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Your Mothers Favorite Goalie · 03-08-2020, 09:58 PM

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2. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)

You're put in charge of making the casino odds on the Cup winner for next season. Whom are you giving the best and the worst odds to, and what's your reasoning?

This is a hard one to pin down before we have all of the free agent moves and new builds down, but I think if I had to take the challenge cup odds right now for next season, I would give the highest odds to the Edmonton Blizzard.

As you know, the Blizzard made the cup finals last season, though they were easily dispatched in 5 games. This season they still made the playoffs, but were cut short very quickly in the first round. Thats sad and all, but one thing I notice when I look at the Blizzard roster is that they are filled with young talent, and very impressive young talent at that. Currently they have 3 prospects over the SMJHL TPE limit, which is no small feat. Many of their key contributors are from the S48 and S49 drafts, and will only continue to improve. 6 players from those draft classes from those teams are already over 800 TPE, with one already reaking the 1K mark. If they can keep these guys updating, I think they will go very far next season

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3. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

By now, you're probably familiar with the attributes on FHM, and you likely have some sense of what type of build you're going to be aiming for with your player. What one attribute are you going to focus on most? Of all the attributes in the game, what is your player going to strive to be the absolute best at? Why are you picking that specific attribute above all others?

I think its no surprise which attribute I am going to strive to be the absolute best at. That attribute is fighting! LPLL is one bad mofo, and I'm going to make sure this whole league knows it! I want to end up having a maxed out fighting attribute when everything is all said and done. Other things I need to work on is checking and hitting. Obviously part of being a brute is making legal plays on the ice, and so I need to work on those two attributes to be the best I can be and make opponents think twice when I'm on the ice

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The Most Generic Prompt of All Time - what is your player looking forward to in the offseason? What are they planning on doing? Training? Relaxing? Testing free agency? Whatever it is, let us know!

Due to a lot of changes coming to the SHL and SMJHL this season, Luc-Pierre Lespineau-Lebrunette has decided he needs to train a lot this offseason to prepare for them. Defense has become a lot more complex, and if he wants to stay a defensive defenseman with a mean streak, he is going to have to update his game.

One of the main things LPLL is working on is his positioning. Physicality can only get you so far in the league, you have to know where you need to be on both offense and defense, and he is trying to fix that. Another big thing LPLL is updating is his tenacity. Obviously as an enforcer he takes a lot of penalties, but he is hoping to work on drawing some as well

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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.

Head GMs JayWhy and Grapehead have been GMing for a while, whereas Co GMs Luketd and DaftRaincloud are newer to management - which team's front office staff (including coaches) do you think will provide a strategic edge (lol as if such a thing exists in STHS) in this series?

Manhattan has been rocking a pretty evenly-distributed ice time for forwards (35-33-32) whereas San Francisco is going a bit more top-heavy (40-40-15). Which approach do you think is better for a fierce Challenge Cup series?

What is your favorite player name on either of these two teams and why? (not favorite player/user, just focusing on their player name)

1. I dont think much would help get a strategic edge in STHS as this post is implying, but i think the more experienced GMs will give the edge here. It is easy to overthink things as a GM sometimes, and you can overcomplicate things. both teams will likely have the same knowledge, but less experience might panic more and make bad changes, while more experience will just accept that STHS is a cruel mistress haha
2. I think Manhattan has a better game plan with their ice time distribution, but that is not because of the strats in my opinion. An even distribution of ice time likely means you have an even distribution of talent. So your top 2 lines will be fine against the 2 elite top lines of the other team, but when the weaker 3rd line comes about, your 3rd line will eat them up.
4. First of all, I would like to say that Manhattan as a whole just have much better player names. But onto which player is my favorite, the name Backdoor Barnacle stands out to me. I dont know what it is, whether it makes me remember Barnacle Boy from Spongebob, whether it feels like a gross name for some sexual anal stuff, or that its probably the name of some weird animated spongebob pornhub parody, it just is a cut above the rest

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15. 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 might be a very controversial take, but I am going to be taking the position that a player who never even saw the ice for the Challenge Cup should win playoff MVP. Alexander Selich is without a doubt the reason the Buffalo Stampede got as far as they did. 25 points in 15 games is insane. Only one Manhattan player got to 20 points, Luke Thomason with 22, and he had 4 extra games to make that happen. Selich was a beast, and if Buffalo had made the cup finals he would be the unquestioned MVP, win or lose. Unfortunately, he was not able to get enough help from his teammates, With there being an 8 point difference between him and his closest teammate

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17. 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 determined by draft class, which rostered player is the oldest player in this series?

B. Name TWO players who have played for both the Pride and the Rage.

C. Among ACTIVE PLAYERS, who has the most points scored in Pride franchise history?

D. Who was recently selected as the #1 player in Rage franchise history as part of their Top 50 in 50 series unveiled this season?

**Important**: Send the answers to username "PT Director" with the subject of the message titled “S52 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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