Task #16 - 3 TPE
S61 Milestones

Task #1 - 3 TPE
Well, if I wasn't playing for Kelowna, I think for the S61 playoffs, I would like to be playing for Vancouver. I know, I know, the small distance, division rivals, etc. At least it wouldn't be for more than the playoffs. But I think I would want to play for Vancouver because they ended up winning the Four Star Cup, and I would like to win the Four Star Cup. I would slot into the roster pretty low on the defense lineup, but that's ok if it's on the way to a cup. I think if I was on the roster my impact would be pretty low considering I would be a rookie on a ridiculously stacked team and on the bottom pairing. I think it's hard to improve the chances of winning a cup for the team that won the cup, but I certainly don't think I could make their chances worse, so. I would pick Vancouver.

Task #3 - 2 TPE
After the sweep of the Elk, in thanks for a great season and a raucous first playoff round, in a fan appreciation game for game number 3 of the second round series against the Colorado Raptors, the Kelowna Knights decided to dish out some swag for the first 5000 fans at the game. That swag turned out to be a pretty sweet Knights themed toque, and instead of your classic pom pom on the top, the Knights merch team came up with a pretty sweet idea to add the plume from the Knight's helmet to the top of the toque instead. Fans were super stoked and they loved the creativity and brought great energy to the game.

Task #7 - 3 TPE
I think that if the matchups in round 1 had been different, there might have been some different results, but not really much could change aside from making the overall matchups imbalanced. The obvious outlier right now was the Great Falls Grizzlies versus the St Louis Scarecrows series, but what really hurts in that matchup is the Maine Timber, who failed to make the playoffs. Maine was 8th overall in the league, and Great Falls and St Louis were numbers 9 and 10, respectively. Maine being in any playoff matchup would certainly make things more interesting. I don't think any kind of different matchups would put Detroit, Anaheim, or Regina in a better spot. Obviously if any of those 3 teams played each other they would be grateful, but if they played that means Quebec City, Anchorage, and/or Kelowna would be playing a series against each other. Different matchups would only end up in more imbalanced playoffs, unless you were talking about adding Maine into the playoffs.

Task #8 - 3 TPE
I'm pretty happy with how my rookie season turned out, it may not have been the absolute best I could have hoped for, but I was certainly pleased with it. Compared to the rookie season I had way back as a true rookie in S32, I'd be ecstatic. I put up 36 points this season, as a defenseman, and for the whole of the season I led Kelowna in overall game rating. Racked up 12 goals, had almost 100 hits, it was really a strong well balanced season. I've never been one to care much about advanced stats, and I know mine weren't great, which is about the depth of my knowledge on the advanced stats. Negative relative Corsi = not good. But still, I care about seeing the results on the ice, and putting up good points was exciting. I believe I helped Kelowna to a solidly successful season as well, so I take that to be a great performance. Very happy with my rookie season.

Task #13 - 2 TPE
A. I think there's a lot of pretty wild names in the finals series, but my personal favourite I think has to go to the Newfoundland Beserkers, and the one and only Pasta the Turtle. I don't really know what it means, and it's not some obvious joke, it's just... a turtle. Who doesn't like a turtle?
C. For a team like Colorado, going up against a stacked Vancouver team, they needed some divine intervention in goal. They did manage to put up goals on the board, in this alternate timeline, Colorado's goaltending stands on it's head and stops a couple extra goals in games 2, 3, and 5, 3 games that were 1 goal losses for the Raptors. For Quebec it's pretty simple, all they needed is scorers stepping up. They lost 2 games by a score of 2-1, and Kappa Kappa who had nearly a point per game during the season from the blue line, had just 7 points in 16 games in the playoffs.