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1. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)
VIP Status babyyyyyyyy - your player has been invited to attend one of the first homestands of the CC finals as a VIP guest - all expenses paid, front row seats, any hotel you want - and it's all on the Commissioner's dime! Are you going to Games 1 and 2 in Tampa or Games 3 and 4 in Calgary? Why are you picking there? And what are you going to do in that city to run up Eggy's tab?? (This is the same prompt as last year but we've got different cities! be creative! Don't re-use what was written last season)

Since Vilde plays in Calgary he is going to have to check out the attractions in Florida. The big cat rescue center in Tampa is going to be cool to see, just looking at these amazing animals is going to be amazing. Also in the plans Vilde is going to take the team to Busch gardens on a team outing. First stop though will be Geno's for a chicken parm feast. As the Dragons are so competitive there will probably be an eating contest, Otis B Driftwood and Esa Parmborg in particular love to test each other's gastronomic capabilities. After that I'm going to make them all go on roller coasters at Busch Gardens to see who will puke first. We'll probably have some type of pool going on who it will be, most will probably choose the rookie Parmborg since he tends to over do things. Then we'll all probably roll out to the beach so parmborg can get a bit of color and not look like a beached whale with that huge white belly of his.

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2. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min)
After a slow start to the regular season, the Dragons have surged of late and have rallied around the #CalgaWe notion of togetherness. On the other side, the Barracuda battled through a difficult East and are led by a very strong young core. Which team are you personally rooting for to take home the Challenge Cup and why?

I am quite obviously rooting for Calgary since I play there. It would be quite a shock for the Dragons to win the cup after a mediocre season by yours truly in net. However the shot at history is quite exhilarating to see if Calgary can come up with their 6th cup win. Everyone loves to hate the best teams and the Dragons are by far the most hated team, continually being compared to the New England patriots and all their championship runs. So I think we are definitely underdogs with most people rooting against us which would make a win even more delicious like some amazing gooey cheese loaded chicken parm.

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3. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)
Are there any changes to the playoff format you'd like to see implemented? More wild cards? Move to a single-elimination to bring about even more chaos? 999-game series to minimize chaos? Be creative!

I think an interesting twist would be to have the wildcards go to the 4 highest point total teams regardless of divisions. This season the east had much more competition that the west. Only 15 points separated the 8th team from the 1st where in the west that gap was 34 points. As I look at the standings it wouldn't have changed the wild cards this season but there is a possibility that that could happen in the future. So it's not a huge change but it could occur in some seasons, giving the final days of the regular season even more meaning and excitement to see if a conference will earn a 3rd or 4th wild card spot. Otherwise I think the playoff system works quite well as it sits and really shouldn't have to be modified unless for some reason we have an expansion or contraction of the league. It would be nice if there was some special bonus activity for the other playoff teams to do while the wild card series were going on, maybe some sort of media event covering the wild card games.


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7. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)
As competition ramps up for the playoffs, players (both those still in and those eliminated) work extra hard to improve areas of their game that are lacking. What one area of your game do you really needs to focus on improving and how will this benefit the team?

Kata Vilde was extremely inconsistent this past season, showing flashes of brilliance and promptly shitting the bed. With an almost maxed build it's tough to figure out where to improve Vilde but there is room in 2 areas, puck handling and penalty shots. Penalty shots don't play a major factor during the year but they are still important. You never know when a penalty save is going to get your team points in an overtime. Puck handling is a sketchy area for goaltenders, some swear to never put anything into this stat while others max it out without giving it a thought. Vilde has been rather conservative in his approach here over the seasons, just recently beginning to train in this area. He still has 3-4 points that can be gained here but the strategy will be to maybe improve a point at a time if he's been having a bad run of luck in the sim so it's more a luck changer at this stage. regardless vilde will have to be much better in the playoffs for the dragons to have a shot.


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14. Written, 2 TPE - The Procrastinator Special! (100 words min)
Welp, you waited until the last day to grind out your CW and the CC finals are longggggggg over by now. congrats to [TEAM], woo! Reflecting back on the series, who gets your vote for series MVP? Make the case why this player deserves it over any other.

This would have to be Mike Izzy for Calgary without a doubt. 32 points in 20 games including 16 goals. 3 game winning goals and 2 game tying goals. 2nd in hits with 68. A hat trick. And even more amazing than all those other stats is an 18 game point scoring streak in the playoffs. A full 10 games longer than the next streak. The ancient Calgary captain really put the team on his back and really set an example for the young players on the Dragons as to how the game should be played. Not sure there's ever been a better power forward in SHL history but Izzy would certainly be at the top of that conversation without question. This is a complete no brainer choice for playoff MVP.



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15. Casual Member Special, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer - SEND ANSWER IN PM TO "PT DIRECTOR" (tagged below)
A. As defined by draft class, who is the oldest player in this series?
B. What is the name of the Calgary Dragons' Arena?
C. Name 3 previous names of the Tampa Bay Barracuda franchise
D. From these two teams, which player had the most PIMs in the S50 regular season? (Look, I'll even give you a link to the index right below this code box. When I posted the link directly, it auto-corrected the colon + slash into a partial frown face; it looks funny and the link still works so i'm leaving it)

**Important**: Send the answers to username "PT Director" with the subject of the message titled “S50 CW" - Do not send it to my personal account; those will not be graded. Do not post the answers in here; you will not get credit for the task.

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