Task 1 (3 TPE)

There are many talented young players on both the Buffalo Stampede and the Winnipeg Jets, but if I had to pick one to build my team around it would be Commander Shepard. On the ice Commander Shepard has been developing very nicely with over 700 tpe and had a decent regular season and playoffs for a rookie.More importantly however are Shepards off ice qualities, the guy is a natural born leader whether it be through motivating and inspiring others, or striking fear in them, either way he'll get the best out of his teammates. Shepard would shape the image of my team as a force to be reckoned with for sure, after all what is playing and winning a few hockey games to a man who defeated the reapers. The only thing i'd be concerned about in regards to Shepard is his questionable dancing skills, but as long as those don't make a public appearance we should be all good @LarksTongue


Task 3 (3 TPE)

Looking back at S48 I didn't really accomplish anything as it was a pretty awful season for me and Chicago. I pretty much sucked at everything and probably did worse in almost literally every stat compared to my previous season. Because of that I need to improve on basically everything offensively and defensively as my stats and production in both were pretty awful. I could be like my inferior Smeb brothers who can't accept that they're just awful and blame my teammates, but unlike them I can actually accept my faults and plan on improving. The only thing really that I didn't fail at last season was my powerplay production and my low pims as i'm not some useless goon like parker smeb. Going into S49 i expect my role to be pretty similar rotating around the lines  perhaps as the number 1 or number 3 center maybe with a bit less of a role as chicago continues to develop as a team. @O4L @Velevra


Task 5 (4 TPE)

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.

Viktor Marius - Hippo Passamus - Commander Shepard
Tatu Makela - Gary Grease
Cedric Moreau

The above would be my challenge cup team as it has a good amount of experience in likes of perrenial Dar contender Marius and tough D in Makela in Grease. Passamus and Shepard meanwhile are great upcoming talents and Passamus along with Marius has dominated these playoffs, plus who wouldn't want Commander Shepard on their team

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?

Winnipeg's D play a very tough game and are much younger than Buffalos, but in this situation I'd have to give the edge to the Stampedes D and expected them to come out on top simply due to sheer amount of experience they have on that blue line with Makela, Tanner and Walker.


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)

Some of the main reasons Winnipeg was able to make it into the finals were due to combination of young talent stepping up in their various rookies, along with the continued dominance of old players such as Jason Visser who doesnt seem to be affected by age at all. Add on top of all of that the excellent goaltending  of Cedric Moreau and you find yourselves in the finals @treant @ToeDragon84

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)

The primary reason for the recent success of Buffalo is clearly Wannabefinn, the man is a god gm and instantly recognized that the reason for Buffalo's past struggles were due to selfish players like Velevra and Kitras97 and as a result  shipped them out from the team and now the success is pouring in. @WannabeFinn

Task 10 (3 tpe)

The S44 Challenge Cup finals saw two of the most dominant teams of that time facing off against each other in the finals in the Winnipeg Jets and the West Kendall Platoon, For the Jets in particular this was a last run for a team that who had immense regular season success with plenty of presidents trophies, but only 1 cup in that time. For the Platoon names that are still going strong today such as Dani Forsberg, Trevor Wilson and Alex Light were their star players, meanwhile for the Jets it was the last run for the likes of Zach Evans, Kyle Kylrad and Pietra Volkova alongside the still dominant Jason Visser, it also ended up being one of the last seasons for their goaltender in Artom Zhumbayev. In the end the Jets thanks to their stellar goaltending and star power all throughout the line up emerged victorious over the platoon in a 6 game series.

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Task 13 (3 tpe)

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