S71 Championship Week!

S71 Championship Week!

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07-11-2023, 04:51 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.

Pickles

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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 has put together an impressive streak of Challenge Cup Finals appearances, but has no hardware to show for their dominance in the west so far. What do the Aurora have to do differently to get over the hump this year?

They need to figure out where their weaknesses are. I believe they are so offensively built that they can get away with running and gunning. But to an extent. The west has been worse overall than the east for a while now, and that is still in place. They can get away with the high powered offense with little emphasis on the d, but when the best of the east rears their heads, that strategy seems to not hold water.
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b. Buffalo, fresh off a rebuild, crushed their way through the first two rounds of these playoffs after coming in as a wildcard, scoring two consecutive sweeps against two of the best teams in the East. Have the Stampede convinced you? If so, what sold you?

I’m a firm believer in Buffalo. I think they can mark the rebuild complete and continue to enjoy their time in the light. That isn’t to say they can just back off, but they can potentially focus on trading out later picks for a potential jump in the first round and keep that prospect farm well stocked with high quality players.
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3. Written, 3 TPE, Guess Who's Back (150 words min.)

To say Winnipeg has been offensively dominant in their playoff run so far is needlessly charitable to their opponents. Lias Ekholm-Gunnarsson has *twenty nine points* in sixteen playoff games. Mikko Rashford has *twenty seven*. However, Rebecca Montaigne has a 0.888 save percentage for this run. Can Winnipeg's absurd offense finally get them over the hump, or do they need to patch up their defense if they want to outlast the Upstate Upstarts?

The biggest problem with Winnipeg’s plan is they get to essentially cruise right through to the finals. No knock to them, 3 in a row finals appearances is outstanding and should be recognized. The problem is they skate through the series without any serious competition. They are so much better on paper than any competition from the East. Adding on to that, if they run through the conference finals very quickly they risk going flat in the finals, which I’m sure no one on their team or any of their fans want to see.
Winnipeg needs to sort out their defense. Why is their goaltending so poorly when in the regular season they have one of the better d / goaltending groups. Do they need to pull back some of their high octane forwards? Are they letting up too many good chances? They need to figure out what to tweak, because they need to solve this issue. If they lose this series they are going to risk a riot back home.
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