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mxman991 · 05-13-2020, 11:20 AM

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

Which player from the Steelhawks or the Blizzard would you bet on to win a regular season individual award in a future season? What player and what award? What makes you think they'll live up to their potential and take home the hardware?

I think Samuel Michaud will win both the Bjo and the Stevens awards in the future, it is only a matter of time. He has plenty of time to keep building his player, but he was already able to make Gabriel Johnson look like a decent SHL defenseman this season. Gabe is probably the reason that Samuel is being held back a bit, but that is to be expected with his current build. Given some time to not have Gabe holding him back, it will be possible for Samuel to win both awards in the future. Calling it happening in 3 seasons.

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

With new tools at our disposal in FHM, we may eventually see some new awards enter the fold. Create a suggestion for a new SHL award. What kind of achievement is the award given for? Who's the award named after? Who would've won the award this season?

I think that we need a two way player award. I understand that in the old engine it was nearly impossible to have such an award due to the lack of viability of such builds. However now that we are in a new sim engine, we are able to have takeaways and steals, and other defensive plays instead of just hits and fights. I think this opens the door for us to add a great new award for players who want to play a Kopitar like position on their team. I think as we continue to develop strategies for the seasons that these sort of players will be discovered to be more important than we currently expect. As such we need to incentive players into building these out and a great award for them will make them feel more important than they likely currently do when compared to just players who score.

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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, I haven't looked at the rosters but Sweden and Canada are probably the favorites to win the tournament just because it seems like they have a lot of high tpe players on Canada, and Sweden pulled a huge upset last season. But I find it difficult to believe that Canada can win gold given the height of competition. I imagine USA should be pretty good because I think that they have a very good roster of high TPE players who are at the peak of their careers now, I don't know how much depth they have though, if it's just a few 1.8k+ tpe players but the 3rd line/pairing aren't good, that might be an issue potentially but I think they're a strong bet to make the semifinals at least. Not sure who would be the 4th team, probably Austria or Germany. If I had to bet I'd say Sweden beats Canada in the gold medal game, and USA wins bronze.

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13. Written, up to 4 TPE Pick up to 4 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words to qualify.

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?

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?

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

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

a. There are certainly a lot of good candidates but as someone who assisted on a lot of his goals, I have to go with Robert Phelps here. He had an amazing regular season, won the points title and he's definitely one of the top players in the league. I think he is a rapidly rising star in the SHL.
b. I think that speed and acceleration is a bit overpowered in the new simulator. Skating attributes like speed and acceleration work better with some tactics while balance and strength work well with other tactics, but they should probably cancel each other out, and, as I'm writing this after it is all over though, this has been a pretty even series so far.
F - Flacko Lagerfield. No brainer as he was on my actual fantasy roster this season and helped me win my group.
F - Robert Phelps. He's one of the best players in the league, easy pick.
F - Karl Krashwagen. I drafted him and won with him. I believe in taking new players when you can!
D - Tig Murphy. I know Tig hates his player and can't wait to retire him but he's pretty good.
D - Gabriel Johnson. Scores a lot of PP points which is pretty much the only thing he can do well, but we dont care in fantasy.
G - Geezus Kryyst. Has been one of the top goalies for a while, an a super easy pick.

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14. 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.

I haven't followed the series at all because I was out of town, and since I am too lazy to try to look up any more information about how it all went, I am just going to go off of who had the highest points per game. Toni Pepperoni carried his team to the finals where it ended with a loss, I think that just shows that his team let him down and he was a stud. EDM likely only made the playoffs because of Tony carrying them so hard. Comparing scoring to Hamilton which spread out their scoring over all lines, there was no clear standout. Toni is the star of the series who was on a losing side, next season he should request a trade to HAM.

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16. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer. This is now completed through a Google form linked below. Make sure to spell your answers correctly or you will not get credit. Post your verification word in your CW post.

Verification word: lastsecond

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