Quote: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?

I wasn't really satisfied at all with the way last season went down, only getting 23 points and not being much of a factor in the playoffs. I knew I wanted to get stronger on the puck and better with my shots, and I saw a jump in both of those skills this past season, putting up 45 points in a similar role, although the schedule expansion did play a bit of a part. Playing mostly on a line with Kyle Sutton and Daniel Laforest, the line managed to be pretty good in two-way play. My goal is to just keep getting better at both ends of the rink. I do like how I was able to get my physical skills more up to par, racking up over 100 hits and a lot of shot blocks to improve in the defensive zone. If I can get 25 goals next season as well, I'll be quite happy with my performance as I'm putting offseason time into improving my skills at recognizing plays in the offensive zone, and I hope to keep improving my defensive play by training hard at positioning and staying with my opposing man in the defensive zone.

Quote:2. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

Create a new skater or goalie role for FHM. In what scenarios is this new player role best utilized? What attributes are considered important attributes to this new role, and why? Which attribute is the key one?

While goalies don't really have roles, one that I would like to see is a Playmaker role for goalies. This role would provide some diversity to the sim by valuing skills like Passing, Skating, Puckhandling and Aggression, and to a lesser extent Blocker and Glove. This role would showcase a goalie's ability to function as a third defenseman, breaking up dump-ins and forechecks from opposing offenses, and assisting in moving the puck for smoother breakouts. The role would require a strong Puckhandling ability, or else it would increase the risk of turnovers leading to shots with a high percentage of going in the net from opposing forwards. This role would provide a lot of versatility and encourage the use of some stats that normally aren't very useful in the sim.

Quote:4. Written, 1 or 2 TPE

HAIKUS - write 2 SHL themed haikus for 1 TPE or 4 SHL themed haikus for 2 TPE.

The Winnipeg Jets

Came back from down three to nil

And now I am sad


Blizzard over cap

Many mistakes have been made

Penny pinching time


Casino parlay

Argonauts to go over

I make bad choices


In the GM seat

Whole team in the SHL

Still made final four

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

SHL-NHL comparisons. With the NHL season kicking off again, what are some team or player comparisons between SHL and NHL? Pick one (or more) comparison(s) and explain why it works (e.g., Monkey D Luffy is the Connor McDavid of the SHL because xyz, or the Chicago Syndiacte are the Nashville Predators of the SHL because xyz, or nour is the Gary Bettman of the SHL because xyz).

Harry Carpet comes to mind as the John Gibson of the SHL. Despite his team being torn down and rebuilt in front of him, Carpet has steadily been one of the best goalies in the SHL for several seasons now, and is always keeping Toronto in games. Adam Barron, who was brought in from Winnipeg this past season to upgrade the defense, is the best defenseman Carpet has ever had in front of him. Carpet's shots-against rank from the past 5 seasons among goalies since the move to FHM: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 13th. As well, one could argue that Aleister Cain, prior to his S54 performance to help the New Orleans Specters to the Challenge Cup, was closer to being the Sergei Bobrovsky of the SHL, never quite being able to get New Orleans over the hump in the playoffs. Finally, Gabriel Johnson of the Hamilton Steelhawks could be compared to Washington's John Carlson, a defenseman who puts up tons of points but isn't the most physical guy.

Quote:9. Graphic, 3 TPE

Create a magazine cover that highlights either a player in the finals or a standout player from the regular season.

CW trivia word: winners

TPE: 14 + trivia/16