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AJW · 02-02-2025, 12:14 PM

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caltroit_red_flames · 02-02-2025, 01:23 PM

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Written, 50 to 200+ words each. Short Prompts

Sydney Shaw has an incredible 6 powerplay goals leading the league this playoffs by 3x any other player, as a defenseman no less! Is there something San Francisco is doing differently to make Shaw a power play sniper?

A total of 5 goals separates SFP and TBB’s goal differentials. The difference? SFP has 17 goals from Logan Webb with most of his teammates just feeding him puck while TBB has no player besides 1 to have less than 2 goals scored this playoffs. Which team’s strategy is more likely to pay off in these finals and why?

Both Tibuk Soonika and Justin Time are playing extremely well for their teams, boasting very similar numbers all around. Soonika does have the edge on goals save above average however. Will this give the advantage to Tampa Bay going into the finals, or will SFP find a way to outdo the goalie playing above expectations?

If the SHL finals were to be held in another country this season, where would the best place be and why?

Which team would your player root for in the finals and why?

Who you got? Who wins the Challenge Cup or Four Star Cup? Why?

2. I guess the answer here is sort of. When you have a player with the talent to be an absolute sniper regardless of their position they're going to be the ones who ultimately make it happen, but as a coach you're the one who puts a player in the position to score the goals and recognize the talent in them. The coach did a great job here.
3. I think the best strategy is always to work as a team. Now that doesn't necessarily mean SFP isn't working as a team, but the strategy of passing to one person and letting them finish isn't the way I would do it. I'd have to go with Tampa Bay's strategy. I'd rather have a whole group trying to score than one person doing everything.
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5. The best place to hold the finals would be probably be in Canada. You're kind of weighing the merits of selling more tickets in an already existing hockey market vs trying to create a new hockey market by having the finals there. I think this is too important of the money maker to use as a method of growing the game which would generally use an exhibition game for.
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7. I have to go with the San Francisco Pride in this one. They have a proven track record and while their window is going to close soon that is only a motivator for the older players who know this could be their last kick at the proverbial can. Tampa Bay will have their time, I just don't think it's now.

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8. Written, 50 to 200+ words. Dynasty in the Making

San Francisco has made the finals for two seasons in a row now and has won the cup twice in the last 5 seasons with a chance to make it 3. What has made San Francisco so successful? Is it immaculate drafting? Coaching? Hard work from each of their players? All of the above? Should teams learn from SFP and emulate what they’ve done to get their time in the limelight?

I think what it takes to be great in the SHL is completely different from what it takes in real life hockey. In the SHL the main thing you need is commitment. San Francisco's players absolutely are committed and so are the managers. As long as your group is committed to growing together and staying the course you can expect some level of success. Beyond that in order to have a great amount of success you need your players to all peak around the same time. The managers did an excellent job of putting together a team of extremely talented players who are committed to the Pride. Given the choices that were given in the question, I suppose it'd come down to immaculate drafting. Knowing which players are going to stick out the rebuild and bud into stars really is the biggest and most important thing for a franchise. The best way to get a star on your team is always to make it happen from within rather than through a trade.

MrRuihu · 02-02-2025, 01:30 PM

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ec06aaj · 02-02-2025, 01:48 PM

1. Zugzwang (although having checked, I can't confirm that the TBB question is actually correct unless the portal information is wrong)

3. I've always felt that it is simply better to have your eggs (or goals) spread among a team rather than San Francisco's model of feeding Logan Webb and letting him rack the points up, purely and simply because if you funnel all your offense through one person if that person goes cold suddenly, you're left flailing and scrambling for a better option. A system where you can simply plug and play means you're never going to be completely screwed by injuries or the tips and whatnot.

Now, did this work out? Apparently not, but I still think this is the right approach rather than pointing at a star player and demanding they play at a goal-per-game pace in the toughest games of the season. Besides, it's not as bad as it looks - Oskar Scholz finished tied for third in playoff goals with 11, only Alexi Piastri, Shawn Pawn (both on 12) and Webb above him.

