Quote:Task 03: (Written, 3 TPE)
If you are in the SMJHL then you have been there for at least a few seasons and its likely that a promotion to the SHL is coming soon. The question is.. are you ready?..  what areas of your game do you believe are SHL ready and what areas are you concerned about?  what things are you sad to leave behind and what things are you excited about when moving to your parent club. (Must be 150 words or more)

Hiro Fujikawa has spent the last few seasons playing in the SMJHL for Montreal (1 season) and Anaheim (remainder of his career). Throughout his junior career, he's never been a bad player. His initial year was slightly rough due to being a new member to the league, learning the ice style and lifestyle of playing in North America, but overall, it wasn't that bad. Moving forward, his career totals have always hit nice plateaus, he's always put up points and goals for his club and he's always been a player they could count on season to season. He leaves the league with some solid totals and is currently making one final attempt at a championship as himself and the Outlaws take on his old Montreal team.

Is he ready? Am I ready as an agent? I think one more season down low wouldn't hurt. Los Angeles called us on the phone and they did basically agree to what I've currently played down low. Maybe I would have been up this previous season? Not sure, but maybe. But what I do know is that next season I will be up on Los Angeles. I'll be in the early 700's I believe for TPE, so obviously this is something I want to work on right away. Write some big things, continue to keep the bank account much alive and buy all the equipment. I want to be a strong player immediately, be in talks for Rookie of the Year and just start out my eventual strong career out hot. I'm confident in the build I'm rolling out with, but time will tell if it actually works. Typically my players have been solid on the SHL. As I progress through the next while, the goal is just on becoming a strong, more rounded out, physical sniper for the Los Angeles Panthers.

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Quote:TASK 04: (Graphic, 3 TPE)
Calgary and WKP are giving the first 7,500 fans in the building a Challenge Cup poster of one of there young up and coming stars in their organization! Create that poster! ...must include that players render, player name, team name, team logo and exciting wording to highlight that player. (*tag that player)

Quote:TASK 08: (Graphic, 3 TPE)
The WWF (World Wildlife Foundation) and the SHL are working together as the cover of thier June magazine will boast an SHL player in the finals along side an animal.. and your job is to create the cover!  On a Magazine cover, should include the WWF logo, a title of front page, an SHL players render, his name and team logo, plus an animal of your choice next to him.

Quote:Task 09: (Written, 3 TPE)
Which organization that didnt make it to the finals would you consider to be the biggest disappointment? What do you think are the main reasons why they fell short this season? (Must be 150 words or more)

I like this topic and when comparing apples and oranges there's a few things I wanted to touch up on. The first being the opposite. How rewarding must it feel to be on the West Kendall Platoon right now? They absolutely dominated the regular season and put up some amazing numbers. They finished the season 36-6-2, grabbing 74 points and a staggering 209 GF (next highest was 178). They dominated the Eastern conference largely and when all was said and done, finished first in the league. Now, their opponent happens to be the Calgary Dragons. Let's start off by saying this was somewhat of a surprise for me. I didn't pay a grave amount of attention to the SHL because I have been playing my final season out in the SMJHL, but Calgary shocked me a little. Was anyone else expecting the New Orleans Spectres? What about Edmonton? Surely you may have been thinking Edmonton? They had amazing offensive and defensive (goalie included) performances throughout. So what went wrong for these two and right for Calgary? I feel as though what went wrong for New Orleans was goaltending and their overall game in general. It also didn't help that Texas actually rose to the occasion and said "alright, we're going to really give it our all here when it counts". They lost in a heartbreaking game 7 and are now teeing off this morning at 0730.

Edmonton? Well, the team sitting in the finals was went wrong with Edmonton. Not WKP, but CGY. For me, Edmonton played amazing all season and if we're basing it off regular season play, I think most predicted Edmonton over Calgary. Did they? Surely. The gap of records and points wasn't grave (67/62 PT difference) but the goals for and against were one of the tell-tales for myself imo. Calgary is going to have to get both their GF and GA under control if they're going to make it real in the finals - so we'll see

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Quote:Task 05: (Written, up to 6 TPE)
Pick up to 6 challenge cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth '1' TPE. Each answer must be '50' words or more.

1. Breakdown this finals matchup for us, how will it play out? who will be the stars of this series, what will the outcome be? (*tag anyone involved)
3. Which player in the finals should be considered their teams playoff MVP and which should be considered their teams unsung hero thus far and why?
4. Which player do you believe will be the differance maker in their franchise winning the title here in S47?
5. After trading off there best players and declaring themselves in a full rebuild back in S45, The Calgary Dragons have made it to the S47 finals.. just 2 seasons later. Choose: ('No surprise', 'mild surprise', 'major surprise' or 'in shock') and explain why.
6. Which young players in this series (S42-S47) have a chance to break out and make a name for themselves here in the Challenge Cup Finals? (*Tag that player)
8. Star netminders Kata Vilde and Beaujeaux Biscuit have both carried there teams into the finals. Which franchise goalie has a better chance to carry their franchise to a title?

1. If we're looking at the previous rounds and how the teams are currently doing, they both have the same records but one team is standing out a little better than the other in my opinion. You can't even really say they've had an easy ride to where they are either because beating Edmonton is no small task. Calgary has the better depth scoring and point production right now and while their goalie hasn't been as dominant as West Kendall's, the numbers are still amazing and if the rest clicks right, it should be there's. West Kendall has goaltending down 110%. Biscuit is playing some amazing puck, so if the team in front of him can figure it out, I imagine West Kendall's chances are much better than CGY's. So, all depends who keeps it going or who figures it out.

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3. We're gonna kill two seagulls with one pepsi here. Beaujeaux Biscuit. The goalie that's currently playing in-between the pipes for the West Kendall Platoon. He's a great goalie and he's really showing it in the playoffs so far! His 950 SV% is absolutely insane and you'd almost think that he could win the entire series against Calgary for them. Unfortunately, you need great goals too - not just great goalies. This is why it was pretty easy to choose Biscuit as the teams MVP, the leagues MVP and easily WKP's biggest unsung hero for his club so far. No one else's numbers really stand out as large and bold as Biscuit's do. Excited to see what he can do in the finals!

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Quote:Task 11: (Written, 3 TPE)
Writers on the internet have jokingly tossed around the following playoff roster idea: "when a team eliminates another team, they get to claim a player from that eliminated team to join their roster" Pretend the SHL has adopted this rule this postseason. Pick one of the teams in the Challenge Cup final and pick any player from a team that they've eliminated to add to their roster for the finals. Why did they choose that player? How will this player help out? Where will they play in the lineup? (must be 150 words or more, *tag all players)