S74 Championship Week! 1/21 DEADLINE

S74 Championship Week! 1/21 DEADLINE

fubaguy
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01-16-2024, 12:39 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.

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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 old faces are back in the ring, proving reports of the dynasty’s demise were greatly exaggerated! Pick either of our finalists, and tell me what about them impresses you the most!

b. Upsets were a theme this year - which of our finalists had the more difficult road to the promised land and why?

c. Which of the finalists had the more impressive conference finals victory, and why?

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

A) I have to pick New England for most impressive. I mean at the time off writing this they already won the cup. They finished ninth one seed above Winnipeg but they beat Buffalo and Philadelphia the second and third best team in the league and they did it with only three losses to both of them.

B) I kind of just wrote about this in the last topic but again it was New England. Buffalo and Philadelphia second and third best teams in the regular season, Winnipeg best two wins where beating Texas and Chicago. Those two where only the sixth and seventh best team. Unfortunately neither team beat the top seed in Edmonton.

C) Yet again I have to pick New England and for basically the same reasons I've already mentioned. Philadelphia was the third best team and New England won in six games a comfortable season. San Francisco was the 14th best team so Winnipeg was the higher seed and favorites in that match up so I can't pick them.

D) Well the finals are already over as the time of writing this but if you asked me before the series I would have picked Winnipeg to win due to wanting Sydney Shaw to win the cup. Logically though I would say New England was the favorites but yeah I'm biased.

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5. Written, 3 TPE, Upset City (150 words min)

An impressive string of upsets took place this season, especially in the West with San Francisco’s Cinderella run. Which upset series impressed you most, why, and what in that series sticks out most in your memory? For the purposes of this task, any series won by the lower seed is an upset.

I mean you have to pick San Francisco over Edmonton right? Its the obvious choice as the most impressive upset clearly. If it was the most impressive run then its hands down New England run as they actually completed a Cinderella run this playoffs wining the cup. Still the most impressive upset was San Francisco win over Edmonton. Like come on the fourteenth seed beating the number one seed is crazy! Not to mention San Francisco won the series four to two having a game to spare. San Francisco started the series verses Edmonton perfectly with a guts overtime win followed by a seven to two blow put San Francisco in the driver seat. They then went on to loose a blow out to Edmonton in game three but bounced back with five to two win in game four to make the series a comfortable three to one. They then loose a close one and then win a close one to complete the very impressive upset. It might be the biggest upset in SHL in the playoffs.