10. In and of itself, you can reasonably argue that regular season success is irrelevant if it doesn't convert into postseason success, but I think the season we in Seattle have had has gone some way to countering that argument. We've been a bottom feeder for a few years and through prioritising younger talent from the S74 and S75 drafts have put together a good foundation to build on, but I went into this year expecting a small jump - maybe sneaking into the playoffs as an 8th seed, or at least being in the scrap, rather than the legitimately surprising periods of domination we had. Obviously, none of it translated into playoff wins, but to an extent I feel expecting it to would have been unreasonable. We got hot, our next is certainly going to be to keep that heat and build on it so that level of play is the norm, having success there was just as important because it proved we had the talent to do it.

KlusteR · 02-02-2025, 02:35 PM

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ShiawaseKoyorinium

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3. A total of 5 goals separates SFP and TBB’s goal differentials. The difference? SFP has 17 goals from Logan Webb with most of his teammates just feeding him puck while TBB has no player besides 1 to have less than 2 goals scored this playoffs. Which team’s strategy is more likely to pay off in these finals and why?

Dread it, run from it - San Francisco's WWS (Webb-Winters-Schattenaxt) line scores all the same. During their first Challenge Cup conquest in Season 76, Dominik Winters was the Razov winner thanks to a production that hasn't been matched since... Logan Webb this season. The center and right winger duo show why they're the most potent offensive threat in the league game in and game out, and it's going to be difficult for any team to match their pace over a full sixty minutes. And if you think you should attack this line with your best offensive tools to keep them hemmed into their own zone, well... that's the entire reason for Schattenaxt's presence on that line - providing offense through quick puck recuperation and transition play.

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8. Written, 50 to 200+ words. Dynasty in the Making

San Francisco has made the finals for two seasons in a row now and has won the cup twice in the last 5 seasons with a chance to make it 3. What has made San Francisco so successful? Is it immaculate drafting? Coaching? Hard work from each of their players? All of the above? Should teams learn from SFP and emulate what they’ve done to get their time in the limelight?

In all honesty, it's a combination of all those factors. The Season 71 draft class obviously has a lot to do with it, since it gave the team its entire first line within the first five picks of the draft, but they made some great moves to supplement it - Viktor Hargreeves was an amazing pick in Season 68 alongside Toasty O'Bigbers Söderberg-Snooks, and so was Oskar Scholz in Season 69, but they also got to where they are by being aggressive on the trading market. They snatched another Season 71 high draft pick by trading for Mercedes Baylé in Toronto, nabbed a top pairing defensewoman in Sydney Shaw while she was in Winnipeg, and then pounced on a perenial Top 5 goalie in the league when they grabbed Edmonton's Justin Time - and that's not even counting the big free agency get of Edzus Ozolins in the off-season prior to their first Challenge Cup in franchise history. The core has been in place for quite a few seasons now, and their chemistry on the ice is undeniable - which simplifies the coaches' job when devising their schemes, both on offense and defense. Their ability to incorporate new elements to that core, which still has a few seasons left of gas left in their tank before regression washes them away, should be terrifying for the rest of the league, as the window is not quite closed yet in northern California.

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Stamkos Is My Dad · 02-02-2025, 02:50 PM

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wizard_literal · 02-02-2025, 03:21 PM

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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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NordicNailer · 02-02-2025, 03:21 PM

1. cw Trivia. 3 TPE
Verification word : Tengil

Written 6. 236 words, 4 TPE
- It is a warm summer night. Abbe Wass and his friends are at the lake house 3 hours south of where they live. The mood in the group is good. Everybody got drinks in their hands, sunscreen on their backs and sandals on their feet.
The conversations are friendly and delightfully.
Its mostly talk about nothing. How that nice lady at the store looked really starstrucked When they bought candy the other day. Or how Mike in Monsters inc compensates his one eye by dating a girl with a redicolus amount of eyes.
At some point the topic sport enter and the friends starts to talk about every sport they can possible name. After a while a heated discussion occur, about wich SHL teams that will make it to the finals in playoff.
Abbe are a believer that New Orleans will have a great season and be one of the finalists. On that note One person burst out laughing loudly and tells everybody that he not only belive that the Tampa bay will make it to the finals. He makes a promise that if Tampa bay doesent win, he will run naked with only a sock on his wiener.
So when the day for the first final game comes Abbe are rooting or San Fransisco. Not because he wants to se nude people in the streets. But because of that obnoxious laugh
he did at Abbe.

