S73 Championship Week

S73 Championship Week

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11-16-2023, 10:07 PM (This post was last modified: 11-16-2023, 10:12 PM by raymond3000. Edited 1 time in total.)

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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. Two new finalists mark the end of a dynasty in the west and the return of an old heavyweight in the east. Pick either of our finalists, and tell me what about them impresses you the most!

b. The Forge have won a cup with this core, while the Blizzard are sniffing this air for the first time in a while. Who would you rather be - the veteran team that's been here and won it before, or the hungry youngsters taking their first shot at glory?

c. The Blizzard upended a long-time nemesis in the Aurora to get here, while the Forge avenged several previous losses to the Wolfpack as well. Who had the more impressive victory to punch their ticket to the cup final, and why?

d. If it ain't broke don't fix it: Who you got? Who wins? Why?

a. Both teams impress me for different reasons. Edmonton has done an incredible job to build up a team that will contend for several seasons while never truly bottoming out and rebuilding - defying conventional SHL wisdom. Meanwhile Philadelphia just continues to chug along year after year with top prospects coming in to replace aging players.
b. Even if I think Philadelphia's experience and veteran core give them the edge in this Challenge Cup finals, I would rather be on the Edmonton Blizzard - who havent won a cup with this team and haven't won a cup at all in twenty plus seasons. There's nothing like winning a cup for the first time.
c. Philadelphia's win over the New England Wolfpack was the more impressive victory as the Wolfpack had won back to back presidents trophies while playing in the tougher Eastern Conference. Winnipeg are no slouches of course, and are also the defending champions, but started to show signs of weakness this season as their core is beginning to age out of their primes.

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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?

The Edmonton Blizzard won the Season Seventy Three Challenge Cup Finals, defeating the Philadelphia Forge in a thrilling seven game series. Incredibly, the away team won every single game in this finals, disappointing fans in the stadiums. Philly had the home ice 'advantage' in this series, and winning just one of those four games at home would have allowed them to win the cup. Perhaps they should played worse in the regular season to allow Edmonton to have home ice during the finals since apparently neither team could win in their own arenas. My favorite part of the series was seeing a new team win the Challenge Cup.

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S73 Championship Week - by Zerg - 11-09-2023, 07:29 PM

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