S60 Championship Week

S60 Championship Week

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08-11-2021, 08:17 PM (This post was last modified: 08-11-2021, 11:28 PM by Lime.)

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

So this was a tough season for everyone in the SHL. Dealing with trolls online, horrible PR from product endorsements, and on top of that all some minor identity fraud to add to the pile. Are these the worst things to happen to your player this season, or did something unimaginably horrible happen? On the flip side, were there any bright spots hidden in the countless nuisances and problems? What good things on and off the ice happened this season for you?

Hair had a pretty good season. He ended up 1st in assists like he always wanted, though he didn't break any records. Buffalo ended up with the President's Trophy with help from him being 8th in scoring, though he wasn't first on the team. Hair has always had issues with putting the puck in the net. Some say he's a fraud. Others think he just really doesn't value goals at all, preferring assists whenever possible. Up until the last game of the playoffs, Harrington had scored just 4 goals. He was kinda trash. But in Game 7 of the Season 60 Challenge Cup Finals, a 5 season long prank was finally revealed. Harrington scored a hat trick to help win Buffalo their first cup in 5 seasons and deny Jukka Timonen from winning a Cup in any league. Hair had been saving his goals in case he ever needed them to prank his longtime Newfoundland friend Juke. Its a shame his other friends had to be collateral damage though.

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2. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)

Pokemon! Everyone loves em, and if you don't, you didn't have a childhood. Or adulthood. Anyways, let's imagine all SHL and SMJHL players are now pokemon. Assemble your team! On top of that, what is your strategy to navigate the POKESHL? Try to get the strongest pokemon and become champion? Catch all of the possible players and complete your pokedex? UwU Breed them? Catch low level juniors players and train them? Or become a gym leader, helping others on their path to greatness? I'd love to hear your approach.

As a person involved in the not dead SHL trading cards, I would absolutely love to collect all the SHL pokemon. I would start of course with Buffalo and Newfoundland players. A mint challenge cup Harrington is first on my list though... If I assemble a team of Newfoundland players I can finally lead the zerks as I should have when J and Corey stepped down. You can only have 6 pokemon so there are 6 in my zerk team. Ham and Patty super OP back in my day. Ham be a flying pokemon or something BS and Patty a fire type. Carpy and Luffy for big throwbacks feeling grass type for both. Charlesworth and Athanasios for members of the current stacked team. I do want a card with Aron Hernadivic lookin like a magikarp that would be pretty funny. Or Chimkin Wing lookin like a torchic is also a play. No i am not breeding them thats icky slash.

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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 think everyone should make the SMJHL playoffs. This is most important for rookies where one season can make or break whether they stick with the league. Every rookie needs to get a chance to experience playoffs excitement. Things are a little bit looser in SMJHL, everyone is closer in TPE, so Cinderella runs are more possible and keep things exciting and make every rookie feel like they have a chance. Letting a big chunk of players sit early on in their careers risks too much and I'd rather keep people engaged as long as possible. Leaving out six teams full of guys is way too much.

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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?

b. Buffalo has been here many times in the past 20 seasons, this is only the second (I think I'm too lazy to check) time for Chicago. Which is more impressive? The continued dominance of Buffalo? Or the solid couple of runs Chicago has made despite the team only being 15 seasons old?

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

d. Who is the best player to play for either team? Is it a current player? Retired? Traded? Make your case.

a. I think Buffalo absolutely deserves to get their Cup win after a lot of Finals and Conference Finals heartbreak, and selling their souls to acquire one Jeff. Chicago loaded up on players as well for this season so of course these two juggernauts deserve to duke it out for the win. Both are worthy of the cup in my opinion.

b. Buffalo's run is absolutely the the most impressive. It takes nearly as much to make the Finals as to win, and they've made the finals what 7 times? That's crazy. 4 wins. 3 Appearances in a row. Crazy dominant in recent times, and would have been even more so if Hamilton's dynasty didn't butt in on it.

c. I don't think Chicago's logo is that good. It used to be much worse but even since Wasty's redesign I'm still not a huge fan. I guess I just don't like people in logos at all. I don't like the diamond behind him either. The jerseys are dope though and I like the color scheme.

d. The best player to play for Buffalo is Monkey D. Luffy. Our captain has two cups, being absolutely instrumental in both runs. He has the most goals in Buffalo history, an MVP, and much more. He has been an icon of the franchise since he joined. He is very much the successor to Marius, another Buffalo legend.

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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.

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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)

+3 Milestones

Total: 16ish