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?

Well, this season wasn't exactly how we'd hoped in Manhattan at the start. Unfortunately, we had some situations with our coaching staff that made us unable to really adjust lines and strategies at the outset. We had a really, really bad start. I remember at one point I was scoreless for about 7 games I think, and it was just a difficult time all around.

Thankfully, we had our new coaching staff come in and immediately start implementing changes and swinging things around. I think ultimately the season was a bit disappointing as I ended up at 57 points and 19 goals, but had I not been snakebitten at the start with our team in fluxx it likely leads to another season near a point per game and another 20 goal season as well. This was definitely a difficult one, but one that I was able to establish my defensive acumen still and don't feel as though I dragged my team down by any means.

Beyond that, we also won our eighth divisional title! It's been 12 seasons since the divisions were created and we've won the division 2/3 of the time! It's remarkable and as long as we maintain this streak, we should be just fine.

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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?

This is going to be a very specific role -- the David Koci Role. This has been my favorite moment that I've seen live in hockey history. David Koci was a Colorado Avalanche player who was not good, like at all. At one point he hopped on the ice, but the coach didn't want him out there. Koci literally had his skates hit the ice and immediately was screamed at "WHAT ARE YOU DOING! GET OFF THE ICE!" and hopped back on the bench.

So my role is a player who literally isn't utilized at all, they just sit on the bench and get maybe a couple seconds a game in which they've accidentally gone on the ice over the boards.

Other than that, FHM is pretty good with roles and diversity among them. The only thing I'd really think to add otherwise is a Hybrid Role for skaters. In Columbus, they often referred to Zach Werenski as a "rover" I believe. That Rover role would be interesting, someone who isn't really tied positionally to defense and is more of a play any style that fits kind of player. It's a difficult role that would require a lot of intelligence, but would likely really boost an offense.

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Quote:5. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)
Which SHL or SMJHL team was the best team to not make the finals this season and why?

Okay, okay. I'll go homer -- the Manhattan Rage. Why? Well, why not. We took the eventual Cup winners to 7 games, and in each of our 4 losses we only lost by 1 goal. It was that close that literally a single bounce could've made the difference. Actually a single bounce DID make the difference as Reginald MacIntyre in his final game, in overtime hit the crossbar and it ricocheted out to what was ultimately our doom. I truly believe the Rage to have been a comparable team to Chicago and absolutely capable of making a deep run.

If we're aiming for a non-homer pick, I'll take a look at Buffalo. They're obviously one of the three best teams in the league and also took the eventual Cup Champions to a Game 7. They easily could have pushed things to the next level and brought home the trophy, they just got unlucky as well. No matter what the champion was going to be one of those four teams, it was just luck of the draw and a few good bounces that determines it just like any other year. The best team does win, but they don't win on skill alone.

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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).

Luke is absolutely Gary Bettman. Why? Well for one, he puts you to sleep. He's just so ... there. You know what I mean? He's nothing special, and everybody boo's the moment they see him.

In terms of player comparisons, I've often seen my player in Jax as a Nazem Kadri type. I could've been a top line center practically my whole career, but instead I fit better as a second line guy who is more defensively rounded and able to produce both ways. It's a comparison I can at least see as Jax has been a solid offensive producer most of his career, but rarely a point per game guy, and has largely played a lot of penalty kill and a more defensive role being matched up usually against the other team's top players.

I'll also throw out that Jukka Timonen is basically Cale Makar. While Jack Kanoff is the overrated Quinn Hughes, Timonen is out here actually being successful and dominant. His 17 goals were second among all defensemen, and he's just getting started in his career. He's about to launch himself into the next stratosphere and I wouldn't be surprised to see him bring in some hardware sooner than later.

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Quote:16. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
As my last PT prompt ever I am happy to claim creative license here and do this prompt that no one is allowed to get mad at me because it's my last PT prompt ever.
Many athletes have created OnlyFans accounts recently, including Bec Rawlings, Plaxico Burress, and Adi Spiegelman - if your SHL player created an account what premium content are fans around the world subscribing to see? It doesn't have to be sex stuff but it doesn't not have to be :o Would your player be successful on this platform? No graphic option for this one! Goodbye!

I'll tell ya what, most people don't know that the Aittokallio family is huge on playing card and board games. So what they'd ultimately be getting is content where Jax is playing board games with friends, family, his significant other or alone. Now some people won't find that all that interesting, a produced show about board gaming just sounds like TableTop that Wil Wheaton used to do on Geek & Sundry. You're correct. Except there's the OnlyFans aspect of it in which a fan will blow everything off the table randomly throughout the games. It will be hilarious as nobody can see it coming and suddenly it's time to restart.

Oh, and he'll likely be playing naked. I mean, that's what OnlyFans is about right? Everything is naked or something. I don't know, I thought it was about buying cool fans. You know, like outdoor fans that look like leaves, or a really high powered box fan. Something like that. You catch my drift. Ha, get it?

Anyway, naked board gaming, bring it on.

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