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?

US and A will be the strongest team out there. Their depth is just so good it's unbelievable. They will so hard to beat but I think Canada and and Sweden will have something to say about this. The round robin will be a dog fight about who takes the top spot coming to playoffs. So many good team and there are bound to be some upsets and cinderella stories. Really exciting times indeed! My team (Team Sweden) have huge expectations towards this tournament. We have a great goalie in Peter Larson and a superstar offensive threat in Ola Wagstrom. Ola and Peter will carry Team Sweden to glory and medals this year while our depth is strong and balanced. The only question is that how bright that medal will be. If asked about Swedish players and their fans the objective will one hundred percent be to steal the gold medal under USA's nose and hoist the trophy as world champions. 

6. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
Come up with a program of intermission entertainment for one of the games of the finals. What's the between-period on-ice entertainment the fans will enjoy? The goofier the better, go crazy.

Good old mascot fight. In this case maybe mascots. Bunch of wolves and steelhawks going at it during intermission. I'm thinking 5v5 on ice with fists and hockey sticks, no skates though that would be too scary and fast paced. Also you could add some objectives to the teams like flag steal or scoring a goal with soccer ball. Full contact and everything goes with given equipments. Of course this would be pegi 18 so the kids has to go away from the stands during this event, maybe go to the stadium corridor to have sodas and hotdogs, which would be on the house of course. During playoffs this event would go along and after every event there would be a winner. After playoffs the mascot team who would have collected more wins would be crowned as a SHL BadAss Mascots Champion. I see this growing even bigger than the hockey it self. Maybe even challenging UFC after couple years. Who knows right?

The arenas in Edmonton and Hamilton 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.

Edmonton should sell viking like head products. The head wear should be like an wolf head what vikings and other warriors did wear in the northern parts of the world when people were still fighting with swords and bows. It would be aggressive and mean looking, but also warm and nice to wear. Coming playoff time, the crowd should wear these and do a wolf chant: "AAuuuuuu!" to taunt the visiting team. The name of this product would be Blizzard hat and the cost of this thing is around 20 dollars. I'm sure this product will be mega fun way for the fans to show their loyalty to their team while creating real fear to the visitor team and their fans even. By the way the would not be made out of real wolves because that would be too mean and not right. Just a fluffy nice wolf head made out of cotton and other soft stuff.

a. Who is the best player in this CC finals? Plenty of good candidates: Lagerfield, Phelps, Kryyst, McIntry, Pepperoni, Scholz, etc. Who's your choice for best player and why?

It's a close battle between Toni Pepperoni and Geezus Kryyst. Two amazing players with amazing names. On the other hand my love for the goalies want's to to give it to Kryyst, but Toni Pepperoni has so nice ring to it I can't pass on it. So the MVP goes to Pepperoni!

b. Based on player ratings, EDM has the advantage in speed and acceleration and HAM has the advantage in balance and strength. Which team's physical skills will give them the edge in this series?

In modern hockey you automatically go to speed speed and more speed. But since playoffs are long and hard road the balance and strength can give you an edge. So I would give this one to Hamilton Steelhawks. They are gritty and physical team who will work hard and slow Edmonton down.

c. Assemble your ideal fantasy team out of players in this series - F, F, F, D, D, G. Explain your choices.

G. Geezus Kryyst, man is a brick wall, awesome name.
Ds. Finn-Rhys and Gabriel Johnson, a well-rounded defensive pair who can do it all in both ends
Fs. Flacko Lagerfield as a scoring winger, Dale Miller as a two-way winger and as a center who can do it all I pick Toni Pepperoni
And there you have it. A ultimate line-up!

d. Blizzard... snow... ok debate time - do you like snow? yes or no? why or why not?

Snow is the best! It's nice to look at and it brings light to dark winter times. Everything is so beautiful and fresh coming snow time. When it's snowing it has to be cold. If the weather is too warm snow is annoying since it is wet and ugh..  Also snow fights and snowmans are the best plus all the activities you can do. 

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3+3+3+4+3=16 TPE