TASK ONE: We ask y’all a lot about who you THINK will win the finals for different reasons. Let’s change it up a bit. Who do you WANT to win the finals, and why? Must be at least 150 words.
You know what, I really, really wanted the Los Angeles Panthers to win the Challenge Cup. I was on the Los Angeles Panthers with my former player Tony “Danny Tanner” Pellegrino, and it was an blessed organization, led by two of the best management members on the site. Wasty has breathed Los Angeles Panthers blood as long as I have been on the site. The Los Angeles Panthers have been cursed in the Challenge Cup Finals, and because of that they deserve to win the cup this season. They always have a fantastic team, and the roster is one of the best currently in the league. The constant torment the team has from the sim failing them, year after year is something that no team should endure throughout their existence. Well, maybe the Toronno North Stars should make sure that happens. Anyway, big names on the team need a cup, and they should have won this cup, sucks that they lost in seven games, but I think STHS has something against them.
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TASK TWO: Who is your choice for the unsung hero of the S40 playoffs up to this point? Must be at least 150 words and include at least two statistics in support.
One of the biggest things I look for as a GM in the league, and a league analyst is the players +/- rating, and if we were able to show giveaways and takeaways in the sim, it would make it much easier to pinpoint strong players in the league who may not be the most point oriented, but guys that really give your team the chance to win every game by making sure that you have the puck on yours teams stick at most of the time. One stat that really stands out to me is a player shooting percentages, sometimes this is skewed by players who play bare minutes, or fewer games, but one member of the Los Angeles Panthers stood out to me and that is Yuri Boyka Jr. Boyka Jr, is a former Halifax Raider, and his predecessor was a Montreal Impact member while I was on the management team there. Boyka Jr. had an amazing 17.24% shooting percentage in 21 games, scoring 10 goals on 58 shots. He scored 23 points in the playoffs and while he was in the shadows behind guys like JLR and Max Wacther, he really showed he is an upcoming elite player in the league.
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TASK 3: PMD

TASK SIX: During this season's Stanley Cup finals, we saw some pretty wild pre-game ceremonies and introductions to the games. What kind of performances do you think the two teams in the Challenge Cup/Four Star Cup finals might put on before their games? In at least 150 words, describe one of the finals pre-game ceremonies and what kind of craziness you think may have occurred.

I do not think many teams in the Simulation Hockey League could even put on a show that compared to the one that the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League put on. The theatrics that the city of Las Vegas provided to the fans of the National Hockey League were both entertaining, and quite corny. Nonetheless, I believe the small suburb of West Kendall could not put on the same show, or even anything remotely close to the show the Vegas Golden Knights put on. In fact, the city has not given them a sufficient enough budget to run their team—oh wait that’s just San Francisco. Anyway, Los Angeles has the budget, and the lively enough city to broadcast some spectacular events during the playoffs. It is a shame that their parent, Los Angeles Kings did not pursue this during their quick bout with the Knights in Round 1, but the Panthers could have a live Panther on the ice, against a hologram of a rocket or something and fuck that shit up ya know. I would pay real money to watch that show.

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TASK 9: PMD