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A) So yeah, it is a pretty cool matchup and not one that happens often with expansion buddies going against each other in the Challenge Cup finals. I am not sure if it has ever happened in real sports with expansion teams that came in together, maybe an MLB team back in the 60s or maybe NHL since I don't know that expansion history well. As for who wins, we already know since I am late but in general I would have selected Atlanta anyways. The team was just in the finals a couple seasons ago and hungry to get back and win it all. Seattle does not have that previous post season success so they will try to become the next Atlanta a season or two from now.

B) If you are talking about a solid goaltender run, it can easily be wiped away with a finals matchup and a goalie can be truly tested in a matchup of top teams in the entire SHL. It appears, after the fact, that this happened as besides 1 game, Atlanta put up at least 3 goals in every game and even showcased a 9 goal performance in game 5 which totally ended the confidence of the Argonauts headed into game 6 and ultimately decided the series. Miller still finished with some solid numbers but that .935 turned to .923 which means just the small difference meant Atlanta was just barraging him with shots and that is what it would take.

C) When you have the solid depth of lines like Atlanta did, it is very hard to stop. Not only can you feel confident after every shift change but you feel like you have an advantage or at least play even at all times on the ice. What it also does is allow for the team to be completely rested or mostly rested when they get back out there as well so fresh legs makes for high quality hockey. Seattle itself finished with 9 players with 10 points or more all postseason but Atlanta in the end featured 13. This advantage of nearly a whole line more was too much to keep up with.

D) So I am not really wanting to get into all the details here but will speak in general terms of what I think this can mean. I think in general, it is very troublesome to hang your hat on your powerplay performance heading into the matchup either on the negative or positive side. First I think that it is generally a smaller sample size between the teams already with 30 and 5 percent of goals coming from the powerplay so it is hard to get a read on correlation and such with success. However, if you score a ton on powerplay, what does that mean for your even strength side? Atlanta has proven they can score and scored more goals not on powerplay than Seattle did total. I think unless Seattle is or was in a ton of powerplay chances they would be extremely outmatched.


I think this will always be an age old debate both in real life sports and sim league sports and rarely do we ever actually get to see things like this come to fruition. First, I would say, play it out and see what happens then you have the answer there! Obviously it would take some work but it is doable to match some great J teams with poor SHL teams.

Now, this question is indeed interesting because it assumes that the J teams would not be capped at the usual 350/425 builds so now you introduce a little more madness and also some gray area into it as well. How would the players have spent that banked TPE? Would the players be effective with their builds? How many actives were on the team and such at the time? It is tough to say but generally I think you take into account a certain number of factors for your answer here.

1. Players in the J spend a varying amount of time with their teams. Typically depending on their drafted SHL team, they could be called up anywhere between 500 to 800 TPE on average I would likely say.

2. Not all J teams are full of actives and a lot of the lower lines are either IAs, recent draftees, or players still below 500 tpe or so.

3. Players in the SHL were already called up meaning each one would likely be at that 500 to 800 tpe on average while being on the team, even the 3rd liners.

With all those factors being taken for consideration, I do not believe that any J team would have enough talent and depth to beat any SHL team in a 7 game series. Could they win a game or two? Yes. Could they win 4? I don't believe so. Even a team like the defeated Tampa Bay Barracuda still had all star players and a hall of fame goalie and enough depth on the 3rd line to be better than an SMJHL team. The last factor of course is sim luck however and in general, I would say that that would be the biggest determination of it happening but in general, I would be willing to bet that 95+% of the time, even the worst SHL team could beat the best SMJHL team based on overall depth alone and factoring about 5% chance on sim luck.


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I love this question because I am definitely an animal person and donate or have donated to multiple humane societies and such in my life and have volunteered as well so Enes Gundogan has to be one in the same. For the animal I am choosing, I am going with a Bengal Tiger as they are one of the species of animals that has been well known as critically endangered but also one of most beautiful and amazing animals on planet earth, and yes also dangerous and ferocious. They have been endangered from loss of habitat as well as poaching for their fur and such and though efforts have been solid to stop these inhumane practices, I am sure there are still illegal poachers around in today's world. Now, we are not going Tiger King here where it was not the best of situations for Tigers or Big Cat Rescue who may not have the best practices either and may have fed a tiger a human, maybe. Enes will start a large Tiger sanctuary in the twin cities and equip it with some of the best resources and animal care experts that we could find and make a truly one of a kind experience for the Tigers. It would be semi-open to the public where people can see Tigers in a natural habitat by appointment only but in general the facilities will be devoid of most human exposure. The goal is to have a proper care and breeding program to sustain the Tiger population for years to come.