S70 Championship Week

S70 Championship Week

marco999
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05-12-2023, 09:54 PM (This post was last modified: 05-12-2023, 10:21 PM by marco999. Edited 2 times in total.)

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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.

Verification word: kaapo

+3 TPE - 3/16

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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. Winnipeg made the finals last year and came up just short against the Forge. Last year, their offense ran through Mikko Rashford - this year, their top line has been much more of a balanced attack, with Gonzo Gobbledygook and Lias Ekholm-Gunnarsson stepping up hard. Does this make Winnipeg a stronger team, or would it be better to spread this firepower out and run multiple scoring lines?

b. New England finds themselves in a similar situation to Winnipeg's last year: star winger Petr Svoboda has an absurd 30 points in 23 playoff games at the time this is posted. 18 of those are goals, 12 are assists: how do you shut this guy down?

a) I think having a more balanced team helps you no matter what the situation is. Just look at the Toronto Maple Leafs, they're very top heavy and always struggle in the playoffs, so I think by having a more balanced attack it helps your team. Don't forget about the veterans in the bottom line that can score as well, they're just as important !

b) I think it's time to send out the goos to get him. There are always bottom line players who understand their roles is to shut down the opponents. I think there's no better candidate to do this than pesky veteran Kaapo Kampainen, who was once part of the Wolfpack organizationa and is willing to prove to his former team that they made a mistake trading him away all those years ago.

+2 TPE - 5/16

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3. Written, 3 TPE, History Repeating (150 words min.)

Tell me about something good that happened in your SHL career which you hope will happen again! What is it, what will it look like? Did it happen to your current player or one of your former players? What can you do to stack the odds in your favor?

Kaapo Kampainen is getting old, there's no denying that, but despite his advanced age and his clear regression, he still hasn't lifted the cup. He came close numerous times during his time with the Winnipeg Aurora, but was never able to win the coveted championship. Now deep in regression, Kaapo has scored more goals than ever this season with an impressive 38 goals in 68 games. I hope that history will repeat itself and Kaapo will once again break his personal goal record and score at least fifty. There's basically no chance it will happen, but one man can hope! I also hope the Winnipeg Aurora will be able to go back to the finals, but here is where I hope history doesn't actually repeat itself, I want to be able to win a damn championship before I retire. There is no denying Kaapo's career will come to an end sooner than later, so it would be nice to win something before he retires.

+3 TPE - 8/16 TPE

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5. Written, 3 TPE, Blood on the Ice (150 words min)

Continuing with the branding wars: this year's final features the return of the glowing bear god against a fresh opponent - a mighty wolfpack! This one seems slanted in the bear god's favor, but don't count the wolves out so easily! Tell me who wins and why! The arena and the rules of the fight can be whatever you desire. Get creative!

Even if his opponent changes, I still think the mighty bear god would be able to defeat any opponent sent its way. I mean it is a literal god, there's no way you can defeat it, even if you are a pack of wolves. Even if the wolves decide to circle him and bite his calves all at the same time, the god would just kick them all away at once. I think I once said that there is a laser beam coming out of its eyes so it would just pulverise the wolves and leave them in a pack of dust. The wolves could work as a team though, which could make things harder for the bear god, but there is still no way anything is able to beat that mighty bear god. Now that I think about it, there is nothing in the league that would actually beat him, so I don't really know what to write about this prompt anymore.

+3 TPE - 11/16 TPE

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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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+3 TPE - 14/16 TPE

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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?

Honestly, I did not think I would have to face the New England Wolfpack in the finals and it looks like the team wasn't ready to face them either because we lost the series, but oh well... there is nothing I can do about it now. I think the playoffs went as expected for the Winnipeg Aurora, we didn't have much trouble to reach the finals, but I think it was an upset that the Wolfpack was able to defeat us. I did not even think the Wolfpack would make the finals, I thought we would get our rematch against the Philadelphia Forge! The rest of the playoffs went as I planned if I remember correctly!

+2 TPE - 16/16