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*LarryTheMVP* · 03-12-2023, 09:35 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.

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. A full scale rebuild is more impressive in my opinion, as Winnipeg needed to build with lower amount TPE players. As an expansion team, it is possible to draft players that are already solid in the SHL, even if they were not protected by their old team. Building with rookies needs more patience in my opinion, as you really need to draft well and hope your players will be active long enough. (72 words = 1 TPE)

b. I think it is a better idea to shutdown an elite playmaker like Rashford before shutting down goal scorers. Rashford is the main piece of Winnipeg's offense, so if you manage to shutdown them, you will be fine. Playmaker's vision is so good that they can make an almost impossible pass or they can squeeze through the defence. They also can hypnotized the opposing team's defence by handling the puck long enough so their teammates will be able to get open and claim the pass to score a goal. (89 words = 1 TPE)

c. An exhausted goalie, even if they are on fire, will start to weaken one day or another. If I'm Winnipeg, I just non-stop shoot on BASE PACK. A goalie that is that hot can be difficult to beat, but 500 saves in 17 GP is pretty high and BASE PACK will surely start getting exhausted. Sometimes a goalie is so hot that he has no weakness. He manages to expect where the pucks are being shoot every single time. But BASE PACK is human, exhaustion can cause him to lose a game and boom, momentum has change. (97 words. = 1TPE)

d. Well... it's too late to predict as the finals are already done, but I was hoping that Winnipeg would won the finals. JUST, Elias, Farquaads and Rashford are among my favorite players in the SHL. Lespoils is also one of my best friend IRL so I sure have a preference. He won one cup with Chicago, but quit Seattle just before they won their first Challenge Cup ever. He and Jess deserve the best in this league and I hope they will win another cup together if lespoils' new player manage to play with Elias. (95 words = 1 TPE)

4 TPE IN TOTAL

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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!

I played with AJ Williams and Chris McZherl Jr this year and I could not hope for better linemates. In Texas, we were called the Young Guns line as we are the youngest forwards on the team. The chemistry was awesome tbh, even if as a team it was difficult, we gave our 100% every game. Our roles are complementary and these guys were the best for me, as I think they are (with Boots and Dionne) are best players on the team. Texas' future is bright and I hope I will play with at least on rookie every season after this one. If Williams, McZherl and myself manage to work hard like we did last season, I'm sure we will make way more noise in the next couple seasons. We were very underrated I think because none of us managed to have more than a PPG, but we are also still young comparing to the best lines in the league. The Young Guns will come back stronger than ever and I also hope I will play with these guys for the rest of my career. (186 words)

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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.

S69 Milestones

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15. Written, 3 TPE, IIHF Analysis (150 words min.)

Write your predictions for this year's IIHF tournament or WJC! Tell me about your team! What are your expectations for your player? What teams are you watching out for this time around? Did last season's results surprise you?

My prediction is that Finland will win this year. I don't know what happened last season, but we were so close to win another final. Sweden is a pretty solid team, but I think we have that it takes to win it all again. With Svoboda, McHits, Kekkonen, Rashford and the others we are pretty stacked to be honest. I hope we will manage to at least go to the final again. Oh and it is also my first ever year as a IIHF player! I have an ordinary WJC career, but I hope I will be able to help Finland IIHF team! I know that my role will be a little one, but I will do everything I can to earn more and more TPE so I will be a solid player for our nation. I don't expect a lot from myself, but at least I hope I'll score some goals! LET'S GO WINLAND! (155 Words)

3 TPE

ALL 16 TPE ARE DONE!

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