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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?

My player honestly did better than I expected him too. The past few seasons have been a bit of a struggle for Nick so it was finally nice to see him put up a decent amount of points. Granted, it wasn’t a ton of points and for sure the Syndicate team around him being one of the best in the league certainly helped, but it was nice to see nonetheless. In year’s past, Nick’s advanced metrics were always relatively poor. Again it was nice to see a bump in those, albeit most likely to Chicago’s overall dominance. Going forward I think it’s important to not get caught up in generating as many points as possible but kind of slotting in to fill my team’s needs. If they need a 200 foot winger, so be it. If they want me to focus solely on being more defensive and shutting down other star players, fine with me. As long as it helps the team I’m all for contributing in the best way possible.

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Well, dang. Your team didn't make the finals this season - my condolences to you. Are you and your teammates planning on watching the finals even though you're not in it? If so, what are your watch parties like? If not, are you still following the finals or trying to ignore it completely? What are you and your teammates doing together (if anything) instead of following along? (if you're on Hamilton or New Orleans, or either of the 2 SMJHL teams that soon will be playing in the finals - congrats and sorry :p this one isn't for you!)

Chicago ended up having a fantastic season but our division was extremely scary. Tons of talent and those teams are only looking to get better. We are about to come into our prime which is exciting but it will definitely be a slug fest in our division with Buffalo and Hamilton. We will probably watch the finals as a team to understand Hamilton’s strategies in the biggest of games in order to compete against them well next year. Our watch party would most likely be pretty tame. Some beers and wings. Nothing too crazy. The championship series is always exciting (well actually not since it was a sweep) and it should be a fun time watching with the team. In the room, you can feel the sense of envy as being in the Cup Final is something we all dream of. To have a shot at the cup is our team’s goal and just watching makes us want it even more.

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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?

Ah, IIHF is always such a fun time of year. Getting to play with players you don’t get to during the year, some being old J teammates, is really nice. Being from a smaller nation, it’s a bit tougher for us to go against the big dogs who have the most talent to choose from. As always, I think the US an Canada will be the two standouts who really dominate the competition. As for our team, I think Switzerland will definitely be competitive. We are still fairly young but the first few players who make up our core group will just start hitting their prime soon. It’s exciting to be with up and coming talent similar to yourself and I think we will make every game a competitive one. If we get a little puck luck to go our way and the team chemistry really takes off, we may make it pretty far in this tourney.

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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 would give the edge to New Orleans between the two goalies. Cain is an absolutely outstanding goalie who always seems to have a good game, especially in crunch time. Kryyst is good but I think Cain is a real star talent who has the ability to win games single handedly.

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?
I don’t really think this one is close. All the stats point to Gabriel Johnson being the better defenseman. The only thing Darnell has going for him is his, but Gabe has better stats in just about every category for the regular season. This includes advanced metrics as well which should always be taken into account.

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, for the most part, do agree that regular season matchups offer some insight as to what to expect in a series. There are some things that changes such as strategies or puck luck, but usually a trend in the regular season won’t shift too much in terms of post season play. Obviously, this is a very broad statement and many factors have to be accounted for.

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?
New Orleans. Hands down. To be honest, I don’t even know where Hamiton is but it doesn’t really matter. New Orleans always looks like a blast to be partying in. I’d also make Corey pay for all my beads that I would liberally give away. The atmosphere of the town seems awesome and I’ve always wanted to visit.

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