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:5. Written, 3 TPE, Haven't I seen this already (150 words min.)
SHL has a playoffs setup that has teams in the same division playing each other for the first two rounds.With only 5 teams in each division it often means that same teams play versus each other season after season. This can lead to good rivalries but also get pretty repetitive. Do you think this is a good structure or would you like to see it changed? Why? You can but don't have to ignore limits of FHM.

I'll answer this one since I have a similar opinion on the NHL's playoff structure. I think a divisional set up an definitely start to get old/annoying when playing the same teams a lot of the time. That get's magnified even more so when you have one division being stronger than the other. I recall the Great Lakes division in the past with a ton of very strong teams in it, namely Buffalo and Hamilton. They had both been good forever and were just roadblocking any other teams from making it out of the division. You can see this at times too with the NHL, the Atlantic for example has been really strong the last few years with Toronto, Tampa Bay, Boston and Florida all top teams, and then you have teams that have had playoff hopes in Buffalo, Ottawa and Detroit who just haven't been able to squeeze in. For those reasons I prefer (and miss) the old 1-8 conference format that the NHL used to use. I thought it gave more balanced matchups and you also got more variety in not playing the same teams over and over.

Quote:13. Written, 2 TPE - The Procrastinator Special! (100 words min.)
Looks like [TEAM] won Season 76! Who won and why? What could the other team have done differently to change the result? What was your favorite part of the series

San Francisco took home the challenge cup in 5 games, and I'm not entirely sure, but I believe this may be their 1st ever challenge cup? I don't know if perhaps they got one as Portland, but that was before my time. Either way, congratulations to San Francisco! The Pride offense was dominant these playoffs, even more so than what has been a dominant offense the last few seasons in Baltimore. I've felt as though the offense/defense has been a little imbalanced in favour of offense in Baltimore, perhaps they are just lacking that one missing piece on the blue line? I think they've still got some time in their core, so we'll see what happens.