2. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
With everyone getting a free redistribution this offseason, S54 is quite wide open at the moment. Before those redistributions take place, who would you anticipate being the top team(s) for next season?

I think with our without redistribution I see no reason to expect huge changes to standings specially when looking at some of top positions. Everyone has learned something and while most of teams can make some improvements and I'd imagine top teams were closer to getting it right at first time or have experience to make best of what they have. That said I would expect most of the top teams stay at the top because they have roster depth and are punished less for having sub optimal builds as almost every attribute increase still helps at least some so wasting TPE is lot harder, so using 1,5k TPE to build bad player get hard.

Also for bottom teams who now are aware how bad some of their roster fillers are there isn't much market to get good replacements IFAs or regular FAs as floor to be useful in SHL has gone up. So while I expect some movement from teams finishing out of top 6 I woulnd't be surprised to see Los Angeles, New England and Hamilton on top of standings when season 54 is said and done.

5. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
Just like everything else in S53, IIHF is going to be an exciting mystery for us all! We've seen the introduction of a new format (all 14 teams in one group) and it's bound to be a very exciting tournament. What are your predictions for IIHF this season? What team or teams do you think have the best shot at taking home the gold? How do you think your team will fare?

Well as we have seen with regular season results of SHL, team being top heavy without depth doesn't really work too well, look for example something like Tampa. So with that said it is pretty clear that US and Canada with most deep player base are most likely looking to finish on top, with slight edge going to US in my opinion because their Goalie is one of the best while Canada has been unlucky with their goalies transfering out or going IA. Still being able to field 4 competive lines versus some SMJHL players Canada and US should finish top 3 of round robin and while I expect them to move to finals with best of one playoffs anything could happen.

Team Finland I expect to be fighting for last playoffs spots, we have good bunch of players who have joined the team during last few seasons but they really are not helping too much yet so our time to fight for the bronze will be in future.

12. Podcast 4 TPE

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16. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max
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NSFL Claim 3 TPE

Total: 16 / 16 TPE