ISFL PT- 3 TPE

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?

Looking back on the season, Jakob is fairly satisfied with his season. Tampa Bay saw a great deal of improvement over last season, winning eight more games than we did last year. Over the 50 games, Jakob had a -52 +/- rating. While to some people this may seem poor, put in context with last season’s -86, it is a clear improvement for both him and the collective team. Hamr was also on the ice quite a bit, 7th most in the league with a TOI of 25:18, leading the Barracuda in that stat. Using that time effectively to fill his role of being a punishing defender, Jakob wasn’t particularly prolific when it comes to goals or assists, but in terms of hits and blocked shots, the things Hamr is on the ice to get, he was respectively 6th in the league and tied for 5th in the league. 162 blocked shots and 178 hits, Jakob’s presence was felt every game, netting him the 4th best DGR in the league. While it isn’t a perfect measurement, it shows Hamr was doing what he was on the ice to do.

3. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)
It's too late for this go-around of expansion, so hypothetically - should there be SHL franchises in other continents? I saw some interesting European proposals in the PT. Should these - or proposals for any other continent that's not North America -
become a reality in the SHL?

International teams would be a fantastic addition to the great league of the SHL. We have a very diverse group of nationalities as proven by the IIHF’s success, so allowing players to represent teams from their home nations would give people an extra reason to give their all on their ice throughout the regular season. While the argument of travelling being hard on players and potentially weakening the quality of play, Jakob would argue that sleep is for the weak, so if time zones make you play worse, you are clearly weakling. For European players like Jakob, it is insulting to suggest travelling to and from Europe makes one a worse hockey player. Give us international teams.

5. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
What are your predictions for the upcoming IIHF or WJC tournament? What team do you think will win/surprise people/be bad/etc.?

This should not surprise anyone as Czechia is Bestia, but it is my prediction that Czechia will take home the gold medal in both IIHF and the WJC tournaments. Czechia is noble country and ancestral home of the Hamr family, where Jakob grew up. As such, Jakob knows exactly how hardened the Czechia citizens and players have become before joining the sport of hockey. Jakob, for example, grew up wrestling bears. Does not matter how big or strong other players on the ice are when your opposition is used to much bigger and stronger animal in the mighty bear. Other countries Jakob expects to succeed are Canada and United States, for very different reasons. Canada will succeed because this is nation of polite people who then take out all their pent-up anger and aggression on the ice, and in this day and age there is a lot of that. USA will do well as this nation is full of people who are mean spirited and angry every day. The stamina that allows them to keep raging for years on end will help them throughout the tournament.

6. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.) The world's hottest app is TikTok - which SHL or SMJHL player would have the biggest following on TikTok? What do they post there?

Biggest TikTok following in the SHL is obviously that of Michael Fitted. The man is a stallion and is here for both a good time and a long time. Fitted’s antics are the stuff of legend, and unlike most public figures who like to get hammered and have fun, he isn’t worried about hiding that side of himself. His TikTok would be full of him shotgunning beers with his teammates and raving about how great all of his friends are. It would be simultaneously positive and also a car crash you can’t look away from. The sheer energy that would be exuded from that TikTok account would gain more following than any other player’s.

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