S56 Championship Week

S56 Championship Week

kenvald
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11-09-2020, 08:19 PM (This post was last modified: 11-12-2020, 09:31 PM by kenvald.)

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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?

This season I excelled on offense but lost some of my touch on defense. It wasn't on purpose, unfortunately. While I had focused a lot more on offense in the offseason, I thought that I still had a good defensive spirit. Maybe the opposition found out a weakness of mine. My takeaways and giveaways this season were pretty bad. Not atrocious. But bad. I had a sub-zero takeaway/giveaway ratio and in general I just couldn't strip most people of the puck.

Offensively though I did great, for about 15 games or so. I had an amazing start to the season. Being above a point per game in those initial 15 games. And while I did keep the assists coming. The 8 goals I scored during that stretch, where all I was able to get past any goalie. I'm currently on an, at least 35 game goal scoring draught. I'm hoping I can quickly fix that come next season. So that's what I want to improve on, together with my takeaways.

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7. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)

What's your prediction for this season's IIHF tournament? Which teams do you expect to do well (or not well)? Which players?

I'm gonna give a boring answer and say that I think this IIHF tournament will end very similar to the previous one. USA, Canada, Japan and Great Britain will be at the forefront. They're not getting any weaker and while Japan was a small surprise last tournament I think they can keep it up if management sticks around. I say this every year, but I think this is the year where Sweden will be able to compete for real again. I can see us fighting for a medal. Maybe not gold, but bronze isn't out of the picture.

When it comes to players I'm hoping I can stand out a bit more this time around. As mentioned in the other CW task I performed exceptionally well for a short number of games. And with the right coaching I'm sure I can make some magic happen during the IIHF tournament as well. But I of course also have to mention Wagstrom. He's always top-3 and I can't see him being any worse this time around.

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12. Podcast, 3 or 4 TPE

Record a mini-podcast on any of the below topics!

- Highlights of the S56 season (on or off the ice)

- S56 playoff round-up

- S56 Challenge Cup/Four Star Cup finals Breakdown

- S57 predictions

1 person Mini-Pod: 3 TPE for 5 minutes

https://soundcloud.com/kenvald/s56-cw-5m...zKZ5qVgc36
Sorry for the breathing and other random noises. I didn't have time to buy a professional podcast rig sadly. Unless you want me breathing in your ear I suggest not using headphones.

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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 an impressive set of skaters - without factoring in any coaching or tactical strategies, which team do you think has the better roster of skaters on paper?

On paper I have to give it to Hamilton. Actually, even including tactics and such. They did a great job collecting stars during the big FA season we had. And it's paying off. Right now they've played two games of the finals and they're dominating. Buffalo isn't coming back from this. Buffalo has an amazing squad, but no team beats Hamilton right now.

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b. Do you foresee the teams making any strategic adjustments during the course of the series? Should the teams be quick to switch tactics or stick with what they've been using?

Buffalo will have to. As mentioned, they're down 2 games and are being dominated. They'll have to come up with something to try and turn this around. And soon. I can't give you any suggestions as I'm too far away from their team, but I hope for their sake they spend tonight test-simming. On Hamilton's side, no. No need.

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c. These two teams hail from the Great Lakes Division. Which of the Great Lakes (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) do you think is the Greatest and why?

Lake Erie for the win! And definitely not because that's the only lake among these I've ever been to. Or that it connects to my state. I give it more points because of the previously great team name of the AHL team the Lake Erie Monsters. No known as the Cleveland Monster. Which is a clear downgrade if you ask me.

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d. If, once it is safe to do so, you had to go hang out in person with one of the users on Buffalo/Hamilton, who would you hang out with and what would you do? (if you pick gabe you get -1 tpe)

Dick Clapper/@5ympathies will be my choice. I know him from his time with New England and he's a great guy. Both in text and when playing games while in voice chat. We miss him dearly but he still visits us sometimes. And if anything he needs to show me his fancy, new and probably overpriced sneakers.

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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.