5. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)
My player has a number of things he's looking to achieve this off season. First and foremost is taking the time off to improve the golf game. He started scoring consistently below 100 last season and now has his eyes set on sub 90. Beyond that, he'll be going back home to Minnesota where he'll train with a few of his old junior teammates. Sharp knows that with some of the SHL rules being implemented next season, the league is potentially going to be competitive again, so he is going to make sure that he's in top condition on day 1 when the puck drops. There is still going to be a little bit of time for some R&R, he plans to go down to Miami for a week to lay out on the beach for a little bit and recover a bit from the physical toll a full season and playoffs takes on your body. There's that and of course enjoying the nightlife in Miami, no way Sharp and his boys will pass up that opportunity.

9. Written, 1 TPE
Hamilton won, wow
There is not a soul surprised
New sim engine please

10. Graphic OR Written, 2 TPE (100 words min if written)
Buffalo Stampede and Doritos landed on a match made in heaven when they worked together to create the Buffalo Stampede flavor. The foundation of the flavor is based on buffalo wings, but it's been cranked up to 11 for these chips. The moment they touch your tongue the bulldoze you over like a stampede of sexy buffalo players. The commerical almost makes itself, an actor is standing there and opens up a bag and hear's the sound of the stampede coming out of it, he puts a chip in his mouth and closes his eyes. When he opens them, a rush of buffalos plaster him on the ground. And to finish it off, his flattened self reaches to the bag of chips that landed next to him to eat another one.

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. Geezus Kryyst is the obvious winner here. Hamilton has already explained, the only reason they've won any series is because their goaltender has outmatched every other goalie in the league, so you can't go against that level of confidence. Tuck has always been known for stellar play in net, but nothing compares to the goaltending of Hamilton according to Hamilton.
B. There probably isn't a right answer here because Hamilton will score on you 5 on 5 if you're not going to play them physical. As the coach, you might as well just tell the team to play their game and play it the way they have to get this far. Beyond that, hope for a miracle in terms of biased refs or Hamilton somehow only hitting posts all night because otherwise Hamilton is just going to blast them.
C. I mean the X-factor is obviously Hamilton's Coach Aaron Wilson. No one else has brought such a consistent level of play not just for himself but for his entire lineup. Without the strategies employed by Aaron, Hamilton might have made the playoffs and maybe even won a series. But with them, Hamilton has cruised to a Cup win without any adversity whatsoever. No one else in the history of the league has done that much for their team.
D. Tony Pepperoni is my favorite name out of these two teams and likely one of my favorite names out of everyone in the league. I cannot tell you how much I love pizza and how much better it is with a even arrangement of pepperonis on top that are just ever so slightly burnt with a little grease pool in the middle. Seeing his name on the scoresheet is just a reminder of that.
E. All these options are great, I love pizza and cuddles, but I'm going to have to go with option F. No coach has been able to do single handedly gaurentee the success of his team like Aaron Wilson, so when we swap to the new sim engine he will inevitably have some tricks of his sleeve that every team is going to want a piece of until we have to swap to a different engine after that due to the nature of said tricks.

16. Written, 2 TPE - The Procrastinator Special! (100 words min)
Normally I'd give this to Aaron Wilson but I've praised him enough, so this one I'll have to give to Tig Murphy. From the 3 sets of stats I can see because PBPers either buried them or locked them behind google sheets access, you can see that Tig Murphy really stepped it up this series. In those three games, he got himself 2 goals and 5 assists, including getting a 3 point game in the only game Hamilton faced an ounce of adversity. He made sure to step up and rally his team so that when they did fall in that game 7-5, they could at least look around the room and look at the effort of Tig and rally around it.

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