Task 03: (Written, 3 TPE)
I found out shortly after getting knocked out of the SMJHL playoffs that I'd be called up next season to Buffalo. I got a chance to sit in the press box for a few playoff games and I'm so ready for the atmosphere. I love the fans in Kelowna, but there's something surreal about a stadium 3x bigger completely packed with your home fans. I've really honed in on my positional game to make sure that even in the show I'm not a defensive liability. I still need to work quite a bit on my puck handling; they're so fast in the SHL and you barely have a millisecond to handle the puck and go. Even though I'm a natural Center, I've stopped focusing on faceoffs for the time being, since I've alreayd been playing wing for a while and will continue for a while in the SHL. I practice here and there with my teammates just to make sure I don't get too rusty (never hurts to have a good faceoff guy on the wing in case you get your center thrown out, either). I'm definitely going to miss my teammates in Kelowna, especially the younger ones since I won't get to see them as much as the other's who are also getting called up. It's going to be kind of fun to play against them actually, especially some of my linemates.

Task 05: (Written, 1 TPE)
8. Have to go with Beaujeaux Biscuit. Biscuit has shown us, season over season, what it means to be an elite goaltender in this league. Biscuit has multiple cup wins already, has shown up to play in both the regular season and the playoffs, and has put together a stellar playoff season this time around to boot. This is not a slightly at Vilde at all, Biscuit just has a leg up experience wise and too many accolades to ignore.

Task 09: (Written, 3 TPE)
This is a toss up between NOLA and Buffalo for me. They both had strong showings in the playoffs, but compared to everyone else they obviously had higher expectations than what was lived up to. While Buffalo's 3-1 lost lead is definitely disappointing, I'll go with NOLA as to not shit where I eat. After NOLA's cinderella run to the finals last season as an expansion team, they did manage to place well enough for a bye this time around. They lost in their first series to Texas in 7 games. The biggest reason was their lack of a "clutch" play. Two of the games went to Overtime, and both of those games went to Texas. They needed someone to step up when it mattered most in just one of those games and it didn't happen. Their defense and goaltending also came back down to earth compared to the super hero levels it was last year. So "disappointing" is a bit of a harsh word for this, but I think the bar was just set extremely high for NOLA.

Task 11: (Written, 3 TPE)
This is a toughie because there are a lot of good options, so I'm going to cheat and go with WKP picking up either Viktor Marius (@karey) or Charles Walker (@zombiewolf) after defeating Buffalo in the conference finals. Marius could slot in effectively anywhere but I could see him fitting really well into the 2nd line as to not disrupt their first lines chemistry. Marius brings a physical presence along with a keen ability to find the net that any team would chomp at the bit for. Walker would also be a solid pick to sure up their defensive unit. WKP's 2nd unit could definitely benefit from a nice beefy blue line boy, and more PP and PK depth with either of these players is a gaurentee. Then again, they might as well have just picked up me to have me sit up in the press box as a healthy scratch. They managed pretty well without any roster disruptions after beating us.

Task 12: (Written, 3 TPE)
WKP faced a huge amount of adversity in their previous series against Buffalo. After a quick sweep against Chicago, WKP was received a rude wakeup call, going down 0-2 against Buffalo, with their top line getting massacred in the 2nd game for a -3 in a 4-2 game. WKP got some life by just barely squeeking by in game 3 with a 1-0 win. Immediately after, heartbreak struck again, this time in overtime. Down 3-1 it seemed all but over for WKP, but they climbed out of their rut and snuck by Buffalo with two back to back 1 goal wins to force a game 7. In game 7, they (unfortunately) shut Buffalo out while scoring 3 of their own. WKP propelled themselves out of the grave all the way through, not losing a single game for the remainder of the playoffs after going down 3-1 to Buffalo. Pretty impressive turnaround.

TASK 13: (*CASUAL MEMBER SPECIAL* Send answer in PM, up to 3 TPE)
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