Task 1.
I think it’s pretty obvious that I would rather attend games 1 and 2 in Edmonton. Whoever I bring with me better be ready to get wild because the whole goal here is to distract Hamilton the best I can. I’m talkin’ giant banners or signs, those inflatable noise clapper thingys, crazy outfits… hell maybe I’ll even find a yeti costume to throw on, you name it. I want to be as loud and annoying as possible and get into the heads of the Hawks in any way that I can. Gotta run up the tab right? Gonna need a pretty large McIntyre jersey to throw over my yeti costume and we all know those can cost a pretty penny. Obviously I’m gonna need some liquid encouragement so keep the drinks flowin’. If every fan in the building don’t think I’m Edmonton’s number one fan by the end of game two then I’m doing something wrong. Sure I may make an ass of myself but in the end it would be worth it.
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Task 2.
We’ll say everything in the Western Conference playoff tree can stay the same, big upset for New Orleans but hey… this is playoff hockey. We will even keep the Eastern Conference’s wild card round the same cause why not? What we are really interested in changing is everything beyond that. We all know how Hamilton’s coaches changed up the team’s, umm… tactics. Something along the lines of “Screw passing, anytime you get the puck we want you to shoot it.” Now in this alternate reality that tactic would not work out so well. After sweeping Tampa Bay in the wild card round, the Stampede keep it rolling through the next round because, for whatever reason, as soon as a Steelhawk touches the puck they shoot it away no matter where they are on the ice. Confusing? Sure, but probably not the best course of action. Now we get a long awaited rematch of the s46 Eastern Conference Finals between Buffalo and Manhattan. I think this would be a much more exciting matchup than s46’s as the two teams are much closer in skill now. Hopefully we’d see a 7 game series, though I’m not sure which team would actually take it. Regardless of which team moves on the Challenge Cup Finals would be a close one as Edmonton was pretty even with both Manhattan and Buffalo during the regular season.
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Task 4.
This is actually my time to shine here. With the roster depleted I could technically be asked to play just about anywhere other than goalie. Not that I’d be awesome at the other positions but I could definitely be competent. I’ve actually seen myself be played in multiple other positions. I’ve played defense on special teams before and I even tried my hand at center during these playoffs. I think I’d like to try to play defense longer term if there were ever a time that called for it. I believe my puck handling ability, which helps out with blocking shots and poking the puck away, could be of some use in our end. And honestly, who doesn’t like to see a defenseman with a little grit lay some people out in his own zone? When it comes to the offensive side of things I like to think I ain't too shabby at moving the puck around either. Seeing as passing is one of my main focuses I believe I wouldn’t be too bad as a sort of “Quarterback” from the point in the offensive zone.
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Task 15.
a. This is a toss up because just as you said Tuck had a pretty stellar regular season while Kryyst has stolen the show in the playoffs. Normally I would give it to Tuck but under the circumstances it could go either way. Looking at the numbers Kryyst has faced just slightly more shots per game on average during these playoffs, which is slightly surprising, but there's no way to tell who’s team gave up the more quality scoring chances. I’ll say Kryyst since he had a shutout which is difficult to do during the playoffs.
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b. I would advise the Blizzard to back off a bit in this situation. We already know the Steelhawks have adopted a shoot first mentality and that could prove troublesome should Edmonton give them the man advantage too often. Discipline should be of the utmost importance to the Blizzard in this Challenge Cup Final series.
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c. I think if anything could have gone a different way in these finals it would have been because of Tony Pepperoni. Dude is on every leader board imaginable for skaters during these finals. Tied for first in goals, tied for 5th in assists, tied for second in points, and on top of all that he’s in sole possession of first in hits. Tony could be the go to guy for seasons to come.
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d. Not gonna lie, I think it’s hilarious to have numbers spelled out as your last name so I have to give this one to Akashi SixNine. Honestly, the first name of Akashi just somehow brings the whole thing together to look somewhat normal and that's what really sells the whole thing for me. Like, you’d expect someone with the name Akashi to have a wild last name. The whole name gives me a Chad Ochocinco vibe… absolutely ridiculous but having the number spelled out in english makes it that much crazier.
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e. I mean, I fuckin’ love pizza so I’d eat a pepperoni pizza with Tony any day of the week. Pepperoni was never my favorite topping as I always felt it was just sort of boring but it’s started to really grow on me throughout the years. I’d have even picked cheese pizza over it until recently but now I get random cravings for pepperoni pizza all of the time. I think it was more the fact that every kid went nuts for it and that kinda turned me off of it. Damn, now I want some pizza.
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Task 18.
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