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erikvm · 01-07-2023, 04:11 PM

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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. Manhattan comes into this series with a much more balanced attack than their previous playoff run carried by a scorching hot Lev Lebedev. This time around they have nearly seven players chugging along at a PPG clip. Is this a different beast than last season's Rage? Why or why not?

b. Seattle returns to the finals with a roster that's very similar to last season's champions. So why would they lose this time around? This squad has proven they can do it, so what's changed? Do you think this team can do it again?

c. The play of Max Manning for Seattle and Thomas Lind for Manhattan has been a key factor in their respective teams' playoff runs. Do you think they're both able to continue performing at the spectacular pace they have thus far, or do you think someone is able to figure out how to shut them down? Is that the key to this series?

d. With all that being said it's round two of SEA vs. MAN. Who wins this time? Regardless of any other stat in this series-- who do you think wins it and why? Last season Manhattan was the upstart without any experience, but here they are again to face the same behemoth Seattle team. Make your pick.

A. It’s simple, this is not the same team as last year, it’s even better, which is saying something because Manhattan last year was clicking on all cylinders and they were peaking at the right time, but now, with an extra year of development, they stand to really have an even better shot at the title.

B. All of the points I just raised for Manhattan, unfortunately for Manhattan, also go in Seattle’s favor, and Seattle won last time. With an extra year of development and a powerhouse of a roster, I think they can do it again, and since we’ve seen this play out before, I think we have our betting favorite, but maybe this will be like Detroit vs Pittsburgh and the other team will win this time?

C. Based on how each team has played, I think both Manning and Lind will continue their hot play, I mean why not? They have been at the top of their game all playoffs and I don’t see anyone on either team shutting them down, the real question is, who will win the superstar off?

D. Unfortunately for Manhattan, I think Seattle wins again. Their team is still a juggernaut, and a much improved Manhattan team still won’t be enough to stop a more well-rounded team, but Manhattan has the makings of a contender for years to come, but unfortunately, they miss out on the cup again.

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3. Written, 3 TPE, New Year New Me (150 words min.)

What is your player's New Years resolution? What aspect of their game do they want to work on in S69 to help them reach the finals next season? If they did make the finals this season, is it because of something they resolved to work on last season? If so, then what's next?

Bobby’s New Year’s Resolution is to lead this Grizzlies team on the run for a cup, and for him to do that, he needs to score more and be more defensively sound. Defense is not a natural instinct for him. Still, he knows he can’t expect his teammates to carry him on the back end unless he can fully carry them on the front end, and as the Captain of the team, he has to set an example for the rookies and even the veterans to follow. He may have led his team in points, but he sees how teams like Detroit and Nevada scored at will on their opponents, so Bobby has gone to management to stress the importance of a style change, the grit and grind Grizzles are not going to make it far unless they can score with the best of teams, while also not giving up high danger chances for the young goalie coming in this season.

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4. Written, 3 TPE, Dream Series (150 words min.)

Many teams have rivals they'd love to trounce in a playoff series. Maybe you as a player have another specific player you'd love to beat to win the cup and lord it over them for the rest of their lives. Tell me who you'd love to play in a playoff series and why! Why would you love to beat this team or player? What would it mean to you or your team? Keep it friendly. 

There is only one natural choice in Bobby’s mind for this answer, and it’s been in his mind since he was drafted after him in his juniors’ draft, and the answer is Jacques Hammer. Kelowna and Great Falls have been, for lack of a better word, bottom feeders since he was drafted so the situation has not risen where they have played meaningful hockey against each other. Still, Jacques was taken over him, and then weeks into the season declared himself the hardest working player of his draft, which Bobby took to heart because he knew it wasn’t true. Bobby hopes that both Great Falls and Kelowna show something different this year, that way Great Falls can knock the “hardest-working player of his class” out of the playoffs. At first, this was just a media rivalry, but after Hammer said what he said, Bobby has been waiting for his shot.

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5. Written, 3 TPE, Boat Versus Bull (150 words min)

We aren't talking about some fake hockey league-- I'm asking for real. Who would win in a fight? A small navy of three living war boats with eyes, or a herd of 45 raging bulls (15 per boat). Battlefield is your choice. Create whatever scenario you like to back up your choice of winner. Tell me how it goes and why it goes that way.

Unlike some people, this is an easy answer to come to, the answer is the living warships with eyes. Not even taking modern technology into the equation, and thinking something like a Spanish Galleon, what are the bulls going to do? Cannon fire would make half of the bulls explode before they even got to charge, and the proceeding volleys would take out the rest of them. If any stragglers got on the boat, then I’d be a bit more worried since the warships are alive and don’t have any defenders on board the ship, but I think the bulls would end up getting blown up to high heaven. I also am basing the warships have human intelligence, so they would be able to strategize the best targets for each shot a lot more easily than the bulls would recognize which ship to target. Rest in peace bulls, you fought bravely.

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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.

+3 TPE

TOTAL TPE EARNED - 16 TPE

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