S61 Championship Week

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10-17-2021, 02:56 PM

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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: mins
+ 3 TPE | 3 Total

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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!

I'm only going to outline my J career so I don't end up writing an essay here. If there was to be a movie on my player, Nicholas Owens, career I think it would definitely have to start at probably the most important and pivotal event that started the careers of every SHL player, the SMJHL draft. Nicholas Owens went 2nd overall in this draft to the Anaheim Outlaws who where at the time being managed by Brandon Donini and SpartanGibbles (sorry if you have a name for your manager Gibbles, I just can't easily find it atm). Next the movie would transition into Owens struggles to fit in on the team (reflecting my inactivity in the LR), and the underwhelming rookie season he had which established himself as a physical defensive defensemen, but who was overall a bit of a black hole on offense. Despite all that, in the next key event of the movie, Owens would be drafted first overall to the Buffalo Stampede. Then, the movie would probably shift to the disappointment of the S51 four star cup run where the Outlaws where just short of having the chance at the cup. Finally, the movie would end with the "One Last Heist" which was for this Outlaw roster, a lot of player's final season down in the J. The last shot they would have at the Four Star. Led by a new crop of rookies and (not rly) old veterans, the Outlaws would make a miracle run in the playoffs to get that Four Star cup.

WC: 259

+ 3 TPE | 6 Total

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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?

d. Who is the best player to play for either team? Is it a current player? Retired? Traded? Make your case.

a. I think the Hamilton Steelhawks had the the harder path to the final. It might not really look like it from how the rounds went, but I think overall BAP and BUF are better teams than EDM and CHI. BAP and BUF where 3rd and 4th overall in the standing, and probably the only teams out of the east that had a chance at the cup this season besides Hamilton
b. I think Hamilton staying on top of the league for the last 10 seasons is overall more impressive. This is not to discredit the work of the Texas gms of the past and present, but I think at some point every team will go through their period of peaks, but sustaining that peak is something else entirely.
c. A renegade is someone who abandons a set of principles or where they are from. They are outlaws and rulebreakers. As for a steelhawk, honestly this one is kind of hard to say because I am not sure if that is something from Canada that I am just not aware of but I guess they are just a hawk made of steel?
d. I am only going to consider current players because I don't want to sound like a doofus as I don't know too much history of either franchise. That being said, Aaron Wilson is probably the best player on the Steelhawks. He has been consistently dominant in the FHM era, and just this last season put up a monster season that will go down in the history books as one of the greatest for a player.

+ 4 TPE | 10 Total

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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.

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+ 3 TPE | 13 Total

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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 seaso

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I think as a sim league, yes this is an issue in the league. Without having parity, over time players will lose interest in the league as they are not able to adequately have a chance at the cup. I think this season was a good example. I think a lot of us kind of just accepted the fact that Hamilton would win and dominant this season and that there was little we could do about that which is exactly what happened. Can this be fixed? I'm not sure. I'm not super familiar with FHM so there is some lack of knowledge there on my part but I am just not sure there is anyway to fix it that would sacrifice another part of the league. For example, if we went harder on cap than a lot of people would be furious about leaving their team. If we changed the update scale once again, then I think every player would just be elite, we would lose a part of awarding the hard work of users. This isn't to say there is no solution, just not that I can think of at the moment.

WC: 193

+ 3 TPE | 16 Total