S59 Championship Week

S59 Championship Week

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06-06-2021, 05:20 PM

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1. 3 TPE, PT Coupon for one CW Task

From reaching the $6000 goal for COTA Charity, write 3 words on why the SHL is the best

SHL has a nice community : )

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6. 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?

My typical prediction for the past few tournaments has been Canada Gold, Great Britain Silver, Japan Bronze. However it seems as though Japan has been falling off and I changed my bronze prediction this season to the United States. A couple sims in and this decision is looking pretty good, well besides Canada for gold. With no real changes to our roster we’re off to a 1-3 start and will need to turn it around fast to make the medal round. Though as long as we make it to the bracket, our seed doesn’t really matter. For players, I picked Theo Morgan and Lyle Odelein III as my skaters in IIHF fantasy. I’d bet like 80% of users picked LO3 as their dman and it’s been an absolute disappointment so far. He has 5pts and only 9 blocks, whereas the block leader has 24. LO3 isn’t even on the first page for blocks. Morgan has also been a let down with *only* a point per game. We’ll see if they get better as the tournament moves along.

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12. 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. Which of these teams has stronger offensive firepower?

b. This is Texas’s first cup appearance since winning it in S36, while Buffalo is recovering from 2 recent final losses to Hamilton. Which team will have a bigger chip on their shoulder entering the finals.

c. Which of these two teams' brandings do you prefer? Take into account colors, logo, name, location, and anything else you consider relevant.

d. Would you rather have to spend a long weekend hanging out in Dallas or Buffalo? What would you do?

a. For pure offense this is definitely Buffalo. They were 3 goals behind Hamilton in the regular season for most goals scored with 305. That’s an average of 4.62 goals per game. They also have strong individuals, having Hernadivic who finished with 93pts and three players ahead of the highest point getting Texas player.
b. I’d give this one to Buffalo. After three straight seasons of Great Lake finals, Texas managed to upset Hamilton. Buffalo was also technically the 2nd seed in the league but due to divisions, loses home ice to Texas. They had every reason to believe that was their series to lose. Texas is still growing towards their peak and was the underdog, so if they lost they’ll probably be back stronger next season.
c. This one is pretty close for me. Black is my favourite colour and I generally pick it in most things, however I don’t think the grayscale colours of Texas go that well for hockey. I think the green main colour of Buffalo more here. For the remainder of the branding I prefer Texas and I’d give them a slight edge overall.
d. I’ve heard that Buffalo is pretty similar to Canada so I would pick Dallas. They have the classic line “everything is bigger in Texas” and though I’m not much of a foodie it would be an interesting thing to check out. They have those huge meals that you can try to eat all of and you get it for free. I don’t think I would complete it, but I’d be curious how much I could finish.