S61 Championship Week

S61 Championship Week

Jayba1t
Player Progression Director
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#54

10-09-2021, 10:21 PM (This post was last modified: 10-17-2021, 04:16 PM by Jayba1t.)

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1. 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

Verification word - jay2233

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6. Written, up to 4 TPE - Grab Bag: Pick up to 4 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words.

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?

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?

c. What is a renegade? What is a steelhawk? Who is Victor Helstrom from the CW trivia?

a. Both the Hamilton Steelhawks and Texas Renegades have had decent ease in making it to the SHL Challenge Cups, but in my opinion, Hamilton's path was a little more harder. Even though not being take to 7 games is very impressive, the appeal of 2 series sweeps is too good to pass up on. As you take 2 4-0 wins, it really boosts your confidence and honestly doesn't induce as much stress.

WC: 72

b. Although it is pretty crazy that Hamilton has been very solid for a long time, I'd go with Texas here again. Unlike the SMJHL, where players move quickly up in 3-4 seasons, the nature of the SHL is less volatile, and teams flopping in a season is less hard to do. However, finding, scouting, developing and using homegrown players properly, along with a steal of a trade and massive free agent signing, is much harder to do successfully.

WC: 78

c. The literal definition of a renegade is a person who is a traitor or deserter to their organization, country, etc. This makes lots of sense and is the theme I get from Texas' branding, logo and colors. As there is no formal definition for Steelhawk and it isn't recognized as a word, my assumption based off its logo is literally, a steel hawk, or hawk made out of steel. Victor Helstrom was a dman created in Season 14.

WC: 78

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11a. 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.

Well, I didn't procrastinate but Hamilton enjoyed a easy series sweep over Texas, earning them what feels like another Challenge Cup. Congrats. Now looking back, I think the MVP for Hamilton can be debated upon two primary players who played a huge role on the offense, Theo Morgan and Mitchell van der Heijden. Both recorded a very similar number of points (26 and 25 respectively) but I would go for Theo Morgan. An overall better producer, he also led the team in goals while being one behind in the assists category. He barely ended up with more 5v5 points, had less ice time and although it is close, I think most would inch towards Left Winger Morgan.

WC: 117

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14. Written, 3 TPE, Upswing (150 words min.)

What team on the outside looking in do you believe will be the next to break into the playoffs? What team will be the next new team to break into the finals (other than the core 4 listed in the above task)? Who seems to be building and earning at a rate that they will be a scary team in the future? We have already seen some successful rebuilds in Texas, Toronto, and Tampa, and some unsuccessful ones as well. Who is on the right track?

To be fair, this is a bit biased but I truly think Seattle is definitely on the right direction and will become one of the formidable and scary franchises to face. Seattle already has a decent crop of S61 prospects, which I covered in my Argos Prospects Recap, but alongside that, being a newer team, have some SHLers that have emerged. After a less than ideal first half, they really rebounded and finished off with a winning record. The roster looks very promising too. Not too long ago J graduate dmen like Urquhart, Murphy, Davenport, and RESO make up most of the Top 4, which will easily improve, a solid goalie in Thor Odinson, and alongside a talented forward core with 40-goal scorer Darzins, defensive wizard JURT, Beeg Winger Podcalzone, 2K center Sutherland and none other than franchise defenseman Cassius Darrow all comprise a strong core, plus rising prospects. I think in a season or two, when some younger players really start to hit their stride, Seattle will be a stacked team from top to bottom.

WC: 176

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21. Written, 2 TPE, Feed my back (its hungry) 100 words min

It's been 2 seasons now and I can always use constructive criticism. What have I done right regarding PTs? What have I done wrong? Was I doing something the wrong way and fixed it? Was I doing something the right way and fuck it up? Do I even deserve 8 mil a season? Any and all thoughts are welcome EXCEPT malicious posts. Do not attack me, or my work. If you have a problem with it, explain why. Don't just say it sucks and its stupid.

Honestly, as a first time SHLer, I don't have huge expectations for any PTs, but I did enjoy most of the prompts and tasks we had this season, and especially with the Dual Prompts, which I thought was a wonderful change for those who had zero idea what to write about. The Primetime and 3v3s were good as usual, and the mPTs did seem like fun little thoughts about something that was not necessarily SHL related. One suggestion is to add more trivia. Don't we love all flooding our minds with bits of SHL knowledge and spending 10 minutes to find out the championship series loser that lost 4-2 in game 3. I don't have any complaints, and I really enjoyed the job you have done this season. Being the director of anything that over 300 people do is insane, so well done!

WC: 143

Milestones: Here +3 TPE

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