1. Tea (3)
2. (4)
a. My belief has generally been of the opinion that having a more balanced top to bottom strength is what gets you to win consistently. Ultimately what you're hoping for isn't that one of the lines has a good night but that across the board that they're outplaying their opposition and by extension, the entire team.
b. Increasingly it's starting to feel like this league is getting to the point where there's almost no point in trying to shut any particular player or offense down. Instead the best thing to do is to maximize your own offense so that even if they score 3, you just do your best to score 4 or more.
c. Shot numbers appear to be increasingly deceiving in their value. IF you asked me 5 to 10 seasons ago, it almost felt as though that any number of shots was a good type of shot because you were essentially testing the goalie to make a mistake or to get a greasy rebound somehow. These days the quality of the shooters have increased to the point where it almost doesn't matter how many or how little they take.
d. Obviously a little late to the party but I would have confidently said Winnipeg takes it for a variety of reasons. Team structure and overall 'deservedness' if that even makes any sense. After seasons of pain and disappointment, it feels as thought this could or should be their time but it appears to not be the case...

3. (3)
This is such a tough tie. I would like to give the good team answer and say that getting to the finals and finally winning a Challenge Cup is what I would like to see happen again, especially with the joy that the entire team gets from this experience. There's been so many promising runs that have been victim of tough opposition that we haven't quite gotten over the hump against. That being said, this was the case when Chicago last won it's last Challenge Cup. However it really seems to be getting to the point where getting even into the Finals would be considered an absolute win on its own merit. Barring that type of situation happening, maybe something more selfish and fantastical would be the idea that I break the SHL Goal Scoring record again. I had hoped it would stand for longer and considering where my player is in his stage of his career that's essentially impossible but it would still be nice to dream of a situation like that.

6. (2)

Updating is hard
Even with consistency
Still give GMs fear

7. (2)
2 Milestone TPE

17. (2)
Something that I have already referenced is the wild scoring rates that seem to be happening in the SHL. Some of it can be chalked up to the salt as a part of somebody who previously held the record but is now long forgotten with the regularity in which these records are broken, but this wild pendulum of select players on each team make it feel like a bit of a rich get richer situation. It's not entirely true because there's so much variation that you can't typically expect the same players (usually) to continue to have outstanding seasons. But in some ways it would be nice to see some of that wealth spread out through the rest of the team. I suppose the downside in that is not really feeling 'exceptional' if the deviations were minor.