1. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
Reflection on your season - how did your player fare on the ice this season? Did you meet or surpass your individual player goals or did you come up short? Whether you excelled or disappointed - what can you attribute that to? What will you try to do better next season?

While the Detroit team had a pretty rough season on the whole, resulting in a playoff place but first round loss despite having a very similar team to the record breakers of S53, Thor Odinson found himself having another very good season in every column except the wins. Though last season it could be argued that Odinson's statistics were a product of the strong team he was playing for, this season the situation is reversed - while the Falcons had a tough time while he was playing, Odinson still excelled in the net and made every effort to contribute. With a strong first two seasons under his belt, next year Odinson expects to remain in the Junior leagues with the Falcons and will look to continue that trend, with Jobin moving into his final season of eligibility Odinson expects to share time in the net with him before moving to take the reigns himself in his own last season.

4. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
S54 IIHF Predictions - with one FHM IIHF season under our belt, we've got a bit more of a sense of how the tournament might play out in the new sim engine. What are your predictions for the S54 IIHF or WJC tournament - how do you think your team will fare this season? Who do you think are the biggest contenders to take home the hardware and why?

Odinson is from Norway, but with the WJC approaching in the coming weeks, he found himself without a team as Team Norway brought in a new goalie to take the reigns providing Team World with two better options in the net. Thor expected to find himself watching the WJC games at home on the couch, but instead received a call from the GM of Team Sweeden to find a new emergency goalie to fill in as their backup. While he will be excited to play in the tournament, many have questioned how commited he will be to playing for a different nationality - but Thor says he'll put it all on the line for whichever team he's on the ice defending, as he believes he's the keeper of all mankind. While I'm not sure exactly what he means like that, with him on their team I couldn't pick anyone but Sweeden to come away with the win in these upcoming matchups.

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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.
a. These are absolutely two of the best goaltenders in the league in Cain and Kryyst - which team has the advantage in net in this series?

I don't know enough about either of these guys to say for sure, but if I were to go off name basis alone I'd say that Hamilton has the advantage with Kryyst - a fellow member of the community of immortals, Odinson finds himself with a strange connection to this player. One might even say the Steelhawks have god on their side.

b. There are two Johnsons in this series - Gabriel (HAM) and Darnell (NOLA). In fact, the two used to host the Johnson & Johnson Podcast together, but they're now on the ice as bitter rivals. Which team has the better Johnson?

In this situation I am going to go against what I hear many say and take Gabriel as the better Johnson. I haven't had the pleasure of meeting or seeing anything of Darnell but I'm sure he's fantastic as well, but I've spoked on many occasions with Gaberiel and find he's top notch.

c. The Specters won both regular season matchups, but Hamilton finished with better team stats overall. Do regular season head-to-heads provide an accurate forecast for a playoff series? (answer predictively if it hasn't happened yet; reactively if it has.)

I think that while regular season head to head games can be a wonderful indicator of what to expect from a seven game series, there are so many more factors that come into play when things shift into playoff mode. I could definitely see either team coming away with it in this one, but think it will end up going to Hamilton for the series.

d. If SDCore offered you an all-expenses paid week-long vacation to either New Orleans or Hamilton, which city would you choose to go to? (tough choice I know lol.) How would you spend your time there?

If offered this opportunity I would end up going to New Orleans, even though I've been there once before I'd get back there again because I didn't feel as though I had the time to explore and see everything that I wanted to. I'd be looking to go on a ton of spooky adventures, walking ghost tours and the like.

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