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Tripl3tsGamer · 11-21-2024, 11:43 AM

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Verification word : hardwork

7. This time for J: Who you got? Who wins the Four Star Cup? Why? - 178 words (+3 TPE):

In my opinion, I think it will be a good finale between the Québec City Citadelles and the Colorado Raptors. The Citadelles wants to win their second cup in 4 seasons, and the Colorado their second cup in 5 seasons. I think Colorado will win the finale wait a 6 game or 7 game series because it will be very hard to find who will win the series. In fact, Québec finished 1st in the league and Colorado 6th in the league. However, Colorado isn’t an easy team to beat. In fact, with their good load of veterans like Baron Samedi, Raw Cheese McPickle, Paul Charron, Sam Volta, Cadmael Ixazaluoh, Yuri Boyka III and Arseniy Vitaly (who are all at their last season in the juniors) and their wonderful cat goalie Meowlnir Kittenson, who helped the team a lot with wonderful saves at each game. Colorado manages to beat Maine in 7 games and Carolina in 5 games to get a place in the finale (which Maine and Carolina were the favorite to win the cup this season).

8. Both teams had to only face elimination in game during their journey to finals as San Francisco was taken to game seven by Calgary on second round, while Manhattan took Philadelphia to game 7 during their first round matchup. While both conference finals had multiple close matchups both teams should be coming to the finals being pretty confident to themselves. Both have also lost only one game at home so far, which would give advantage to Presidents’ Trophy winning San Francisco. But who do you think will end up lifting the Challenge Cup? Which team has the edge and why? - 113 words (+2 TPE) :

I think Philadelphia will life the cup. In fact, they got the hardest route to face in the playoff, which build up their full confidence during the race. They almost lost to Manatthan (who is one of the lowest seeded team in the entire league). I think home advantage has their pros and cons, but since Philadelphia had the hardest route, I think San Fransisco will get the hardest time in their life to try and win it. Even if they finished first in the league this season, or got the easiest route, it won’t matter since they can’t beat a team who got the most experience on the playoff race this season.

TOTAL : +8 TPE

Matteo · 11-21-2024, 11:44 AM

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1. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max

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7. Four Star Cup Finals, 2 TPE, 119 words

I have to hope for my Quebec City Citadelles to be able to get it done in the finals but it will be a tough matchup ahead. As a team, Colorado high higher TPE, and in the playoffs have been scoring at a higher pace while not sacrificing much defense to do so. To have a better chance at winning, Quebec City's offensive line of Morandi - Roccamontepiano - Thomson-Smythe will really need to rekindle some of the fire they had in the regular season, while the rest of the team keeps firing on all cylinders the way they have been, especially in nets. It will be a close finish, but hopefully the Citadelles are able to come out on top.

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9. Finding Success in the SHL, 3 TPE, 170 words

Spending so much time on a Chicago team led by Corey and JNH, I got a front row seat at what amazing GMing looks like if you want to achieve long-term success. First and foremost, the locker room is the most important thing by far when it comes to winning. Bringing in cool and welcoming people encourages others to want to stay, which in turn gets your team earning more TPE and keeps that contending window open longer. It also helps when trading for and signing high TPE players, and makes them want to stay with the team as more than just a rental too. It's also a cycle that keeps getting you great people and players, for example in the S60s alone, Chicago added Juke and Darian in S60, Fluw in S63, James and Oats in S65, Schwarz and Isa in S66, SFresh in S67, and Keven in S68. All incredibly talented players and even better people who helped to keep Chicago competitive for as long as they were.

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Total TPE: 3+2+3=8

***HabsFanFromOntario*** · 11-21-2024, 11:48 AM

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Tate · 11-21-2024, 12:20 PM

1. Trivia +3 TPE --- Verification Word = Bananas

10. Written +4 TPE --- 215 words
I think it’s gotta be the draft changes, plain and simple. Teams aren’t just tanking no more because it don’t pay off like it used to. Before, you finish last, you get the best shot at the top pick, but now? The league shook it up, made it so you can’t just flop a season and get rewarded for it. So teams like Edmonton, even if they know they aren’t making playoffs, got to fight to stay competitive. It’s about pride too because no one wants to be the punching bag all year. Luck? Maybe a little. Some games probably went their way more than expected, but 38 points isn’t all luck. You don’t stumble into that many wins without working for it. The league’s just more balanced now, and I think teams are building rosters to compete every night, even if they don’t have superstar talent. And yeah, mentality’s changed. Teams know fans aren’t showing up to watch them lose on purpose. Players want to win too because it’s their careers on the line. Tanking don’t sit right with anyone anymore. I’m not saying no one tries to play the system, I’d say it’s all these things coming together, but mostly it’s the league forcing teams to stay honest if they want to rebuild.

