S55 Championship Week

S55 Championship Week

thedangazone
Rookie Mentor Committee
S40 & S42 Challenge Cup Champion

#240

09-07-2020, 09:36 PM

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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?

So for my rookie season I think it went just ok but nothing great or bad to me. Coming into the season I was hoping for around 25-30 points, knowing that it was probably optimistic and 20-25 might be a little more realistic depending on team and line mates. I did choose to sign in Toronto who is an up and coming team and that did effect my stats however I would gladly make that decision again every single time. I ended the season with 19 points and hit a couple milestones so I can't be upset at my season in the slightest. Next season I will be potentially playing for Atlanta after being taken in the expansion draft however I could also go to FA and chase a cup if I so wished. Unfortunately, I can't go back to Toronto no matter what this season. I hope to be better defensively next season and hopefully get about 30 points if I'm lucky.

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This offseason will be extra exciting, as it features the rare expansion draft! Write about how you think the expansion draft will play out, either for one or both of the expansion teams or from an SHL team's perspective

As I am doing this so late and the expansion draft has already happened I have decided to write about how it did play out instead of how I would have thought it would. Since I was taken by the Atlanta Inferno in the draft I want to focus on their expansion draft for this task and some of the top picks. First up for Atlanta was the selection of me, Keith Lee. I definitely went higher than I assumed I would in the draft but assuming that I sign with Atlanta then they definitely gain a top earner not even close to his prime yet and could potentially with some luck reach 2000 TPE. The next pick was Guy O'Shea, the young stud defenseman from Texas. The same age as Lee he should be able to enter his prime around the same time as the young forward to make a nice stable of elite players.

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What are your predictions for the upcoming IIHF or WJC tournament? What team do you think will win/surprise people/be bad/etc.?

I think just like last season the clear cut top teams will definitely dominate the tournament. With FHM it's just too much of a difference between the top and bottom teams so that there won't be too much parity, at least not in the top teams and more so in the middle. I think USA, Canada, Czechia, Sweden, and Great Britain will be the top teams with the 3 medals almost guaranteed to go to 3 of those 5 teams and if I had to wager a guess it would be between Canada and the USA going for gold and silver. For the WJC tournament it's a little more open and I think there could be some surprise teams. Team British Isles and Team World might pull off some big moves and I think BI finally takes home the gold now that I'm not there holding them down. USA I think will disappoint and end up outside the medals like chumps.

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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. Both of these teams have stacked defenses - which team do you think has the defensive advantage in this series?

b. In the two regular season matchups, each team won once at home. Do you expect the results to reflect a home ice advantage in this series?

c. Based on FHM player ratings, New Orleans has higher average ratings in bravery, aggression, and fighting? Will that toughness have any impact on this series?

d. What is your favorite name from a player appearing in this series? Why do you like that player's name?

e. There are several animal names in this series - which of these animals is the coolest? sloth, hippo, otter, monkey, fox, kirby.

1. I think Buffalo clearly has the better defense. While New Orleans has some top talent such as Kirkby they just don't have the overall depth that Buffalo has to be able to dominate on the level that Buffalo has all season. I also think Buffalo's forwards are better defensively just to add more to the formula.
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2. I think the switch to FHM has definitely shown a tendency for the home teams to win more often than not however it's not a guaranteed win to be at home like in some other leagues. So I think the teams will probably do well on home ice but there will definitely be some games won on away ice. So I think overall it'll slightly reflect the home ice advantage.
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3. I think it could definitely help in some aspects of the game but overall you want to be able to score the puck and stop it from going in. And since the series is over it's became pretty clear that while New Orleans might have had a tougher team it didn't help them raise the cup at the end of the year and they could have used some more scoring to really solidify that cup coming back to NOLA.
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5. Sloths are 1000% the coolest animals in the entire series. Most laid back while also being the most handsome out there. If Mr. Jimmy Slothface is anything like his animal counterpart then I expect he would be one of the coolest guys in the league to talk to and hang out with. And since I used to share a lockerroom with him I know those to be true so therefor by the unknown property (because I didn't major in science) it has to be true.
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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.