounds are against the same teams as well. This isn't just frustrating from a competitive perspective, it's also quite boring. It has made me think about one of my pet peeves again, in my opinion divisions don't really make sense in fantasy leagues, which usually have fewer teams than real life leagues and the travel factor also isn't a thing. So you really don't need them, they don't save anyone any money or hassle and just make things more boring because you end up playing against the same teams over and over again. Unless it's required from an engine perspective, I would love to get rid of them.
RE: S70 PT #5: The Grand Finale - DarkCanuck29 - 05-02-2023
This season, Duncan Mackenzie, decided that scoring goals was boring and he needed a new hobby. He is still riding his peak, and knows it will all come crashing down soon. To keep himself around for the future, he decided to round out the playmaking portion of his game, handing out assists like there were candy. His chemistry with Grogu Mandosson is huge and he loves playing with him. Setting him up for goals is a great feeling. The rest of his season was good. Once again he was a leader in the lockerroom and on the ice, putting up the highest Game Ratings of anyone on the team for the fifth straight season. He doled out hits, he grinded for pucks and he worked his butt off to make his teammates better. He is proud of his season and hopes he can get one more in at the top before it all starts declining toward eventual and violent retirement.
RE: S70 PT #5: The Grand Finale - Rancidbudgie - 05-02-2023
The season ended in overall disappointment for Ignacio Garza. Having stalled a little in his development, Garza also saw many of his skilled teammates from the previous years graduate out of the SMJHL, and he found himself one of the older veterans of a young Armada squad. The Armada made it no secret that this would be a rebuilding year in their cycle, and were bounced out of the first round of the SMJHL playoffs in 6 games by the Great Falls Grizzlies. On a personal playing note, Garza saw a drop in points, a decline in defensive stats (few of which are earned by forwards these days anyways), and despite an increase in icetime, a decline in basically all on-ice measures of production and possession. Garza now graduates the SMJHL and ages out into the SHL this year, leaving with a markedly lackluster juniors career. Moving on to the SHL with the San Francisco Pride over the off-season, Garza hopes to pick up his game and at least be a responsible and impactful player for the young but developing Pride squad.