9: In my opinion, tanking can cause a lot of negative effects on an organization. First of which is that is overall hurts the morale of any veteran in their prime, knowing that they’re about to be shipped off to any team. Another problem would potentially be an infinite rebuild which the Minnesota Monarchs suffered through from the late S50’s to the early S70’s. Having a longer period of success, aka retooling is why teams such as the Panthers, Pride, and Forge remain near or at the top of the league. You’d only have to hit on your selections and plan out when a player needs to be replaced. For example, if someone in the J surpasses one of your main roster players in TPE, you move them to acquire draft capital. This works because it keeps the locker room active and you’ll see consistent growth and success on the ice while you keep your roster plan to monitor any and all TPE changes.
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11-21-2024, 11:38 AM(This post was last modified: 11-23-2024, 03:58 PM by spidey. Edited 1 time in total.)
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Option 2:
Gnabe Dabson and Tony Soprano have been nothing short of phenomenal these playoffs and there accomplishment should have them in the discussion for the Anton Razov trophy. But they have feasted in the East which has been weaker than the West in the past few seasons. To say it gives them an advantage would be a mistake as the San Fransico Pride play a team centric game focusing on all three zones and line matching to take advantage of most opponents. This should help neutralize this potent attack and give the Pride the win. There is no I in team after all, relying on a few star players would be a downfall during the playoffs.
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Option 4.
Justin Time is turing back the clock with his play during these playoffs. (Pun intended) He has been nothing short of phenomenal putting the team on his back and carrying them through the first three rounds. He has not done it alone as the entire team has rallied in front of Time to help him in their quest for a second cup. They have helped keep the front of the net clear and worked hard to own the zone. With the combination of the team in front of him and Justin playing like it is season 72, the Pride are going to be too difficult for the Forge to break their goalie. While I expect Philadelphia to win a game or two, the Pride's goalie will stand strong in this one.
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Option 5.
There is so much talent and depth for the Pride it is hard to single out just one player who could have an offensive impact, the ageless Viktor Hargreeves and his life long linemate Oskar Scholz can be counted on for a ton of offense. Mercedes Bayle is an offensive machine that can slot anywhere on the teams lineup.
The person I am going to single out is Edzus Ozolins, he is the glue on this team and a rally point for their success. He had produced some fantastic numbers so far during the playoffs but had yet to score a game winning goal. My prediction he will score the championship goal to bring the cup back to San Francisco.
Written, 50 to 200+ words each. Short Prompts
2. Gnabe Dabson leads in both goals and points while Tony Soprano is second for both. Is that enough to give offensive advantage to Philadelphia?
3. Cale Salad is currently 6 points ahead of next defencemen in points for these playoffs, if they keep it up could we see defenceman winning Anton Razov?
4. High end offensive talent is cool and all but Justin Time is ahead of BASE PACK on save%, goals against average and goals saved above average. Can Philadelphia solve them or is it Time for another Challenge Cup in San Francisco?
5. San Francisco has more goals scored per games played than Philadelphia, mostly because of their depth scoring. Which players that aren’t part of first powerplay unit do you expect to have high impact in this series?
6. Which team to miss out from the Finals was best in your opinion? Why them?
7. This time for J: Who you got? Who wins the Four Star Cup? Why?
2. This is a bit of a loaded question because you must look at how these two players are hurting the opposition. Of 36 points heading into the finals, Gnabe Dabson has managed an impressive 25 of those at even strength – 4 higher than the next best performer in the finals (Logan Webb, 21). Soprano, meanwhile, has done a lot more damage on special teams. In fact, the Hazbite-Soprano-Wingmate-Roc has struggled quite a bit at even strength play so far in the playoffs. I don’t believe the current numbers put up by Dabson and Soprano are indicative of who has an advantage, I think it will come down to special teams play and staying out of the box in general because SFP can really cash in on the powerplay.
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4. It has been said that the sim engine hates BASE PACK. I am not sure if that is true or if he is just bad, but I think Justin Time offers his team a big advantage going into this matchup based on that and statistics as well. The only glimmer of hope for Philadelphia is that BASE PACK stood tall in ending the conference finals in games 5 & 6, finally bringing his save % up to 0.899.
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5. This prompt is interesting because it ignores the difference in even strength vs. special teams’ production. While Philadelphia has two more games player, they also have 5 of the top 10 even strength point producers and 8 of the top 14. Marek Carda has logged among the least special teams time so far on either team yet sits in a 5-way tie among all the players for fourth in even strength production with 17 points. It appears that San Francisco plays a more offensive style overall while also having a more productive special teams’ unit, either through coaching or opportunity. I don’t think that secondary scoring is necessarily lacking on either team – however it should be noted that only three wingers have 10 or fewer points so far and two of those are on the Pride. If you want to watch out for players who don’t accumulate powerplay minutes, focus should go to Mercedes Bayle and Viktor Hargreeves for SFP and Graj Virrok, Leonard Wood, and Marek Carda for PHI. Additionally, a dark horse contributor so far for the Forge is Barg Hazbite, who has both skill and a productive playoff in his history but hasn’t yet shown up this season. I think that this will be an interesting matchup of two different styles.
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6. I think the best team (with a small sample size) not in the finals was Manhattan due to their performance against the Eastern finalist in round 1. Leaning into the underdog role, the Rage got some stellar netminding while taking advantage of lapses in the Philadelphia end to give them a real run. Honorable mention to Texas, Atlanta, and Calgary for their performances as well.
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