Quote:1. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
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 S52 playoffs have unfolded differently. What happened in that reality's playoffs and who's in the Challenge Cup over there?

In a world where the playoffs have unfolded differently, a different person is doing all of this homework. The assignments will be done in a different (notably inferior) writing style. The arenas all blew up simultaneously (because this person doesn’t know the teams or players). One man survived… Gunnar Söderberg. His quest for vengeance begins where it all ended, the arena. He is alternately searching for survivors and screaming at the sky, cursing god though he doesn’t know if it is for his own survival or the deaths of those he holds most dear. A single tear falls from his eye as the jersey of David Fantobens appears beneath the cleared rubble. It falls on the captain’s C, a small circle of fabric appears as it once did, the drip washing away the grime of today’s misery. He sees the zamboni, no other mean of conveyance make themselves evident in the hellscape that he once called home ice. He rides it into the future, into the unknown….

Quote: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?

With the transition to FHM, Gunnar will be focusing a little more on scoring than he has in the past. However, one thing that will never change are his glorious soft, soft hands. They are constantly moist, it's a little bit gross actually. They are so soft that he has trouble telling where soft boiled eggs end and his hands begin. That is to say, I will continue to focus on puck handling above all else but also kind of tied with a bunch of other things. We will also be focussing on speed and agility because he is a fast boy.

Quote:4. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
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!

He is looking forward to going home to Sweden to plot vengeance against those who have wronged him. He shall sit amongst the fjords, they were specially constructed by his family generations ago specifically for the contemplation of great violence which nice boys such as Gunnar know is very, very naughty and would ruin their egg soft hands. Upon the fjord sits his noble steed: Maxim, the Swedish Valhund. A weiner dog sized puppy who Gunnar loves. He is Gunnar's stout companion against the world which has wronged them both. They shall have their shared vengeance, in this life or the next. After some contemplated violence they play fetch! They love fetch, they imagine it is the bones of their fallen enemies that are thrown, but in fact they are sticks. Maxim loves sticks. Much as Fenrir, the eight legged steed of Norse myth, Maxim wags his tiny tail about. To sum up, Gunnar is looking forward to playing with his pupper.

Quote:7. Written, 1-2 TPE
Our poetry theme this season is a limerick! Write 1 SHL-themed limerick for 1 TPE or 2 SHL-themed limericks for 2 TPE.

There once was a fish from Tampa
Who skated the ice like a manta
He shot and he scored,
To miss he abhorred
and he lived for the light of the lamp-a

Last season some people made trouble
And burst the fake hockey bubble
All their points went to scoring
Which is really quite boring
But now we will rise from the rubble

Quote:8. Written/Graphic, 3 TPE (150 words min. for written option)
The arenas in San Francisco and New York certainly don't need any gimmicks to get people into the stadium for the series, but the arenas want to make sure they're pulling out all the stops on the big stage. Help the concessions department of one of these two teams develop a new product, with marketing specifically pertaining to this finals series, to be sold at the arena during the finals. Describe the product and the marketing in 150 words or create a promotional poster showing the product, its name, the price, etc.

In San Francisco, the hot new product for this year's final is a package of concessions and merchandise. For the low, low price of seven thousand US dollars, you can get this delightful assortment of food and merchandise you will certainly look at in five years and say "I've never worn this even once but I paid so much money for it, so I can't throw it out." Included in the package you will find - tickets to all home games, a jersey for your player of choice, eighteen pucks signed by that same player with little pieces of paper glued onto them to make them look like lion's heads, a signed stick (not a hockey stick, just a large twig), one bucket of "Lion's Mane" nachos (which are regular nachos drowned in sriracha vaguely in the pattern of a lion's face), as well as a case of somewhat local Napa Valley wine samplers, all in cardboard boxes.

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