task 1
i would go to tampa bay in a heartbeat right now if i could. nothing against calgary at all but we’re about a week or two into my area’s cold season and i’m already not having any of it. like… i just broke out my hoodie and next thing i know it’s 17 friggin’ degrees(F)? the kinda cold where you wake up in the morning and never wanna get out from under your blankets? but shit, you gotta go to work. cool. that shit’s for the birds. oh no, wait, even they’re smart enough to get the fuck out and fly south. plus, i get to cause a ruckus in a rivals building without even having to be on the ice. getting belligerent as possible will most definitely be the goal here and i’m sure i can find a few teammates who wouldn’t mind joining me. we could find a way to rack up a decent bar tab and i know for a fact if there’s good food involved they’ll be there, no doubt.
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task 2
obviously i have to go with calgary on this one. not only because they won but manhattan’s early playoff exit would feel that much worse seeing the cup end up in the hands of a big divisional rival. it’s only been a few seasons since the barracuda joined the league but they quickly became a matchup i was nervous to see on the upcoming schedule, mostly because you could never be quite sure of the outcome. it seemed that even when we were at our best they could find a way to win and snap our winning streak. really one of those teams that tested our confidence as a team and that can be daunting. to see the cup in their hands would almost seem… insulting for lack of a better word. kinda like... “look what we have!”
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task 7
this season was a bit of an eye opener to be honest. the better half of the season was rough for our team in general and i have nothing better to say about my personal play. i was still filling my role decently but my production was just not where i wanted it to be. i actually ended up going to my teammates and asking for advice on what i should do to try to get my game back where i needed it to be. they all said one thing: “SHOOT THE PUCK!” which was actually funny to me because in s49 i had upped my production immensely by holding on to the puck and looking at my options more. but hey, they seemed to know what they were talking about cause in the home stretch of the season i started to see some points and came relatively close to my previous season’s point total. though i obviously would have liked to surpass it, i can’t complain. i’m not exactly out there to score all the points. the plan from here is to just hone in my skills and maybe cultivate some mass to become a beast out on the ice.
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task 13
a. well since we know the outcome of the playoffs i went ahead and looked at who of the two dominated in the series and the answer would be… mike izzy. i would say this would be a little on the expected side but that’s not to discredit soderberg who is an absolute rising star. things were close early on when tampa lead the series but izzy out muscled gunnar by putting up just three more assists than the youngster this series.
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b. as soon as you knew which teams would be playing in the finals you had to have your eyes on this goalie matchup. both vilde and blue were drafted in s41 and have had pretty decent careers so far. blue had a bit of a slower start but in the here and now has just been spectacular. he would be the one i gave my slight edge to just looking at how his regular season went. even though the barracuda scored a couple more goals over the series they weren’t able to when it counted allowing vilde hoist the hardware.
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c. looking at the series this one was definitely a mix. things started out guns blazing with tampa scoring 16 total goals over the first three games, giving them a 3-0 lead on the series. the dragons figured out that they just had to wait it out and let tampa wear themselves out. holding them to just a goal a game in the next three, calgary was able to contain the barracuda and pick them off game by game, inevitably winning them the cup.
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d. it’s a bit of a toss up for me here. on one hand, flacko lagerfield is the first one that came to mind just because it’s one of those names that looks absolutely ridiculous but actually sort of works and has a nice ring to it. then i went and looked at the rosters which reminded me that i’ve always enjoyed bernik vrzala’s name.
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e. i mean… i think i would have to try esa’s chicken parm sandwich. is it okay to call it a grinder or…? either way. chicken parm is the shit in any form and, although it’s not a favorite, it is a go-to in a decent amount of situations. i can only imagine the guy known around here for backing the chicken parm as hard as he does knows what the fuck is up when it comes to a chicken parm sandwich.
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task 15
sent it