While there are a ton of people to chose from i would definitely choose the German defender Cassius Darrow @hhh81 having a premier defender to anchor your blueline for multiple seasons to come is the best thing you can have as a franchise. Darrow is a top TPE earner and has a good amount of money in his Bank Account which will provide him for enough Weekly Trainings in his career. HHH is also a SMJHL GM which is another great asset to have because he can give you a quality inside look on Colorado Raptors prospects. The part for which Darrow doesn't get enough credit is his incredible personality which enriches every LR and is another component why he is a great choice to build your franchise around. I fully believe Darrow will have a very successful career with hopefully multiple Stevens awards as well as other individual accolades while hoisting the Cup several times.

Task 05: (Written, up to 4 TPE)
Pick up to 4 challenge cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth '1' TPE. Each answer must be '50' words or more.

1. Put together a challenge cup fantasy team using the 2 teams in the finals as the player pool. This fantasy team must include at least 1 young player (S44 or higher) and in 50+ words discuss your choices.
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Viktor Marius-Lil Manius-Ola Wagstrom
Gary Grease-Tatu Mäkelä
Cedric Robinson

Well since this is supposed to be a fantasy team you need players who will throw around their body and generate a ton of hits which Marius/Manius/Grease and Mäkelä will all do. Afterwards I just choose a homer pick as my goalie with Robinson who already tied the playoff SO record with 4. Next is up is the young player choice which obviously Wagstrom who is a TPE whore and should be able to generate some offense.

2. This series boasts an interesting matchup at the blue line between star studded defenders! Which includes Troy McClure III, Gary Grease and Slip McScruff from Winnipeg.. & Buffalo's Tatu Makela, Connor Tanner and Charles Walker.. which group do you expect will outshine the other and why?
The Buffalo Stampede defender core will just outshine the Jets one because of depth as well as comparable top talent. Grease gets matched mby Mäkelä while McClure II gets matched by Metzler and Scruff is just outclassed by Tanner,Walker and Darrow. The superior depth should win this Cup for Buffalo.

3. Winnipeg making it to the finals was an unexpected surprise. What were some of the main reasons why this franchise was able to persevere into the leagues most important series.  (*tag anyone involved)
Cedric Moreau is the major contributor to the Jets cup run this season. He managed to post a .937 save percentage which is crazy and this allows the Jets to stay in every game with a potential win because they purely just won't concede as many goals as their opponents. As for another bright spot it's their 2nd line of Scarn-Blunt-Wagstrom which currently posts a +7 in the plus/minus department.

4. Buffalo has made it to the finals in 2 of the last 3 seasons. Who or what has been a primary reason for the recent success of this franchise. (*tag anyone involved)
It's actually more impressive when you think about that the Stampede were only 1 game away from 3 finals in a row. But yeah the success of this franchise is purely thanks to @WannabeFinn he did a great job with turning Buffalo around when he got hired as the GM and formed a championship squad without any FA signings or losses to FA.

5. Both franchises come into the series with a hot Cedric! Between Winnipegs Cedric Moreau and Buffallo's Cedric Robinson which emerging netminder has the advantage over the other in this series?
If it would be purely goalie vs goalie I'd choose Moreau but Robinson has the better defenders in front of him which should make his job quite easier and allow him to pull away in a head to head matchup over the course of this series against Moreau who will have to face a lethal Stampede offense.

I'd like to remind everyone of the great S30-S33 NEW dynasty especially their cup win in S31 which happened in 5 games against the Edmonton Blizzard which was a rematch from the S30 finals. The Wolfpack had 2 great netminder on their roster with Jakob Tanner and Mikke Laukkanen. Tanner was already a lock for the HoF while Laukkanen was a young and upcoming goalie who would find himself as a fringe HoFer in a weak induction season. The MVP's of this Cup run were Jasper Clayton and Patrikov Bure tho. Clayton was almost PP as a defender while Bure scored 24 Points in 19 Games with 11 Goals. Nathan Russell was a boss in the faceoff circle with posting a 54.24% win percentage in the circles. Edmonton's Winston Windsor was actually a PPG defender for the Blizzard but even his efforts weren't enough to beat the New England dynasty.


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