Task 2: 2 TPE
I propose the Nevada Battleborn give away a set amount of collector's edition toasters to our inaugural season ticket holders akin to the Canadian Tire promotion with McDavid and Toews from a few years ago. The toaster itself can be a nice gold from our colour palette with the team's logo on both sides. It will only toast two pieces of toast at a time of course, because it is a fancy toaster that only prepares sensible portions. We also assume you live alone if you own one of these. The toaster could burn the Battleborn ram into one side of your toast, and Chad Danger's face in the other. 
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Task 4: 3 TPE
During a beautiful sunny weekend in Las Vegas while most teenagers were out enjoying the weather, sunbathing on beaches and swimming in pools, Nevada Battleborn left winger Chad Danger volunteered for a local crisis intervention center. "I've struggled with my own mental health problems over the years, it only feels right to help empower some resources that are making a real difference to those struggling in the community." Dangers work echod powerfully through the local community, many fans flocking to twitter to tweet their support and commend the young player for giving back. The intervention center however says Danger worked the phones for just under 2 hours before they had to pull him for being too abrasive with callers. The spokesperson for the center noted that they did not regret working with a local athlete and suggested they might try a less controversial figure in the future. "Chad's enthusiasm and appreciation of our work is inspiring and humbling, but we suggest he keep his hard work focused on his on ice performances."
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Task 5: 3 TPE
At LW I am going to take Kyle Sutton from Maine. I think this is an easy choice. In my opinion he is the best available LW in the pool of players. I think he's a more reliable scoring option than Steve Harrington and I think defensively they are very comparable. At C I am going to take Mats Marner. This is another no brainer for me. Mats is likely the league MVP in the J and there is no other single player I would rather have on my team. Probably the easiest pick of the bunch. At RW I'm taking Ryuuji Minamino. There is no other winger in the pool that competes. Ryuuji scores at a significantly higher click than any other RW options and his defensive game is as solid as any other forward on this list. We also get the bonus of keeping him with linemate Mats Marner. At LD I am going to take Jack Klompus from Newfoundland who put up slightly less points than teammate Souppan. I believe Klompus is the more defensively reliable of the two however and will fit into an already offensively fired up starting lineup. On the right side I am going to take Adrik Baranov who has played slightly less minutes than other available D but has scored at an impressive pace and boasts the best OGR and DGR of all available right side D. In net I'm taking Cale Admundson from Newfoundland. This is the easiest pick on the table other than Marner. Cale is clear cut the best tendy available. 
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Task 6: 3 TPE
I don't want to seem like the biggest homer around, but I really think Nevada had a shot at pulling off an upset and getting past Anaheim if we could've climbed out of the last place hole we dug for ourselves. It certainly would have been closer than Kelowna. We took Anaheim to OT/SO twice this season and beat them twice as well. We did take a particularly bad loss to them, but I think it would've been a really competitive series. I think the fact that they lost to Quebec at least proves there was a chance for Nevada in this hypothetical matchup. Anaheim's biggest advantage probably would've been their top scoring threats. Nevada doesn't have an extremely compelling answer to Ethan Price, but our promising D was able to keep him at bay during the regular season. I would've been most excited to see Weaver duel against Borro though. Borro played extraordinarily well this season, but Weaver really did seem to have it out for Anaheim this year. In both of our OT/SO games Weaver faced more than 50 shots.
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Task 7: 2 TPE
This is going to seem silly because I play on this season's last place team, but in general I am against formats like this. I think objectively it's good that every one gets to be engaged through at least the first week of playoffs. And I think it's cool that teams like Quebec get a chance to pull off their upsets, but I also like the exclusivity of having to qualify for the playoffs. I like the weight it gives to some regular season games, and the way it can impact regular season narratives. As fun as it is to a see a team like Montreal knock out the Pens in a qualifying round, I don't think I'd be a fan of seeing a system like that implemented permanently. The same goes for the SMJHL for me. I don't think it'd be a make or break decision for my participation either way, however.
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Task 8: 3 TPE
Overall I am happy with my performance this year. Chad finished top 5 in rookie scoring and managed to exceed all scoring goals I set at the start of the year. I think for an undrafted signee, things went about as well as they could have and if I stay active I'm on my way to having a SHL career. That being said I was plagued by a pretty slow start that has left me wondering about some what ifs (especially as it pertains to two milestones that I missed by 1 goal, and 1 assist). I also had a dreadful playoff performance that has really just left me hungry for next season. Not being tapped for WJC doesn't help with that desire to just get things rolling again. I guess it's a bit of a mixed bag. I'm happy about how it went, but I see how it could've been better. Next year I'd like to see Chad score 15 goals and eclipse thirty points. We will see what role he takes on in the new season.
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Total TPE Claimed = 16