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**JamesT** · 04-27-2022, 10:37 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.

Jammin

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2. 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. Atlanta is a recent expansion team reaching it's first finals appearance. Chicago has been a dominant force in the league for a long time now, with their last cup win only seven seasons ago in Season 57. If you're betting on these finals, do you go for the experienced vets in Chicago, or the hungry Atlanta first-timers?

b. Chicago's lineup much more active with their sticks than Atlanta's, racking up 97 takeaways to Atlanta's 79. This late in the playoffs, how do you adjust to a team that's so adept at picking your pocket?

c. Atlanta has only 32 penalty minutes in these playoffs compared to Chicago's 45. With emotions high and the Challenge Cup on the line, do you think discipline will play a big role in this series? 

d. Similar to last season's finals, we see Chicago running a balanced ice-time attack against Atlanta's targeted approach that has some players seeing sheltered minutes. Last season the more balanced attack won out. Do you think we'll see the same again? Why or why not?

a. Since I am now on the Chicago syndicate

I will give the edge to the experienced vets in the cup final! They came back from a 3-1 deficit against the Texas Renegades

in the 2nd round and took the series in 7 games. They also defeated the impressive San Francisco pride

in 7 games as well the previous round. The Atlanta Inferno

have been an underdog story these playoffs, but unfortunately it will end in the cup finals.

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b. Although we're in the cup finals of the S64 playoffs, that means there is plenty of game footage to analyze and game plan on how to attack/defend against your opponent in the most important games of your SHL career. Atlanta will have to be extremely careful when exiting the defensive zone against a potent Chicago team that has caused many turnovers which have resulted in odd man rushes and goals.

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c. Special team performance in the playoffs usually determines who will the victor and loser of a series. With FHM, it's all up to the sim engine on who it chooses to give penalties to. Hopefully the FHM sim gods will look to penalize Atlanta more because I am definitely not a Chicago syndicate

player and don't want Atlanta to lose.

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d. From my playoff experiences, the more deep and balanced team in the playoffs usually has the better performance. A reason being because line matching is so much more important in the playoffs. If your team is balanced on all lines, it will be that much more difficult for the opposing coach to line match against your players. With that in mind, Chicago should be the favourites to win in the series.

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3. Written, up to 4 TPE - Grab Bag: Pick up to 4 Four Star Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words.

a. Newfoundland has gotten 25 points in 11 games from two of their top D, Rand al'Thor and Mikko Rashford. If you're Quebec's coach, how do you adjust to Newfoundland having guys on the blue line that are just as offensively dangerous as the wingers?

b. Quebec has three players shooting 20% or better in Bertrand, Utah, and Kidd. If you're the Newfoundland defense, how do you find a way to bottle up three forwards that can't seem to miss the back of the net?

c. Looking at each teams' PDO, we see that Quebec is riding a bit of a hot streak while Newfoundland has actually been a bit unlucky. Do you think this a is a good thing for either team? Is Newfoundland bound to find some luck, or are they going to get stuck in a rut? Is Quebec going to come back down to Earth, or did they get hot at the right time?

d. Newfoundland has appeared in all 4 of the last SMJHL finals and won 3 of them. Quebec, a consistently strong presence in the SMJHL, has a lot of playoff success behind them as well, having won several series since their last 4 Star in S58. How do you approach this series mentally on either side? If you're Newfoundland, are you worried your streak can't last forever? If you're Quebec, do you fear that you can't take down a goliath?

a. If I was the QCC coach and was determining how to defend against NL's top D pair of Rand al'Thor and Mikko Rashford I would look to have a "checking" line be matched up against them if possible. Also, if their D is actively in the offensive zone than that means it's more likely to have an odd man rush going the other way if NL turns the puck over so can look to capitalize on those chances.

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b. Having a 20% shooting percentage in the playoffs is pretty unsustainable so surely they can't keep that up in the cup finals right? But if I was playing defense for NL, I would look to keep them to the outside of offensive zone and make them shoot the puck from bad angles and pray that my goaltender can make easy saves.

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c. For all of the SMJHL's sake, we can only hope that QCC continues to play out of the world and defeat the two-time defending Four Star cup champs because we don't need to see NL win a 3rd straight cup. I hope that QCC can continue playing out of their minds for these potential 7 games!

