1. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)
VIP Status again 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! Eggy has complained to me the past two seasons about having to pay for this so I'm graciously volunteering SDCore to front the costs for this season's splurge! Are you going to Games 1 and 2 in Edmonton or Games 3 and 4 in Hamilton? Why are you picking there? And what are you going to do in that city to run up SD's tab?? (This is the same prompt as in the past but we've got different cities! be creative! Don't re-use what was written last season.)


I am choosing to go to game 4 of Hamilton, cause why the hell not? Plus, who likes Edmonton anyways? With SDCore fronting the bill, I will take it easy on him. I will only ask for a half dozen beers and a pretzel. Which I think it is more than fair that I find a couch to sleep on while in town. So I think all that adds up to is some plane tickets, $75 in food and beer, and a chance to see the cup get raised by a home town crowd. SDCore is getting off really easy here, but if he plans on doing this again next season, well I might just have to go all out. I am getting to old for all this traveling on the Commissioner's dime. I think I will not take the VIP trip next season now that I think about it more.

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2. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)
Alternate Reality: Physicists and other smarties believe that this reality is just one of infinite realities existing alongside this one in parallel. Take us over to one of those realities in which everything is the same but these S51 playoffs have unfolded differently. What happened in that reality's playoffs and who's in the Challenge Cup over there?


I have seen the future folks. I have seen the way things play out in a different reality. Something small changed that made everything different. Hamilton does not make the playoffs due to a slight change in how the sim operates. The high shooting low passing style of play does not work in this reality, in fact it is quite the opposite. High passing player run the league, so much so that a new rule has to be into place. One that bans passing being over 20 points higher than scoring. Strange how close this reality is to ours. Anyways, with this comes a new winner. A new Challenge Cup Champion. One no one expects. The Montreal Militia is your SHL champions. Yes, I guess I should have mentioned that Montreal was moved into the SHL instead of rebranding to Carolina. There you have it folks, the Militia win the Challenge Cup in a different reality where passing is King.

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4. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)
Pretend that your team has hit an injury bug - the roster is so depleted that your coach is asking you to play out of position. What position is your coach asking you to play and what about your player build will help you be successful in this new role?


Oh man, our defense core just got hit hard. Literally. We lost three defenseman in the last game, we have to call up two from the minors and one forward up, as we do not have another defense prospect. The coach came to me. "Williams, you know why I am here." Is what he started off with, and yes I did know what he was here for. He was here to ask me to play on the blue line. I said yes of course. Why? I am a two way forward. I pride myself on playing a 200 foot game. What stats of mine will transfer over? Let me name 4 stats that are high enough to play as a defenseman or forward. Defense at 99, no brainer here, I know how to shut down a player and I know how to position myself. Puck Handling at 90, i can block shots, I can dangle, I cna do other puck handling related things. Skating at 99, it will be easy for me to race back to defend to prevent a breakaway. Now I could say 99 scoring here, but I need to play a shut down defender so I am going with Endurance at 90. Why is this important? I like to play in all situations. I will need to be able to keep up in the third and I believe I am conditioned enough to do so.

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15. Written, up to 5 TPE Pick up to 5 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words to qualify.
A. Tommy Tuck posted a better SV% during the regular season, but Geezus Kryyst has been lights out during the playoffs. Which team has the advantage in goal for this series?
Well, I think this will be pretty obvious. The advantage goes right to Kryyst. Not because he is a better goalie, but because he will face less shots than Tuck will. Hamilton is "all" shooters and they use a strategy that everyone agrees is cheap. Tuck is the better goalie, but he will not be at fault for loses.

B. Edmonton averages more hits per game than Hamilton, but also more PIMs - and Hamilton has proven pretty deadly on the power play this postseason while the Blizzard's PK has struggled. Be the coach: should Edmonton stick to a physical style of play or back off a bit in this series?
They should play even more physical. If they want to shut down all the shots, than I think you would need to take out the goal scorers before they can get a shot off. If they take a penalty, than they need to keep up the defensive and physical play. I think that is the only way to shut down an all shooting team.


D. Which player name is your favorite from the rosters of these two teams? (not your favorite player, but your favorite name)
Tig Murphy. Tig. What a fucking name. Mother fucking Tig Murphy. Notorious Tig. How can you hate that name? Like seriously how? It is so great I might just change my name to Tig. Tigtox. Wouldn't that be a sight to see? Here comes Tigtox down the boards. Tig Murphy takes the gold here for me.

E. WOULD YOU RATHER: (a) eat a Pepperoni pizza with Tony Pepperoni (debatably cannibalism), (b) get a nice long hug from Teddy Cuddles, © have Tor and Tommy Tuck tuck you into bed at night, (d) do squats with Hugh Jazz, (e) have a tug of war with Tig, or (f) have Aaron Wilson uncover a brand new strategy for your team to use? Why?
I would like to have a nice long hug from Teddy Cuddles. Cuddles is about done in the league and has always been a really good player. I would like to get a good hug in from him before he goes. The hug cannot be too long as I do not want it to be consider a cuddle.


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