Quote:2. Written, 3 TPE, What if...? (150 words min.)
Pick a moment in SHL history to change. It could be something large, an expansion draft, sim engine change, or something smaller, like a trade or team punishment. Change something about this moment in the SHL and explain the impact the difference would make in how the league developed since that moment. (think Butterfly Effect)

I think a lot about what would have happened if the Tampa Bay Barracuda hadn't gotten reverse swept by the Calgary Dragons in S50. If we had won that cup, would we have gone into a full rebuild immediately? And if we hadn't, I can only assume that I would not have gotten traded to the Chicago Syndicate. If I had not gotten traded to Chicago, I would not have met half of the people on this site who I consider my very best friends. @SDCore and I were already buds but there's no question that we're much closer than we would have been if I'd stayed in Tampa. I would not have met @lespoils, presumably (I don't know! If Tampa hadn't gone into a rebuild, would the standings have looked different? What would the draft order have looked like? Would Chicago even have had the chance to draft JURT? who can say?) At the end of the day, even though it was just a terrible experience at the time and not at all a good time, I am glad things have gone the way they have. I'm glad I ended up in Chicago, and I wouldn't change any of it.

Quote:3. Written, 3 TPE, Draft Kings (150 words min.)
Pick a draft class in the SHL that you believe had the most impact on the SHL. It can be a consensus pick, like S36, 31, or 53, or an off-the-board one (S41?). Explain your reasoning to why this draft class impacted the league; Could be in a good way, or a bad way.

This is S47 for me, I have talked about it before, but I think my draft class was really special. Looking at the people in that class, a lot of us are entering the twilight of our careers (or have already been there), but I think we have really made quite an impact. There are at least seven (I think? I'm bad at counting) of us who are in management now, and you've got Carpy who is super involved with IIHF and also completely revolutionized the graphics department and made it about a hundred times better than it was before. There are a lot of people in that class who aren't around any more (sad) but those of us who stuck around, I feel have really made our mark on the league. I have heard S46 was a really big one and one people look back on as one of the strongest, but I think that for our size and having to follow that, S47 has really held our own.

Quote:12. 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.

https://simulationhockey.com/showthread.php?tid=119534

Post your claim in the milestones thread for tpe earned per stat, and then link that post in your CW submission. This is done because the person who grades CW will be a different person than double-checks milestones.

+3 Milestones

Quote:13. Written, 3 TPE, Parody (150 words min.)
There has been some discussion on the forums but its always good to hear more opinions: Parity. Going back 6 seasons including this one there have been 4 teams in the finals: Buffalo, Chicago, Hamilton, and Texas. If you add New Orleans you can go back 8 seasons. 5 different teams for 8 straight finals. Is this an issue? Does it need to be fixed? Can it even be fixed? I'm interested to hear opinions, approaches, or just doom and gloom on whether you think this will change, or if we will still be talking about the same teams making the finals over and over in 5 seasons.

Well, let me just say first of all that I don't think it's entirely fair to include Texas and Chicago as those "oh how boring they're always here" teams. Texas and Chicago have each only been to the final twice in that time, whereas Buffalo and Hamilton each have double that. I think Chicago especially just gets lumped into this because we were formerly in the great lakes, but when you've only been to a final twice in the entire FHM era and only won once it's very weird to hear people say you're responsible for ruining parity. I don't know what the solution is here, especially when some people have verbally committed to ruining the experience for other people, but I also don't think dynasties are inherently unrealistic in hockey. That's just...how it works. You build a good team, you have continued success for a while. Yes, it's boring for a lot of people. Yeah, it sucks for user engagement. But I don't know how you change that without actively punishing people for being successful, so that's kinda hard. I don't know. Reward people more for sucking, I guess.

Quote:15. Written, 2 TPE, The yearly IIHF task (100 words min.)
Write your predictions for this year's IIHF tournament or WJC if you care about that more. Will there be surprises? Will any players make their country proud? Who's gonna suck? Be bold!

Oh it's time for this one again! This is my first year (officially) as Fed Head for Sweden, and I am super optimistic about our very talented team! I'm still trying to find a good system to give playing time to everybody who deserves it, but we were able to get a couple of rookies onto the roster this year which is very exciting. Anyway, I think we're gonna crush it, mostly because Gunnar Söderberg is not playing this season. That guy straight up sucks. Last tournament, he was literally last on the team in scoring with two points the entire tournament, which is a huge yikes, so hopefully, replacing him with some of our very talented young forwards will improve our chances.

Quote:20. Written, 3 TPE, Pulling a Jordan
This is for you folks in multiple sim sports leagues. Pick your player from another league and translate them to the SHL. Which player attributes from your sport would translate to hockey? Design a full player page for them based on the player page of your other league and discuss how they would perform in a season. Would they be godlike? Shitty? You can pull a switcheroo and discuss your SHL player playing in the other sport as well.

I will be addressing the matter of Parker Beauchamp of the PBE in an alternate universe where he plays hockey instead. Parker is a super defense-first player, so I think he would obviously be a defenseman. He's a gold glove winning shortstop so he's prioritized skills like range and arm and not making errors, but he doesn't hit very well, so I think as a hockey player he would probably be a shutdown defenseman, and would focus on skills like defensive read (gotta be good at the mental game), puckhandling (must have good hands), and checking and hitting (his entire focus is taking away offensive opportunities from the other team). Like I said, Parker doesn't really hit much, he's not the guy the Raptors count on to put up the bulk of their runs, but he would probably also focus on acceleration (gotta get to the other players to smash the puck off them) and stamina because it gets exhausting running people over all day.