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d. On NL's side this is likely the last time they will have such a dominant team because they will be losing a lot of their 425 TPE players to call ups next season. Also the J will be eliminating 5th season J players in S66 so J lifers will be no more the season after. For QCC, they were able to take down Detroit and Colorado on the way to their cup appearance. If they can take down the last juggernaut of the league, then this will be a cup run for the history books.

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5. Written, 3 TPE, Cup Check (150 words min.)

Which league has the more prestigious cup in your opinion, the SHL or the SMJHL? Which cup is harder to win? A lot is said about the different skill sets required to GM in each league, so which do you personally think is tougher to manage? Is a trophy case with three Four Star Cups as cool as a trophy case with three Challenge Cups? Maybe you think it’s even cooler. Why?

I would say that the SHL has the more prestigious cup in between the two leagues. The SHL has 20 teams while the SMJHL only has 14 teams, so the SHL has 6 more teams that are competing to win. There is also no TPE cap on players in the league whereas the J has a 425 TPE as the max for its players. I think in the SHL it would be more difficult to manage players because there are more personalities to manage in the SHL compared to the J (in my opinion). I also hear that the SHL GM chat can be a bit more ruthless compared to the SMJHL GM chat.

I was able to win a SHL challenge cup back in S49 and could remember how tough it was (even though I was in my sophomore season in the league), because the EDM team had to overcome formidable teams and we were not favoured to win the cup back then in the STHS era where randomness could happen more compared to FHM.

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6. Written, 3 TPE, Dream Team 150 words min

You have to create the perfect SHL or SMJHL line for your player to be on. Who do you put on your line and why? Is it something about their style of play that compliments yours? Does it only include players from the present, or do you dip into the past to find an incredible D pair? Or are you just choosing your friends ‘cause they’d be fun to win the cup with?

If I had the ability to create my own dream team in the SHL, I would definitely choose some of my friends that I have become acquainted with so far during my time as "Ben Jammin".

F - Aksel Fiske Rage

@mer has been one of the standout users from the S62 draft class and it was no surprise when she went 1st OA in the SHL draft, she is extremely nice, friendly and overall a great person to have entered the league. Any team would be lucky to have her in their organization.

F - Kev Kevens pride

@Keven I have enjoyed our friendship we have developed over the past couple of months and you are someone I can go to for advice (especially when it comes to fantasy). Happy to have seen the pride

have a deep cup run this season, y'all have a bright future ahead!

F - Spack Jarrow Aurora

@High Stick King You are a great person and wish I could chat with you more! The sigs you have made so far in the league, have been phenomenal and can only dream of when you open up your sig shop once again. The demand will be through the roof, because people know you produce top notch sigs!

D - Mikko Rashford Aurora

@RashfordU Always love chatting with you in our rookie chat and I hope one day you won't get 1st in fantasy so some of us S62 people can catch up to you in TPE

D - Zayne Dangle Stampede

@Vaxlare Once upon a time we were going to be the future D pairing in MTL, but it didn't come to fruition. Hope you have a great career over in Buffalo.

G - Mat Smith syndicate

@Matteo This won't exactly be a "dream team" since I'll actually be playing in front of you next season in Chicago! I'll be sure to make you face lots of breakaways

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22. Written, 2 TPE, Be Nice (100 words min.)

I’ve seen this prompt used from time to time and I think the end of my first full season as PT director is as good of a time as any. Use this 100 words to give a compliment to someone in the community that you appreciate! Whether it’s a friend, a GM, a PT director, or one of those amazing folks that designed the card website– try to make someone smile with some kind words!

I would like to thank a few groups of people this season. The S62 draft class has and is still a great server to be in, where we bully, complain and poke fun at each other. We're going to be starting our SHL journey next season so it'll be cool to see how we all do as rookies next season!

Next, I want to show appreciation for QCC as they have weekly game nights where the vibes are fun and chill and it's fun to interact with other players in the league (even people outside of QCC join in like me).

Lastly, I want to thank the Chicago syndicate

team for bringing me in and welcoming me to their family. I am extremely excited to begin my SHL journey with y'all next season!

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Total: 19/16 (did an extra prompt, in case I got trivia wrong)

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