13. Written +2 TPE --- 101 words
I think we need something like an SHL All Star World Showdown. Get the best players from each continent—North America, Europe, Asia, and a wildcard team and let them battle it out. Do it every two seasons, so it feels special, not overdone. Make it different by having mixed rosters, like one player from each SHL team on every squad, so it’s not just country vs. country. Keep IIHF and WJC too, but this would bring more hype. Plus, it’d show off all the league’s talent in one big tournament. Would be wild to see those matchups we never get!

Total TPE = 8

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***Jexter*** · 11-21-2024, 12:43 PM

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3. Written +2 TPE 103 words

I do not see any reason why Cale Salad shouldn’t be in the conversation for the Anton Razov, especially when he is doing much better than the other defenders, but my main sticking point as to why he probably will not win is his defensive play. Despite having 19 points, Salad does not rank in the top ten in the playoffs for plus/minus and in most other defensive metrics, he does not appear. While it would be nice for a defender to win the Razov, going purely on points makes it a tough case to argue, especially with forwards vastly outscoring Salad.

7. written +3 TPE 150 words
The crazy thing about the Raptors and the Citadelles is that on paper, they had very similar paths to the Four Star Cup. They won the first round in a sweep, got taken to the brink in round 2 and then a gentleman’s sweep in the conference finals. We look at Quebec with their high flying defense and the fact that they once again won the regular season and many I think would call them the favorites, but I am going to stand by my fellow Winnipeg member and current Assist leader Baron Samedi and say Colorado takes it (also Quebec once again knocked out Yukon, so Langston is not happy about that). I think Colorado’s offense will overwhelm the Citadelles, but the Quebec side will of course make adjustments and we are gonna have a big chess match with ultimately a lot of luck being on the winning side.

Total = 8 TPE

***Anthique*** · 11-21-2024, 12:54 PM

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*Puppy* · 11-21-2024, 02:12 PM

8. (157 Words – 3 TPE)
Both teams have what it takes on both sides of the ice to win, leading to the lopsided scores we saw in games 1 and 2. Given this, it really is a series that can go either way depending on which units show up on any given day. As always, the most accurate way to predict any of these series is to trust in the all powerful coin flip method, which without double checking, I believe has been right 3 of 4, or 4 of 4 times since I have employed it. Behold the wisdom no mortal can comprehend. G1: Philadelphia, G2: San Francisco, G3: Philadelphia (tails), G4: San Franciso (heads), G5: Philadelphia (tails), G6: Philadelphia (tails). Thus we can conclude that the Forge should win this years challenge cup. While we are asking the heavens for guidance, they may not exactly win it in a 4-2 fashion, but we do know what fate has called for!

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I don’t think there’s anything notable in changes to tanking, as Edmonton have quite clearly tanked hard in order to secure high picks that will be rising up soon. They probably did overperform, but that’s in part due to some of their first-round picks already starting to make a difference. Generally I think nothing has changed what so ever, aside from the fact that now better teams can tank to elimination, and then try harder for results, which denies the teams that cant flip that switch a chance at finishing bottom.

12. (250 Words – 4 TPE)
Canada had an incredible run at the last IIHF, not just winning gold, but being almost perfect throughout the entire tournament. Of their 15 games from the group stages and bracket play, the eventual winners would only drop 2 games in the group stage. A 1-5 loss to the USA, and a shootout loss to Great Britain. Notably in both of those games, Canada was using their backup goaltender, which leads to perhaps the biggest key to their success – Anthony Dionne. The Renegades goalie went a perfect 10-0 though all their starts, posting 2 shutouts and a below 1.60 GAA over the course of the tournament. This is easily one of the most dominant runs by a goalie in the history of the tournament. (Who didn’t even win best goalie of the tournament, thanks to the IIHF HoFC arbitrarily favoring a player with 5 more extra games, a worse save %, and a GAA almost twice as bad – a real joke). Dionne was a massive part of Canada’s run to the gold, if not the biggest part, and is primed to once again be a force in the upcoming tournament. Aside from having attacking and defensive units that rank among the best in the tournament, the lock-down goaltender is the piece that completes the puzzle. Coming off a conference finals exit in the SHL playoffs, Dionne will be hungry to chase some silverware after a somewhat down year, and help try to lead Canada back to the podium once again.

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