Written 10. 112 words, 2 TPE
What you do in practice is how you will react in the game.
And with that said teams cant sleep during the regular time of the season. if they play bad in the regular the players wont be in the harmony that is needed for success in playoffs.
But at the same time the team cant give their all every game of the season, they also need to save some of the energy to the playoffs.
That would make the ideal place to end in the regular season is somewhere between place 2 and 5. The higher the easier teams you get to play in the first round. Atleast on the paper.

***JaytheGreat*** · 02-02-2025, 04:24 PM

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2. Sydney Shaw has an incredible 6 powerplay goals leading the league this playoffs by 3x any other player, as a defenseman no less! Is there something San Francisco is doing differently to make Shaw a power play sniper?

As a play power merchant offensively myself I love watching what Shaw has been doing during the postseason so far. Honestly it's a mix of luck, skill and what seems to small tweaks in San Fran's power play set up. What I've noticed is Sydney finding and getting to more open ice which lets her get more shots on net. Next thing I'm seeing is Shaw is being more of a shooter with the puck instead of a facilitator, she's moving around more, going to the bumpers instead of just sticking to the slot, meaning her shots are also coming for more dangerous areas. It's great to see and I believe Shaw will continue the great pace into the Finals. (126 words +2 TPE)

Rest In Peace Dangel

1st SHL Goal - S52 Game 1 vs Tampa 3. New England Wolfpack , Jakub Bruchevski 1 (Eko Van Otter 1, Delver Fudgeson 2) at 8:10

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SewingWithNancy · 02-02-2025, 04:35 PM

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zeagle1 · 02-02-2025, 05:11 PM

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Sizz · 02-02-2025, 05:18 PM

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Brenadyr · 02-02-2025, 05:29 PM

1. CW Trivia, Waffle - 3 TPE, 3/8 Total

3. I feel that the Tampa Bay Barracuda's strategy should pay off more in the long run. If you are rely on one player for most of your goals, all it takes to really shut you down is a bad game day or intentional targeting, like through goons and shadows. It is much harder to shut down a team when every member is a threat. Then again if your one player is that good, maybe it is because they are just that much better than everyone else and targeting them and shutting them down is not a viable strategy, they are the best for a reason. 105 words, +2 TPE, 5/8 Total

6. Jauhnne would not have a strong preference for either team winning, he is just happy to see some high level hockey being played. In fact he wants it to be a seven game series, two evenly matched teams duking it out until the very end, he loves the suspense and drama of that kind of situation. 56 words, + 1 TPE, 6/8 Total

10. The regulars seasons standings, while not one hundred percent accurate, are a fairly useful standard on which to base one's guess as to who will win playoffs. After all, if a team did well all season it is most likely due to the team being a strong team, and a team barely squeaking by is probably not the strongest team. You can not ignore the regular season either, one cannot risk their spot in playoffs. That being said the regular season standings are not the be all end all, upsets and underdog stories exist and are always a blast to watch happen. 102 words, +2 TPE, 8/8 Total

Kybel · 02-02-2025, 06:00 PM

Writing prompt 1:
Verification word: Gadget

Writing prompt 2:
Sydney Shaw’s dominance on the power play during these playoffs is nothing short of remarkable. Scoring six power-play goals as a defenseman, leading the league by three times more than any other player, is an extraordinary feat that raises the question: What is San Francisco doing differently to make Shaw such a lethal power-play weapon?
One possible explanation is the team’s strategic setup on the man advantage. Some teams prefer to run their power play through a forward positioned at the half-wall, but San Francisco may be utilizing a more blue-line-focused approach, setting up Shaw as the primary shooter. This would allow them to take advantage of Shaw’s strong shot, positioning them at the point or in a spot where they can step into one-timers.
Another factor could be San Francisco’s ability to generate traffic in front of the net. Even the hardest shot is ineffective if the goalie has a clear line of sight, but if the Pride are consistently screening the goaltender or creating chaos in front, Shaw’s blasts from the point become much more dangerous. Additionally, their playmakers could be deliberately feeding Shaw, recognizing their hot hand and making them the focal point of their power play offense.
It’s also worth considering Shaw’s personal skill set. Some defensemen are naturally inclined to distribute the puck, while others have a more aggressive, goal-scoring mentality. Shaw’s ability to step up in these high-pressure situations and convert chances suggests they have both a shoot-first mentality and the accuracy to make it count.

Whatever the reason, San Francisco’s power play is clearly running through Sydney Shaw, and their ability to capitalize on their defenseman’s scoring touch is proving to be a game-changing asset in these playoffs.

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