.Well, the good is that Reid had a career year! He topped 60 points for the first time ever, and had an impressive 39 assists, both career highs. He had +17, got a decent face off percentage, and finally got some first line time. Perhaps most importantly, he was leading all forwards in TOI at one point in the season, really showing how important of a role he was playing on the young Argos. On the flip side, the low for his season was seeing two first line studs in Jack Kanoff and Michael Scarn being traded mid season, essentially ending their bid to win the division for the first time ever and make a deep playoff push. This effectively transitioned his career into one where he could be competing in his early and mid prime, to one where he is focused on mentoring the young pups and content with competing 3-5 seasons into regression. That isn’t necessarily a down, but when you set career highs only to likely dip below thay next season, it could certainly be better

Quote: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. Where to start. Buffalo was GIFTED @jeffie43, who decided to become a good (?) player this season, specifically after his trade to Buffalo. I dont care what you say about 3 firsts and a 2nd, jeffie was GIFTED. Not to get into the Newfoundland Bezerkers Sr. Group either. The best kind of bullshittery is the off ice drama bullshittery, and these teams both have always had loads of that.

b. I think it is ultimatley more impressive for BUF, as they finally got over the FHM hump. Even though they were able to get to the finals consistently in the FHM era, this was their first W (I think) in a while. Good for them for getting over the hump, that makes thier dominance seem more impressive to me. Also Finn and Tomen have been able to fully transition to a new wave of BUF superstars, so much so that their roster doesnt look very similar on the top end to their previous championships.
c. only nitpicking one thing? I will do one for each team: BUF: the team is a bunch of zoomer memetime kids almost on the scale of Hamilton. The degen/60 rates just went through the roof with the aquisition of @jeffie43, so that isnt getting any better. CHI has to e that they have a meh logo, but really cool colours.

d. The best player to every play for Buffalo is easily Joe Kreshewski or however you say it. Not only is he a legend of the game, but he played a vital role in Buffalo winning a cup. That vital role? Getting traded in a flurry of moves that ended up getting hotdog and his player to BUF, essentially upgrading x2 on his bum ass TPE levels. It is unfortunate the stampede legend had to end his time there so abruptly, but that’s hockey.

Quote:13. Written, 2 TPE - The Procrastinator Special! (100 words min.)
Welp, you waited until the last day to grind out your CW and the CC finals are longggggggg over by now. congrats to [TEAM], woo! Reflecting back on the series, who gets your vote for series MVP? Make the case why this player deserves it over any other.

Woo hoo! This is the latest I have ever left my CW, oops. Congrats to Bufflebro. I would say the obvious MVP is Elizabeth Doyle. It cannot be easy to be in a goaltender duel with stud Mat Smith, and to have your team down 3-1 in the series. Most, if not all of the people on site thought CHI had it wrapped up then, but Doyle said no. It takes serious mental strength to put the team on your back and win 3 straight elimination games, and if Doyle had let one crack up, then CHI would have won the series. Doyle is no stranger to awards, but this was a brilliant performance, and I would be surprised if she didnt get an award nom for Razov.

Quote: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.

reid +3

Quote:16. slash's secret bonus prompt SHHHHHH. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)
Luke let you keep the money you stole from him in the heist, and won't tell the authorities. But you have to take him on a wonderful date using the money. How does your evening go? What dining and activities do you have in store for good ol' Lukey boy?

Luke is the best boi, and deserves to have the best wining and dining of all the wining and dining the world has seen - much like our boy Baby from Baby Driver. My idea for a Luke date would be to try and re-create the date from baby driver and see if he picks up on it, or gets deja vu. So it would start by picking him up in a fancy fast car, driving it real fast and drifting it to show off, taking him to a diner, where we could get milkshakes, and maybe going on a road trip for a picnic in a convertable. Maybe we could get into a car chase or two, or a shootout.

Quote: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)

milestones +2