S60 Championship Week

S60 Championship Week

thedangazone
Rookie Mentor Committee
S40 & S42 Challenge Cup Champion

#96

08-11-2021, 06:46 PM (This post was last modified: 08-11-2021, 07:28 PM by thedangazone.)

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1. Written, 3 TPE, Ups and Downs (150 words min.)

So for Keith Lee there was definitely a lot of ups and downs on and off the ice this past season. While I had a great season on the ice it still probably will not be enough to get me an award and also we ultimately ended up beat in the first round yet again. Off the ice though I did have some good times. I won the rink of honor world heavyweight championship and even though I did ultimately lose it in a hell in a cell match I had a blast doing so. I also have continued to beat the hell out of the chump Doom over there left and right which is an ultimate win every time. Other than that I have been training more than I ever have in my life and should be hitting my absolute peak performance for the Panthers during the next season. Easily hitting 2000 tpe for the first time ever.
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5. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

We're adding 2 teams to the SMJHL this season. Do you think we should keep the current SMJHL playoff format of everyone makes it? Or is it time to just take the best 8 or 12 teams and let em duke it out? Defend your stance.

I will always stick to the stance that everyone in the SMHJL should make the playoffs. While I know we can not hand out participation trophies and we should not encourage stuff like that on the SHL level, to me juniors has been and always will be a developmental league. Winning is definitely helpful to keeping your players active but the main priority for juniors, in my opinion, is to help younger players navigate the league, get used to everything, be able to stay active, and most importantly for them to have fun. Which can be done without winning but allowing them to make playoffs isn't hurting anything especially during the FHM era where upsets are more rare.
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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?

As per my usual stance when it comes to IIHF after the swap to FHM from STHS, I believe the power house blue blood teams in IIHF will once again be the teams to beat and be the ones medaling yet again. While I do think there is always a chance for a little upset here and there it has definitely played out where most of the time teams like Canada, USA, Sweden, and Czechia have been the teams to beat. Some teams like Great Britain have also been successful though I don't know if they will be again this season. I think the 3 big ones will be Canada, Sweden, USA and they will medal in that order for gold, silver, and bronze. Your guess is as good as mine on which players will play well because to me those teams have so many star players up and down the line up any one of them could pop off at any given time.
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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. The salt special: Do these teams deserve to be here? Or were they gifted a trip to the finals through puck luck and bullshittery?

c. Everyone's a critic: Nitpick one thing about either team's logo, jersey, rink design, goal horn, or general site demeanor.

A. I do not think either team is undeserving. Both teams have spent a long time building up very dominant teams and I can remember back to a time when both teams were average to below average but from hard work have become 2 of the more dominant teams in SHL since the swap to FHM. Neither team should ever feel like they don't belong even if they're not liked by most of us Wink

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C. If I had to nitpick something it would be Chicago's logo to me. I'm not a big fan of the playing into the mafia theme for the city of Chicago over and over and I feel like it's become a very tiresome trope at this point across most sim leagues. Other wise I don't really have a complaint, I like the color scheme and they at least went out there a little bit with the name even if it is mafia related in the end.
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15. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer. This is 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.

Limitless

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17. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

Milestones are folded in with CW. So just link your Milestone claim as task 16 for up to 3 TPE towards your 16 total.

MILESTONES TBD (check back later)