1. Copy +3 TPE

6. Kristian Seppanen, the star right defenceman and assistant captain for the Atlanta Inferno hockey team, of the Atlantic Division of the Simulation Hockey League, otherwise known as the SHL, wouldn't cheer for either team in the SHL finals, because that would involve cheering for his opponents who he dearly doesn't want to win. If forced to, I suppose Kristian Seppanen would choose to root for the Tampa Bay Barracuda, because that is the team that eliminated Kristian Seppanen and his Atlanta Inferno from the 2nd round of the playoffs. The rationale behind this support is that theoretically if Tampa Bay Barracuda win the playoffs, if the Atlanta Inferno had beaten Tampa Bay Barracuda, it would be likely that the Atlanta Inferno would have won the cup. However, it is against Kristian Seppanen's competitive beliefs to root for an opposing team, let alone one that beat Kristian Seppanen in the playoffs. Kristian Seppanen wants to win, not cheer for his opponents who are winning. (163 words, +3 TPE)

11. The playoff structure sucks, there's no way around it. In a sim engine that is sporadic and unpredictable, earning home ice advantage is nice, but offers no guarantee that it actually computes to an actual advantage, particularly when the quality of opponents is so closely grouped. Atlanta Inferno got stuck against the Baltimore Platoon in the first round, who had 14 more regular season points (the equivalent of 7 more regular season wins) than the Toronto North Stars. Atlanta Inferno played the 6th best opponent in the conference in round 1, and the 12th best opponent in the entire playoffs, in an 8 teams per conference and 16 team overall playoff format, when the team was by far 1st overall in the standings. Then, in the 2nd round, we play a team with 90 regular season points, when the 2 other teams in the division had 54 and 79 respectively. A team that does well in the regular season to earn a home ice advantage and theoretically easier opponents to build streaks in the playoffs instead is met with a horrific playoff format that ultimately makes them face tougher teams and creates challenges building streaks and momentum in the playoffs. At best, the playoffs really should be restructured to be 1v16, 2v15, etc., but at worst, it should be 1v8 and so on per division. This provides the proper, well earned advantage of home ice and theoretically weaker opponents to build hot streaks on, as teams reach deeper in the playoffs. And teams should be re-seeded per round. (258 words, +4 TPE)

3+3+4 = 11 TPE, cap is 8 but natural buffer built in