Task 1: + 3
For Reginald Rove this year was truly what could be described in a manner of ways.  Whether you want to call it a breakthrough season, a return to form, an arrival to stardom, or something else entirely, one thing is for certain: the kid had himself a year.  Reginald Rove scored 50 points on the season, which in his six full SHL seasons, was only the second time the Rage left winger has scored over 40 points in a season.   On top of this, for the first time in his career, Rove had himself a positive plus minus.  Yes you're reading that right, until this season he had been negative for his entire career.  What's more, Rove finally accomplished a dream of his - helping to take a team to the SHL playoffs.  While some doubted this squad's potential, Rove helped carry the team to an impressive performance in both the regular season and the playoffs.  While they lost 4-1 in the playoff semifinals, many didn't even expect the Rage to make it that far, so I definitely count this season as a positive despite the disappointment.  The only part of the season that brought any dissatisfaction was of course not winning the championship, but there's always next season, and word off the street is that the Rage are building towards something impressive.

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Task 3: + 3
1. I’m not necessarily an expert on the topic, but as far as I can tell I’d have to give the edge to the GM’s of the Buffalo Stampede.  While within an, admittedly extremely small, sample size, the Stampede were not able to beat the Specters in both games they’ve played,  and over the course of those two games the Specters only gave up two goals to Buffalo, on the season Buffalo has a better mark.  They played some of the stingiest defense in the league, giving up only 139 goals (2nd best behind NOLA, who gave up 135).  The difference here is the offense.  Buffalo scored 172 goals, good enough for 3rd in the league, while the Specters only scored 148, putting them down in 9th.  By crafting an equally effective offense and defense, the edge goes to Buffalo.

2. Unfortunately the playoff index is down, so I’m going to have to base this decision on the regular season.  It is astounding just how close these two were in terms of stats.  Robinson went 24-12-7, with a save percentage of .911 and a goals averaged against of 2.61.  Cain went 26-16-2, with a slightly better .915 save percentage, as well as a slightly better 2.49 goals averaged against.  However the question was most impressive, and for that I’d have to give it to Robinson, on account of him being a rookie this year.  Truly outstanding year for him.

5. Regardless of who wins the finals, I think there is a pretty clear choice between New Orleans and Buffalo for hosting any type of league event, especially the all star game.  New Orleans is a destination.  It’s a city that people go to on vacation normally, even if there isn’t a specific event happening there.  Buffalo on the other hand is no such place.  Not to mention the all star game is held in the winter, so who knows if people will even be able to fly in for it.  New Orleans all the way for sure.

Task 5: + 3
My tale isn’t like most.  It doesn’t involve a player or coach of either team.  However, what happened can only be described as a truly shocking visual that left me stunned, and I’m certain it will send shockwaves throughout the league.  First you might ask why I was in the locker room.  Without getting too far into detail, lets just say I have a clause in my contract that relies on my KGB talents to scope out the other teams.  What can I say, JY is a cold and calculating guy.  So I was in there gathering my…. intel, when I hear some noises coming from the corner of the locker room.  So I slowly creep up to try and get an eye on what’s happening, and BAM! That’s when I see it: The mascot of the New Orleans Specters, Mr. Specter, doing rails of some kind of white powder off of one of the horns of the mascot of the Buffalo Stampede.  When asked what they were doing, they said, “it’s not what it looks like, we are just snorting some all purpose flour.”  I didn’t believe them so I demanded to try some, as if it was flour surely they’d have no qualms giving me some.  So they did, and to my surprise it wasn’t flour but…… sugar! Mascots are a weird breed.

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Task 14: + 3
Sent.


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