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Sad

Victor Helstrom

+3 TPE
Liam Slate - The Bust Story

The opening scene would be an interview with Liam Slate in the United Kingdom where his hockey career began. It will show the history of the Slate family, and his dads career. It will follow Slate's interview process into the SMJHL Draft. It would be heavily focused on the S54 SMJHL Draft where Liam Slate went first overall.
The next bit would be his rookie season where Slate played not a lof minutes on a good team. It will follow the Fall of Liam Slate in the S55 SHL Draft where the first overall pick in the junior draft goes 18th in the SHL Draft. The next big scene is covering his sophomore season where the Berserkers won the Four Star Cup. It will highlight how good the team was and how little Slate did.
The next scene will be the SMJHL Trade and how Slate brought his failure to the Quebec Citadelles and did nothing to help them in their run. Last it will show the awful career Slate has had in the SHL and how much of a disappointment he is. The Bust of Liam Slate.
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a. Hamilton was not taken to 7 games, Texas enjoyed two series sweeps, which team had the harder path to the final in your opinion?
I think Hamilton ha the tougher road just by fact that they play in the Eastern Conference. The Eastern Conference has been a bloodbath for many seasons but now it is even worse with the emergence of Baltimore Platoon and New England Wolfpack. The fact Texas Renegades swept two series to me shows that the Western Conference is much weaker overall than the Eastern Conference. (65 Words)

b. Almost ten seasons ago, in S53, Hamilton enjoyed a 40 win season while Texas mustered a measly 9 wins. Now these two teams sit atop the season standings, and the playoff standings. Which is more impressive, to stay good for a decade, or to complete the rebuild and finally achieve greatness?
I would say the Steelhawks is arguably more impressive as it is hard to stay at the top in this league as teams cycle through cores and prospects coming up. SHL is a tough league and the fact the Steelhawks have no really dipped at all is a sign of greatness. Texas is good though. (55 words)

c. What is a renegade? What is a steelhawk? Who is Victor Helstrom from the CW trivia?
A Renegade is a person who is a rebellious type and a thug is my best guess. A Steelhawk is a mythical bird made from Steel and is a hawk. Basically stolen from Pokemon. Victor Helstrom sounds like a bad player from Squid Games who died during the first game because he is a dumb idiot and did not listen to the rules. (63 Words)

d. Who is the best player to play for either team? Is it a current player? Retired? Traded? Make your case.
Mitchell van der Heijden - Has shown himself to be one of the best players in the game. Mitchell Van Der Heijden has been a premier player since joining the Steelhawks a few seasons ago and has no slowed down.
Alexander Wachter - Has led Texas in points this season and a top 10 player this season. Wachter is an veteran who some may see being at the end of his tenure at the top but has proven to still got it. (80 Words)

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Milestones - 3 TPE



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I believe this is definitely a big issue as the same teams have been on the top for awhile now. If it was not an issue we would see changes already. There has been a odd team to come out of the black hole like Baltimore but usually the bad teams just stay bad. Let's face it, people get drafted onto a bad team thinking how great the future will be. Prospects go inactive, people make friends and people get tired of losing. What is the point of being on a team that loses in something that is supposed to be fun? That is why players end of asking out and then good teams can just keep trading for players that want out and can just leave in UFA in not traded if they wait out the bad seasons in the SMJHL. Unless the SHL somehow ends up less about who you know and about social relationships it probably won't change. The salary cap is supposed to help but is it?
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TPE: 16/16