S69 Championship Week

S69 Championship Week Due: March 12th @ 11:59 PM (PST)

the5urreal
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03-04-2023, 04:58 PM (This post was last modified: 03-09-2023, 05:40 PM by the5urreal. Edited 5 times in total.)

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 CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1.5 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each 

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moist
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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. Both Winnipeg and Philadelphia have taken the long road of drafting and development to find themselves in the Challenge Cup Finals. Winnipeg in full scale rebuild, and Philadelphia in the expansion draft. Each began nearly 10 seasons ago. From your point of view, which build is more impressive? Full scale teardown to challenge cup, or expansion draft to challenge cup?

b. Winnipeg's Mikko Rashford has been an unstoppable assist machine with 25 in 20 GP. If you're looking to shut down Winnipegs offense, who do you target? Rashford, or goal scorers surrounding them? Do you double down on guarding the scorers and letting a pass-first player take a shot, or do you go heavy on the passer and hope nothing squeeks through?

c. Philadelphia's BASE PACK has made over 500 saves in 17 GP. If you're a Winnipeg team looking for a weakness to exploit, do you think this is one? Does this signify an exhausted goalie that you can pepper with shots and eventually break the dam? Or is BASE PACK just an on-fire goalie that you need to find another way around?

d. As always I ask... who you got? Usually when I analyze teams for this segment I see a contrast in results or deployment or something I can latch on to, but these look like remarkably similar teams at this point in the playoffs. So who wins? Why?

a. Both Winnipeg’s and Philadelphia’s builds are impressive. However, building a team from the ground up through the SHL draft has to be the most impressive. Going into the draft, a top earning player may say and do all the right things, but it’s so easy for someone to simply disappear and stop earning. To hit on almost all of your picks to the point that your team has the highest average TPE in all categories (forwards, defensemen, and goalies) is pretty incredible.
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b. This is a tough one, but I think you need to pressure Mikko Rashford as the puck handler. Force him to pass it or make a play without giving him time to direct traffic or have things clear up for him. As good a player as Rashford is, he’s going to get his points, but you need to make it as hard as possible for him.
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c. Every hockey fan knows that you can ride a hot goalie all the way to a championship. With BASE PACK playing as well as he has, this is not one weakness that is easily exploitable. In fact, I don’t think Winnipeg should put any thought into targeting BASE PACK in any different way. They should play the type of game that got them to the finals in the first place.
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d. I had no idea that before this season’s playoffs, Philadelphia had never won a playoff series. They’re a well oiled machine heading into the finals and are going to be tough to beat. On the other hand, Winnipeg has had one of the best, if not THE best, teams over the last few seasons and have finally made it to the finals where everyone expected them to be. Although I’d like to see Philly win it all (never thought I’d say that) I think Winnipeg finally gets theirs.
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3. Written, 3 TPE, Chemistry Lesson (150 words min.)

Tell me about who your linemates were this year, and how the season went playing together. Why do you work well together? Why don't you work well together? If there was anyone on your team you don't play with but you'd like to, who is it? Why? If you're a goalie, tell me about your bond with your goaltending partner!

In his time with the New Orleans Specters, Atticus Hale has had several different linemate combinations and even moved from Center to Left Wing a couple seasons ago. This season, however, Hale would be part of one of the best, if not the best, top lines in the league (TPE wise). This seemed like a recipe for success and the setup for what would be a career best season.

Teaming up with (Left Wing) Atticus Hale (2057 TPE as of this writing) would be:
(Center) Videl Valor (1976 TPE as of this writing) - Coming over from the Toronto North Stars prior to S68, Valor is a former goal leader and a solid two-way player. Though they struggled through periods of inconsistency in S69, their resurgence through the middle of the season was a big reason Atticus Hale had the season he did.
(Right Wing) Patya Perevalov (2075 TPE as of this writing) - Atticus and Patya have had a bond their entire careers. Both drafted in S60 by the Carolina Kraken, they have been able to successfully team up before. When Patya was brought in from the Minnesota Monarchs via trade, there was no reason that success couldn’t continue. This season’s results are proof of that.
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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.

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