Trivia: Betelgeuse (3 tpe)


Prompt 5: As someone who has a longer name in real life, it’s a definite disadvantage for Tampa Bay. It’s all mental: more of their players would have difficulty remembering their teammates’ names, the announcers would have more opportunities to mispronounce the names, and the fans have a combo of both. All of this serves to lower Tampa Bay’s morale, as they are rarely referred to by their actual names but instead by numbers on the ice. When you see your opponents being referred to by their full names with respect, but then you’re simply pushed off with the title of number fifty, you have to put as much effort into ignoring that as facing the other team on the ice. (Word count 119, 2 tpe)


Prompt 6: James’s final season in the SMJHL was fun to watch, but a little disappointing overall. Hitting the cap for my TPE last season meant I didn’t get to see any marked improvement, and so I felt like I had less control over what was happening. Especially as our team tactics were outclassed pretty often. (Word count 54, 1 tpe)

Prompt 9: It might be (or really, certainly is) bias from my end but Calgary is in a great spot over the next few seasons to end their cup drought. The team’s used impressive Realpolitik to scoop up a lot of early drafts over the previous few seasons. This has come back to bite a little bit since they fell behind on this draft which is full of consistently active members, but what they’ve gained over the previous few is strong. What I understand of the GM’s plans might take some time to pay off with chemistry building and of course getting all of these J prospects to full SHL levels but once it all comes together Calgary will be a definite threat for the cup. (Word count 124, 2 tpe)

Total TPE: 8