1. Verification word: Sven (3 TPE)

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.

I'd love to play against BEN JAMMIN. He's always off in the general channel of the SHL discord talking about wanting to throw hands and press me up against the boards, but then he goes and gets eliminated in the second round. I don't know if he's all talk, I feel like if he really wanted to do all of this stuff he would try harder to make it happen, but maybe he's just playing hard to get. If it ever does happen, it will definitely be on his birthday though, I know that much. He's always making excuses about how they have to face up against Winnipeg or Big Willie Miller, but we just beat Winnipeg so I feel like where there's a will there's a way. I just know that when we meet up there better be reinforced boards, until then I'll be rooting for Chicago to make it to the finals where we'll be waiting.

6. Written, 2 TPE, Hopeful Haiku

New England Wolfpack
Game 7 in every round won
The cup is now ours

7. Milestones, 3 TPE

14. Written, 3 TPE, IIHF Analysis (150 words min.)
Write your predictions for this year's IIHF tournament or WJC! Tell me about your team! How far do you realistically expect to go this year? What nations do you want to match up against, and which do you dread? What are your expectations for your player?

Great Britain had a good showing last season, grabbing a bronze medal after missing out on medal series for a couple seasons. We're not content with that though, Great Britain will be celebrating the coronation of a new leader with Gold. Sven Svechnikov and Makrus "The Tater" Jager had a great season in New England bringing the cup home and now they'll have to opportunity to add to their trophy cabinet by grabbing a gold medal in the offseason. The obvious favorites will be Canada and Sweden (like every other season) but Great Britain never gives up. They're the only country calling themselves Great on the national stage so they've got an obvious leg up in the mental department. Seriously, where's Great Sweden? Great Canada? If they wanted to be on the same level as Great Britain then they'd rethink their branding. The league might as well just hand over the gold medals now.

17. Written, 2 TPE - The Procrastinator Special! (100 words min.)
Congratulations, procrastinator!  Through my most gracious scheduling error, you’ve won a special task! [TEAM] has won it all! Were the playoffs as you expected this year, or were there some surprises? Who were you hoping would take it - Winnipeg's redemption tour or the fresh-faced Wolfpack? What did you like or not like about this season?

Oh hey, we're the CHAMPIONS. New England Wolfpack took the longest possible route to getting the cup, playing 28 games and winning 4 consecutive game 7s to bring the cup home. We had no easy series and came out on top in each one, knocking off top seeds in both conferences. The best part is that New England's window is just opening, so we hope to be on top for a while. Also, if Olof Karsikko doesn't get playoff MVP, I'm rioting. His goaltending was nothing short of legendary in these playoffs (seriously, just look at some of the goaltender playoff records).

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