1. It was a rough season on the blueline for young Sabo Tage. The mid 700 tpe defenseman saw increasing usage on the penalty kill this season in an attempt to take some of the impact off the rest of the team. This endeavour in itself went well in terms of progression however was not yet at the quality we wish for the prospect. His second pro season saw increases across the board as he doubled down on his defensive play, increasing his shot blocks by a tremendous amount over last season, and keeping his +/- at a respectable level of -5. Which for a third pairing second year player is a good total, considering deployment especially. The main change came in the off season previous where, after talks with coaching staff, decided to bite down and pour everything he could into his defensive ability, bringing him to the point of a serviceable defender early in his career. Picking up the rest will be harder now but will be much more rewarding, when we look towards next season. 176

2. It’s been an interesting time this finals, we had a few viewing parties over zoom however it needs to be understood that even if we don’t make the finals it’s a sure bet we watch it. There are some things that just transcend teams. We’ve all been in the league and have connections on the different teams, I personally know a few guys on both teams and its hard to choose who to root for (NOLA) but you just know who’s your guys for that seven game stretch. We’re here for the game first and foremost, with that in mind we’ll watch every series we can. With that being said, we have a virtual chatroom we have set up on zoom and we normally have a good session, sometimes efiug chimes in with an efiug, which is to be expected. Other than that, we have team jackbox sessions which are always a great way to kill time when on the internet. 161

3. I’ve heard of it and I have my theories however I’d rather not go too in depth on here incase the CIA is watching still. Im going to make a few connections here, they may not seem to be anything at first, just wait. One, xbox live, two warzones, three quarantine. My theory is that he was kidnapped by the government in order to test the effects of quarantine protocol on a prospects overall growth as a player. It may not be a coincidence but there are reports of a one “Notstitsyn Kostitsyn” on xbox live bringing reports of this attempted charade. 102

4. I think that there are the usual contenders for the IIHF throne, however I believe those chances have been exacerbated by how the engine prefers higher tpe builds in order to be most effective, whilst bringing the lower and mid tiers closer to where they are in the NHL, the periphery. With that being said, who are those teams and why? Number one is Canada. It’s too hard to discount the juggernaut that is Hockey Canada, with many high TPE players they have astronomical odds compared to previous iterations. However I see a Dark Horse in Austria coming soon, Its more of a gut feeling that anything however I feel that its a well put together team that stands a chance, and with luck and good goaltending could win. We will have to see in the end but I wouldn’t be surprised to see an end result of Gold: Canada Silver: USA Bronze: Austria. 154

5. I’d say it would be Robert Phelps that is the one to hit the hall of fame. One of the best all time in terms of raw TPE gain, and a fantastic all around player, he has finally begun to truly shine with the switch to a more advanced sim engine that respects the effort that was put in by DT. Playing since season 37, he currently has 800 games played for the Steelhawks, an amazing 297 goals and 779 points and stands in the top 20 all time for points, he still has juice in the tank however and should be able to reach a thousand points by the end of his career if he keeps it up. 119

16. glyceru

with trivia possble 16/16