Quote: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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Quote:4. Written, 3 TPE, Winter is Coming (150 words min.)
Unlike their rivals, who have literally never been bad, the Blizzard were deep in the doldrums not too many seasons ago. Now that they've reached the mountaintop, how did they pull off such a strong rebuild? What can other teams currently facing hard times learn from their success?

I will have to dive into my memory a little bit here, as I don’t remember the exact moves that Edmonton made while rebuilding since I think that was around a year ago now. But from what I recall they blew it up entirely and were really horrendously bad. They spent a few seasons at the bottom of the standings while stockpiling assets. Those players stuck together and stayed active, earning well, and they started dragging themselves out of that hole. They’ve been at or around the apex of their strength the last few seasons but just couldn’t get out of the conference. This year they’ve finally done it and moved on to the finals. Now that they are peaking, the question becomes how long can they make it last. Some teams spend a few seasons at the top but then age out because they have no trade chips to extend the window. The best teams manage their assets wisely and keep themselves in contention consistently. We will see where Edmonton goes from here.

Quote:12. Written, 2 TPE - The Procrastinator Special! (100 words min.)
Looks like [TEAM] won Season 73! Who won and why? What could the other team have done differently to change the result? What was your favorite part of the series?

I actually missed nearly the entire series, I’ve long felt like the fanfare of the finals is non existent and thought we need some kind of presence on the forums to drive that engagement. Otherwise teams who are out usually just stop paying attention and hibernate in their discord servers. But on topic, it looks like Edmonton got the job done, good for them. If not already, you can officially call their rebuild a success at this point. It turned out to be an incredibly close, back and forth series with a lot of entertaining looking high score games. You can’t ask for much better than game 7 coming down to the wire in a 1 goal game. It appears that Philadelphia’s high flying offense just couldn’t completely crack Edmonton’s strong defense, which is really commendable to Edmonton because Philly’s offense scored at will these playoffs.