ISFL Ultimus Week

My username over there is beegbeegyoshi, can confirm.

Completed 2 of the "5 TPE" tasks, so essentially two double tasks = 10 ISFL TPE = 12 SHL TPE.

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. What is worth more to you, a cup win in the FHM era or the STHS era?
b. Be honest, would we have seen the same final 4 as last year (Chicago, Texas, Hamilton, Buffalo) had BUF/HAM and TEX/CHI not run into each other in the second round?
c. Hamilton has a population of roughly 5 people. Where would you relocate the franchise?
d. Who is the best player to NOT make the final in the past 2 years?

A. I honestly think both have their merits. I was not around for the STHS era but it certainly did sound like a lot of teams were beginning to figure out a super broken meta to build a really crazy team, so the switch to FHM made sense, although now there is just as big of a meta in FHM as well apparently. Either way, winning a cup in general is commendable.
B. Honestly, probably. These teams are so stacked that they would've breezed through the rest of the competition with ease, barring some massive upset that just seems so unlikely given how good these teams are in comparison to the rest of the league. It's kind of unfortunate the brackets ended up leading to this I guess, but then again, changing up the bracket makes it more interesting,, although the finals matchup is still the same.
C. Honestly I think Hamilton is fine as a Simulation Hockey League franchise and doesn't need to be relocated. It might seem like it would fit in as a SMJHL city moreso than a SHL city, but Hamilton Ontario is pretty passionate about their sports teams, especially if you look at the Hamilton Tiger Cats in the Canadian Football league.
D. I think it's really unfortunate that Ryuuji Minamino didn't make the Four Star Cup finals in the past two seasons, especially after how historic of a season he had with 60 goals and 106 points. That Chicago team really was well deserving of making it to the finals but just got beat out by some juggernauts in the past two seasons.

12 + 4 = 16