S61 Championship Week

S61 Championship Week

DollarAndADream
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S27, S29, S32, S40, S42 Challenge Cup Champion

#202

10-17-2021, 04:45 AM (This post was last modified: 10-17-2021, 07:52 PM by DollarAndADream.)

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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.

Victor Helstrom - boobies

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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)

If I had to change a moment in SHL history, I might as well pick something super recent. In S61 the Edmonton Blizzard beat my Calgary Dragons team 4-1 in their quarter finals series. I would change this, and make it so the Calgary Dragons won it instead, coming back from down 3-1 in the series to win Game 7. Calgary would then go on to beat the Texas Renegades in the Conference Finals, which is where the Edmonton Blizzard got swept 4-0. Then of course, the Calgary Dragons would move on to beat the Hamilton Steelhawks in the finals and win the Challenge Cup in S61. Why not, right? The Dragons would win yet another cup, and my player Mikael Choybuk would win another cup with them. It's hard to say how much this would truly impact the league, because it was so recent, but it would be another cup that the league would add to the storied Calgary Dragons franchise.

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4. Written, 3 TPE, Biopic (150 words min.)

You've been contacted by a big film studio who wants to center the next big hockey movie around your career so far! All you need to do is supply a 150+ word explanation about what will be key scenes of moments or games in your career, the cast, and a general timeline of the film as it follows you from team to team, junior to pro. This one is open ended so how you approach it is up to you!

A movie based around Mikael Choybuk's career would be nothing less than iconic. This movie would follow Mikael Choybuk through all the leagues he went through, being high school, junior, the SMJHL, and to the SHL. Most of this movie would be a huge eat-a-thon, where Choybuk chows down on chicken parm meals after being drafted to the Calgary Dragons. A lot of the starting points of this movie would be dinner times at home or at the arena, where Choybuk would be out with teammates eating chicken and cheese, or just huge plates of pasta that he used to enjoy before he made it mandatory to eat chicken parms at the SHL level. Basically, this would be a 1 hour and 30 minute cinematic masterpiece, watching Mikael Choybuk and the Dragons eat chicken parm. Win a playoff series, eat some parm, win a championship, eat some parm out of the cup, and so on. I think you get the gist.

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12. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

Milestones are folded in with CW. So just link your Milestone claim as task 12 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.

https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3120116 (2 TPE)

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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.

I think it will change itself eventually. Teams come and go with their dynasties. Those teams are obviously powerhouses. Is it just that they have figured out the sim and know how to beat it? Who knows, but eventually one will fall, because teams need to rebuild or retool. Players age and regress, so changes will have to be made by the teams and their statistics should be affected by that. Can it be changed? I'm not really sure, because it's hard to say. You'd probably have to dive into each of their specific locker rooms and DMs to see if there's anything specific they're doing to consistently get to the top. Maybe they know exactly which players to build and how to combine them, and they're getting all of their players to do those builds. Who knows? I don't think it can be fixed. The teams that aren't going far in the playoffs will have to figure out a way to fix that, and I think that it's doable.

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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?

Honestly, I think the Calgary Dragons are just on the verge of doing something big again. We have too good of a team to sit back and watch teams get to the finals, and we've eaten too many chicken parms to not have it pay off big time. We have a big influx of young players and veterans, and our coaches and GMs are too good to let us come up short in the playoffs over and over again. The Calgary Dragons are a storied franchise that has many, many cups, and I think the capability is definitely there to get to the finals and win once again. Will my player be still on the team and not retired by the time the Dragons win again? I don't know, but my goal is to be there. If not, then I will be happy when they do win if it's without me. I'm going to keep fighting regression and be half dead out there if I can.