Right now, Dom Montgomery is not thinking about the off-season. He is in full hockey mode and will be up until he's done all he can do to secure Team Great Britain a shiny medal. However, Dom always looks forward to traveling with Leo Lockhart, the Fourth of July at his moms' house with some of his closest friends, and spending as much time as he possibly can on his boats - the one in Michigan and the one in California. He's gotten better at woodworking at this point too, so he's trying to put in some extra shelves in his boats and maybe make some wooden gifts for friends. So, all in all, he'll be doing quite a bit of sailing, working with wood, eating BBQ, getting drunk at least a couple times, and then trying to keep up with his training at least a bit. Also there are probably some house projects in San Francisco he has to keep up with.
WC: 162

I am for this idea, because reducing our carbon footprint is a must. I did an article about this last year about reducing the carbon footprint of the SMJHL regular season schedule (which I think needs more work than the playoffs, but that's not the question here). You can't have hockey if you don't have a habitable Earth. You can't have the joys of skating ponds outside if your land is on fire or you freeze to death going outside. We have to think about the hockey players and fans of tomorrow. I understand that it would suck for fans of a Challenge Cup team to not be able to fly out and see their team in the finals, but let's be real, those tickets at home or too expensive for them to pay for anyway.
WC: 136

With marijuana being legal in California, the San Francisco Pride have finally made it possible for fans of age to purchase Pride Final Ride weed purple and yellow lion-shaped gummies. For $20, get these gummies to eat upon arrival at the games in San Francisco and they should kick in just before the second period so you can enjoy the game still even if the Pride are losing or really enjoy the game if the Pride are winning. Sure, you could get something cheaper outside of the stadium to sneak in, but you were going to spend $30 on beer anyway. Might as well do this instead, and also, two dollars of every gummy sold will go to helping public schools or something that will make you justify the cost of these gummies. Whether or not the Pride win, these gummies will make it feel like quite the final ride of the season.
WC: 154

1. 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?
I must preface this with saying I don't spend a lot of time thinking about SHL management and I'm not sure how much time any of them, especially those in the Manhattan Rage front office, spend doing things that would be beneficial to their teams. But uh, because I'm biased, Pride front office all the way. Strategic edges are Real and Simon T is Not a god.
WC: 67

2. 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?
You know, from what I remember in paying attention to sims in Challenge Cup series (so not a lot), teams who play the same couple people for a long time usually end up winning things. It is not a 100% method, and it also depends on the builds and power of your players, but to answer the question, San Francisco all the way.
WC: 63

3. The Rage and the Pride have, in my opinion at least, two of the best logos in the entire SHL. Which team's logo do you like more and why?
San Francisco's, hands down. The royal purple color symbolizes being more awesome than anyone and the lion is sassy. Plus, the Pride have a great secondary logo that has a secret lion purple lion inside. The Rage's logo has good shading and everything, but who wants to have a bull on their chest? Not I. Where is the wooly hair? Why does he kind of have human eyes that are demonic? It is intimidating, but idk I like purple and gold together more than red and black. Guess I'm not as goth as I thought.
WC: 95

4. What is your favorite player name on either of these two teams and why? (not favorite player/user, just focusing on their player name)
Leopold "Leo" Lockhart is my favorite player name of anyone on the two teams. I am not just saying this because my son Dom is the most biased person in the entire universe, but because Leopold is a cute name, Leo is also cute and is already a lion, like, HELLO, Leo the Lion. Makes great sense, right? Cute. Lockhart? Great last name. He has a lock on his heart. Tragique. Also, that double L. 10/10 name.
WC: 78

5. Would you rather: (a) a chainsaw lesson with JayWhy, (b) a private Gritty meet-and-greet for you and Luke, © an all-you-can-eat grape buffet experience with Grapehead, or (d) an hour session where DaftRaincloud shows you everything from his internet history?
As tempting as all of these would be for various reasons, I think I'd have to go with having Daft show me everything in his internet history. Because no one's ever shown me that, and I think it would be really funny and/or enlightening. Daft is cool and this could either destroy or strengthen our friendship.
WC: 57

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