S61 Championship Week

S61 Championship Week

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10-18-2021, 12:49 AM

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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.

Tex Tex Tex

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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....pid3120317

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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 both teams had a difficult path to the finals, Texas had to go through the juggernaut that is Chicago who they beat in 7 games, where as Hamilton had to go through both Buffalo and Baltimore who is an upcoming team. in terms of the harder path i dont think you can give it to one over the other
B. In a completely unbiased opinion i think Texas going through a full rebuild is easily the more impressive feat. Currently the hardest part of getting a team full of high TPE players is getting people to stay with the team during the hard times, once a team is at the top they have the luxury of not necessarily needing all their draft picks so they can use them to keep their roster full, as well as having an easier time getting FA's who want to chase Cups
C. By definition a Renegade is "a person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles." and a Steelhawk is an amusement park ride in at the Worlds of Fun in Kansas City. Kinda funny how by definition a Renegade betrays someone, but like i said in my previous statement one of the main reason our team got so good was that we had loyal players who stayed with us through the rough seasons
D. There have been alot of good players to go through both teams, in terms of previous players i only really know the previous Texas players like Jack Durden who holds most the Texas records, but there is also the argument for Andreas Kvalheim, the current captain of Texas who is catching Durden in most of these stats. The Steelhawks have great players like current player Aaron Wilson, and recently retired player Roberty Phelps and Flacko Lagerfield

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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.

Obviously Season 52 is the best and most impactful season in the history of the Simulation Hockey League. Currently there are 6 S52 users who are GMs in either the SHL, SMJHL or IIHF which at this point is exactly half of the draft class left in the league. And the yare as follows.Kenvald is the Head GM of the New England Wolfpack, TheDangaZone is the Co GM of the Los Angeles Panthers, I and the Co-GM of the Texas Renegades and the Fed Head of Team Norway, Takethehorizon is the Co GM of the Anaheim Outlaws, Mutedfaith is the GM of the Detroit Falcons, Geekusoid is the GM of the Great Falls Grizzlies. Also I think it would be unfair to say one of the reddit draft classes as they have so many more users, but i would love to see the stats oh the percentage of a draft class in management roles

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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?

Like the question states i think that there are a few teams close to cracking the original Great Lakes + Texas chokehold on the playoffs finals. Going in alphabetical i think that the Baltimore Platoon have a decent shot at it, they have a few good and almost peaking players in Ethan Duncan and Valentin Kalashnikov as well as players on either side of their peaks in Elijah Jones, Luca Del Vecchio and Karl Krashwagen in their earlier seasons of regression, and players like Daniil Nikiforov , Lord Raiden, and Teddy Murphy with a few season till peak. Other notable teams are the Tampa Bay Barracuda who are in a similar place to Baltimore with Vorian Atredes, Tom Fiddler, Michael Fitted, and Strom Chamberlain in early regression, and Zoltan Topalo, Dwight Knight, Magnus Liljestrom, and Colin Lambert close to their peaks. Other teams who are looking good, but likely wont be ther in the next few seasons are the New Orleans Specters, and San Francisco Pride