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crutch · 09-01-2022, 08:32 PM

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1. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1.5 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.

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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.

d. Seattle's powerplay has been on fire contributing 14 goals up to this point, which comes out to almost 30% of their goals scored (50G total) in these playoffs. Atlanta on the other hand have managed just 5 power play goals, which is only 5% of their scoring (59G total). In your opinion-- is this a good thing for Seattle, or a good thing for Atlanta? Maybe a good thing for both? Do you think a dynamic team like Seattle that can capitalize on so many of their PP chances will lead to Atlanta playing scared-- worried about what might happen if they enter the box? Do you think a relentless Atlanta team that is so flush with even strength scoring is going to be too much for Seattle to take?

I think that this is probably a good thing for Atlanta. Not being able to capitilaze on the power play but being able to still put up goals is huge, and ensures that a team is not relying on their power play to win games, which is extremely important if you come up against a good penalty kill team, which Seattle is this season. However, this might give Atlanta some second thoughts about playing physical, as the refereeing in any playoff series is hit or miss, and might open up some chances for the Argonauts to let their lethal power play strike.

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3. Written, 3 TPE, It Gets the People Going! (150 words min.)

There’s been some great Stanley Cup Playoff marketing campaigns over the years. Lots of us probably know the “Because it’s the Cup” series of commercials, for example. Well for the S66 playoffs we’ve really turned on the money faucet and we want YOU to give us the next great playoff ad campaign. Tell me how you’d go about promoting the S66 SHL playoffs in a way that will have people talking about it for years to come.

I think the best way to promote the SHL Playoffs going forward would be similar or in the same vein as the NHL Playoff commercials, but maybe focussing on building a dynasty. A good example of this would be the mid S30 Calgary Dragons or the S20 Texas Renegades, both teams who had a great impact on the league today. I think that basing the commercials about building a dynasty and leaving a legacy would have a great impact on those who view it, and maybe entice some people to check out the SHL playoffs. There are a lot of insane moments that have happened within both the STHS and FHM eras of the SHL, but to me I think the Dragons from S30 or the Renegades from S20 leave an impact to me of teams that were good over long periods of time and allowed dynasties to be built alongside legacies left by players who have since retired from those eras.

Either that or I’d have Lil Pump write a song about the SHL and perform it at every single one of his concerts.

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5. Written, 3 TPE, Secret Weapon (150 words min)

It’s never too early to start thinking about how you’re going to gain a competitive edge next season! How is your team going to go the extra mile to get wins next season? Is it a secret training regimen? Sneaky equipment modifications? Booby trapping the visiting teams’ locker room? Anything goes.

Jonathan Mercer’s plan for the upcoming season to gain a competitive edge is straight out of the playbook of the Danbury Trashers – not allowing the visiting team to have hot water, nor dry towels to really get them off of their game. As well as that, Jonathan Mercer has been training with Hall of Very Good defenceman Chris Crutchfield to work on both sides of the ice to improve his play. The Scarecrows had a solid season, but could have done a lot better (ie. Winning the 4 Star Cup), so Mercer has looked to a player that influenced his career in Crutchfield to help him on both sides of the ice.

Combining these two things together, Mercer and the Scarecrows should be able to have a stellar season, and hopefully capture the Four Star Cup, something that has eluded him thus far in his SMJHL career. Will it turn into a Championship for the St. Louis team? Who knows. Jonathan Mercer hopes so though.

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6. Written, 3 TPE, Curse (150 words min.)

We’ve heard of the “President’s Trophy Curse” in which the top team of the regular season has a very hard time closing the deal in the playoffs and often ends up losing. If you could invent a curse and attach it to any other league event– what would it be and why? No Challenge Cup winner shall ever repeat? Anyone who wins the goal scoring title is doomed to 4% shooting next season? Get creative and give your curse a fun name!

I think I would invent the Crutchfield curse – a curse that if you trade a 1st Round Draft Pick for the rights to a pending free agent, the team trading for the free agent rights will dismantle and cause a mass retirement of players amongst that team. Even though I still feel kind of bad for what happened to the Portland Admirals and the retirements that fell afterwards, giving up a 1st Round Pick for any free agent rights is downright scary.

However, Chris Crutchfield really ended up being the cursed one because he was the one that retired without ever hoisting the Challenge Cup. None of the players from the CRUTCHFIELD / crutch / ligma player agency have ever hoisted a Challenge Cup, and only winning 1 Four Star Cup. Pretty brutal. I don’t know which curse I’d rather have personally. I would have rather won a cup than dismantled a team but I guess hindsight is 20/20.

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7. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

Milestones are folded in with CW. So just link your Milestone claim as task 7 for up to 3 TPE towards your 16 total.

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Post your claim in the milestones thread for tpe earned per stat, and then link that post in your CW submission. This is done because the person who grades CW will be a different person than double-checks milestones.

https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3258604

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