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*Carpy48* · 06-24-2022, 02:00 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.

CW TRIVIA LINK

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+ 3 TPE

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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. 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?

They're both good, but I'd take LAP as the winner in the end. They've had a great regular season (finishing first) and they made it to the finals two seasons ago so they "deserve" to win. Of course TBB battled through the East which is an achievement in itself, but I still see LAP win.
(55 words)

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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?

Since I'm not an expert at tactics, I'd say you can't really plan to match anything. You never know how TBB might change theirs for the playoffs and the regular season isn't the playoffs after all. For the playoffs you need a good team overall, not just some top forwards. You just hope for the best and FHM will do the rest I guess.
(64 words)

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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?

I could say the same as above. Those are the regular season numbers and who know if either team will stick to the same tactics in the playoffs. Not to forget they got those numbers partly also by playing against 'weaker' teams. They're only playing against one team in the finals. TBB just needs to try to score more.
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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?

Blocking a lot of shots obviously helps Tampa's goalie, but it also means they're getting a lot more shots against in general which isn't a good thing. I would rather say they have to block so many shots because they can't take the puck away enough from the other team and that's what they should focus on. So yes, I'd go with the "can't maintain possession" statement.
(67 words)

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6. Written, 3 TPE, New Stat (150 words min.)

I work for the FHM dev team and I’m giving you, sweet user, the ability to add any stat you want to our player build system. Footwork? Sure! Stink level? Why not! Stomach capacity? Ok… I guess so! Tell me what stat you want to add, and how you imagine it’ll affect the sim.

Caffeination: The ability to drink any caffeinated beverage (hot or cold) and make it affect your level of play. If you can deal with very 'strong' drinks (=lots of caffeine), your overall skill level will improve. Anything that contains caffeine works. You can 'train' your body to be able to consume drinks with lots of caffeine over time. Of course, my player is a pro at this skill already – long training - and it affects his overall game performance. It mostly can be seen in faster reaction times, but overall also the player's "alert level" during the game. The trick is also to be able to keep these levels up all game and not drop down again quickly. If your caffeination experience is low, you consume your caffeinated beverage just before the game starts, it takes some time for the caffeination level to reach its peak and then it quickly drops down again. Other people might call this a drug, but we don’t do that. ?

(165 words)

+ 3 TPE

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15. Written, 3 TPE, IIAM Excited for IIHF (150 words min.)

Write your predictions for this year's IIHF tournament or WJC! We’ve had some federation shake-up this season that will surely lead to some interesting results. So who do you got? Who’s going to take it all this season and why?

What kind of Fed Head would I be if I didn't pick my own nation here to win? Exactly. Winland will win again, no doubt. They did it twice in the recent history at IIHF level and don't forget their success at the WJC. See a connection there? The kids are coming up to play for the senior team and bring their championship experience with them. Of course, there are always some changes with the other teams as well, but Winland will definitely be among the top teams again. Obviously there have been some nations that got new fed heads recently (Germany and Ireland managed to survive like this). While I believe that Ireland might not be that strong this year, Germany could be a secret contender given who their fed head is this season. Sweden, Canada and Japan are always scary so they should be among the favorites, too.
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18. Written, 2 TPE - The Procrastinator Special! (100 words min.)

Congratulations, procrastinator!  Through your terrible time management skills, you’ve unlocked a special task! [TEAM] has won it all! Were the playoffs as you expected this year, or were there some surprises? Did anything stand out to you about this season’s final series?

Mostly having to do this due to the fact that I had zero milestones this season (I don't think that has ever happened to me), so technically I'm no procrastinator, thank you. Well, I did expect LAP to win when I wrote the rest of my CW and they did, so that wasn't really a surprise. I even had them in my predictions to win the CUP. Well, Tampa did their best I guess, they won two games. It wasn't one of those boring 4-0 finals, other than that I can't say much. I'm glad it went to a team that hasn't won a cup in such a long time.
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23. Written, 2 TPE, How Are You? (100 words min.)

Instead of asking you about other people this season, I figured I’d ask about you! How are you feeling? Take a couple of minutes to write about what’s going on in your life and how you’re feeling lately. I think taking the time to write things down helps me appreciate or understand them better, so maybe this could help you! Or you can just rant about your cat annoying you for 100 words and collect 2 TPE. I guess that works too.

I guess everything is going well for me at the moment. It's currently summer and I hate hot weather so that's that, but otherwise not much to complain about. Just waiting for winter again. My life is quite boring and I don't even have an annoying cat to write about. I still spend a little too much time doing SHL things even though I always tell myself to focus on life outside of that. IIHF is coming up so that's a little bit of extra, but luckily it's only for a short time every season and my player has been a lot more successful there than in the SHL anyway so it's fun to win medals.
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