TPE   16/16 

1. CW - 3 TPE

- verification word: prööt

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. An LAP team that was disappointed in a S63 finals loss is back again
to face a TBB team that has been hungry for their chance in the entire
FHM era. Who are you taking as a winner and why?
-  I'll have to pick the Los Angeles Panthers, why? Even though this might sound biased, because I am on said team, but I gotta say I believe in everyone on said team. We got a good group of guys and gals on here, everyone contributes and let me tell you, that Fuzz fellow.. Smartest GM out there, but don't quote me on that. (63 wc)

b. Tampa Bay’s top forwards have been absolute power houses on this run, totalling 102 points across their top 6. If you’re LA, how do you
line-match against two lines that are on an absolute tear?
-  We'll have to put them in a bodybag or maybe throw a couple of WWE moves at them? Tombstone a mhfker and throw pocket sand at them, that's the only reasonable solution that I can think of, that's exactly why I've got a few small cloth bags full of sand inside my goalie equiptment. Can't let those bastards be scoring just like that, who do they think they are? Our opponents? (71 wc)

c. L.A.’s D pair of Kierkegaard and Kahnwald are maintaining a shocking 2
more GF/60 than GA/60, despite playing more than 21 minutes a game
including PK time. If you’re Tampa Bay how do you get around these two?
Hope to outlast them in endurance, or look to more depth scoring?
-  How do you get past two guys that are playing out of their minds and very fast paced hockey? Hack em. Hack their feet. Hack their arms. You can't just go out there and score on the opponent like that. You have to have integrity and grace towards your opponent. If you score too many times then we'll have to get physical, that's just how it goes. (67 wc)

d. TBB’s roster has racked up many more shot blocks (294) than LAP has
(188). Do you see this as a good thing? Is this an iron willed team
that’s willing to lay down their bodies to get the job done, or do you
think it paints a picture of a team that can’t maintain possession and
has to find another way to keep the puck out. Maybe a bit of both?
-  I don't think it really tells too much. You know they might end up on the penalty kill more often or they've got guys that are more willing to put their body on the line to keep their team in the game. And you know some coaches will push you more towards that kinda thing and then you might have a goalie that wants you to get out of the way rather than block the shot, so they get a better look, who knows? (84 wc)



4. Written, 3 TPE, Do You Touch It? (150 words min.)

In the NHL there’s a well known superstition that any team that touches
their conference championship trophy won’t win the Stanley Cup. Are
there any superstitions like that in the SHL playoffs? If so, what are
they? Where do they come from? Does your team or your player believe in
them? Why or why not?
- You don't touch another mans yoghurt. That's chiseled in stone and you just don't do it. First of all, okey, are you following with me? First of all, you're disrespecting the man(the yoghurt man(your teammate)) if you touch their snack just like that and second of all you don't know what's in that yoghurt anyway, why the hell are you touching that yoghurt it might be laced with COCAINE!? Now, like, come on now. I know you're hungry, but you don't know what the yoghurt man has gone through during their day, maybe they're dead tired? You ever think of that? But the reason you don't touch the snacky snack is because it creates bad chemistry and you don't need that in the playoffs and that's a fact, you all gotta be on the same level and the gears gotta be turning to the same harmony. The last thing is, why are you even eating yoghurt, do you not know how sugary some of those damn things are? We can't have you having a sugar crash during the playoffs. (179 wc)




16. Written, 2 TPE, Just Like Back Home (100 words min.)

Choose a dish from your IIHF federation and tell me about it! Does your
player make it? A member of their family? What’s special about it to
you?
- Well my player is on the German team and I don't know a lick of thing about German food, so I'll tell you about finnish food. There's this food called rössypottu that has potatoes, fat, pork/ham and baked blood in it and it's actually pretty good. They used to serve it once every month at my old school and I'm pretty sure everyone ate it. I have no idea if they try to serve it to kids these days, cause I feel like most kids are very picky now with what they eat. Another speacilty over where I live at is mayo on pizza and let me tell you, that's really good with some salami and jalapeno's, trust me bro. (120 wc)



13. Graphic, 1 TPE, DALL-E? More like WINN-ING!

Since the ring task was unbelievably easy, I thought I’d try out another
insanely easy graphics task. Try using OpenAI’s DALL E Mini to generate
a Challenge Cup related image. It could be a championship ring, your
player lifting the cup, a locker room celebration. Go nuts as long as
you’re attempting to make it SHL related! The results will be weird, but
it’s fun!  
- Whalers? Maybe? https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1...nknown.png


Affiliate league PT
- PBE affiliate, nickname Fr0stis https://probaseballexperience.jcink.net/...t&p=467631


CW, 2 TPE - just incase trivia goes wrong
- https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3231704