Task #3
Hey so, how about a little bit of mental warfare? I feel like the ideal game for a fan appreciation day with a lot of Maine merch to be given out and worn by people is the game 3 of the 2nd round matchup between Maine and Newfoundland in the S60 playoffs. You know, getting a little bit of that extra mental edge, getting player feel more like they are at home and getting them to really feel that home advantage, and giving them a chance to have something to throw on the ice in case someone miraculously manages to score a hattie against them.

Task #7
Considering that Maine upset their round 1 opponents, I think that realistically the only possible way is worse than how we did right now? I guess there is something to this weird magnetic force between Maine and NL and how they HAVE to meet every single season, but frankly, Anaheim was a pretty ideal opponent for that series. They weren’t the most consistent out of the teams, and had some pretty bad consistency on their goaltending, so I have a feeling that if we met basically anyone else, this otherwise 7 game series wouldn’t have gone past 6 with Maine being on the losing side. On the other hand though, since this is I think the 6th time in a row that we play against Newfoundland in playoffs, maybe the magic of FHM would have pulled us through anyone and anything out there just to get us to meet our inevitable end in the hands of the Zerks.

Task #8
Honestly, I was going into the season a little blind. I GMed in Js before, I have seen all the ups and downs of the rookies and absolutely had no delusions of grandeur when it came to the performance of my player in the first season. So, when you have no expectations, I think where I got this season was a decent effort and I am pretty happy with how it worked out in the end, pretty excited to actually hit double digit goals for the first time ever in my SHL history (sort of the thing that happens when your 1st and the only other player you had was a DFD), and honestly just looking forward to where I might be able to get it. Next season, I hope to have a chance for some more ice time with Maine than I had this season, and with better stats alongside that I should be hopefully breaking 30 points, if I keep being a potent goal scorer hell that would be amazing but the plan was definitely to be more of a playmaker than a goal scorer.

Task #10
Well, honestly, we are looking forward to actually having a shot at the cup for once. Maine went through one of those periods of having a ton of young players on the roster, so understandably being pretty bad, but with some TPE earning, the hopes are we can field a good roster next season, and a great one the season after, and finally get some quality playoff time on our hands instead of being here and fiddling our thumbs for most of the offseason. I think we showed up a little bit towards the end of the season and it wasn’t the worst playoff run we ever had with a cute little upset in the 1st round, but there is definitely hunger for more and considering that as a J player you don’t really get a lot of chances at the cup, getting the best use of the time you spend down here in case you care about triple or even quadruple gold is very, very important.

Task #12
I think that Archangelo has shown up as a relatively decent wing this season, despite not being on the best of rosters. 21 points for a rookie, 11 of them goals, and only 2 of those on PP, that’s not a half bad result and I definitely expected worse with how the early season went, but he found his stride and caught up pretty nicely at the end. Didn’t show up as a major defensive liability either, maybe thanks to his teammates, but nevertheless his +/- isn’t absolutely horrible so I think it’s actually ok. When it comes to physicality, well the speed is truly something to witness, and it’s almost amazing how easily he glides around the ice, but he isn’t the biggest guy, so he doesn’t like much of physical contact. He has thrown the body a few times, has a highlight hit or two, but most of what Scaradog Jr. does is clap bombs and fucking run down your defense (you expected something else eh) wherever on the ice they might have the puck hidden from him.

Task #16
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