S78 Championship Week

S78 Championship Week Due: Sunday, September 29th @ 11:59 PM PST

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09-22-2024, 04:41 PM (This post was last modified: 09-26-2024, 11:24 AM by hockeyfan. Edited 1 time in total.)

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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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Written, 50 to 200+ words each. Short Prompts

6. How was the season for you player? What you expect from next one?

Ace Lightning, at the peak of his TPE ladder, had the best season of his career and helped Toronto have their best season in some time. It was his first season as a plus player, being +14 after previously being -85 for his career. Lightning put up personal best numbers in assists (30), points (44), PP goals (10), even strength assists (20), shots (234), takeaways (61), defensive game rating (79) and game rating (67). He also fared well on the advanced stats side of things, putting up positive corsi stats for the first time, showing that being on a good team certainly is beneficial for a player. Unfortunately, this success still pales in comparision to the upper echelon of defensemen in the SHL, and it is clear that Ace Lightning is still not an all-star defender and is not even in the same
conversation as players like Jolngustraaduvich DuBolk and Elena Maximova. This next season will be a big one for Ace, as Toronto looks to take the next step towards playoff success and will need Lightning to have his best season yet as he enters regression for the first time. I expect Lightning to have another career season, perhaps putting up another 15 goals and increasing his assist total to reach the 50 point plateau. Will that mean an all-star appearance? Only time will tell.

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9. Written, 50 to 200+ words. It Has Been A While

Tampa Bay has potential to end the longest standing cup drought in the league, even longer than what San Francisco ended by winning their first cup in S76, and even if they fall short here they should be in position to be competing for cup for seasons to come. But even as we have seen some droughts end there are still multiple teams that have had to wait for more than 25 seasons by now. Toronto hasn’t won since S35, Minnesota since S39, Baltimore since S47, Calgary since S50 and Manhattan since S52, which of these teams do you think is in best position to end their drought and why?

The Toronto North Stars are the next team to beat the drought and win the cup, on the heels of their offensive depth. Lasse Ziegler, newly acquired James Ward-Prowse, Filip Svatos, Aumy Junior II, Florian Soderberg-Motyla just to name a few, will be counted on in waves to keep the scoring going, and there is evidence to back it up that they can produce. Their goaltending has improved once again with Denebor Milasch, and although top defenseman Bender Junior has entered his final season, him, Lightning, Kirkpatrick and Physt has got to be considered one of the best top fours in the league.

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