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*slothfacekilla* · 11-07-2019, 02:20 PM

1. Welfare claim: NSFL PT (3 TPE I think? over 200 words)

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9. Graphics, 3 TPE

Your team is looking to put a new mural outside the locker room. Design what the mural will look like and be sure to represent your team and city!

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10. Graphic, 2 TPE

Simple and straightforward - make a promotional poster for the S50 CC Finals. Must include at least one player render and the logos and names of both teams. Option A: make a good graphic. Option B: make a shitty graphic. Either will receive TPE.

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3. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)

Are there any changes to the playoff format you'd like to see implemented? More wild cards? Move to a single-elimination to bring about even more chaos? 999-game series to minimize chaos? Be creative!

The first change I would make to the playoff format is that the New Orleans Specters would get automatic byes to the finals each season. Some may say this is not fair to the rest of the league, but to them I say: "I don't care!" I would do the reverse of the example in the prompt, and I would make the non-finals rounds all best of three. That way more chaos can reign with SimonT and maybe easier teams slip by to the finals for the Specters to play. I am guessing you see my theme? In the actual finals itself the format would move back to a best of seven. But if the Specters were to be in a position where a loss would eliminate them, the series would be extended indefinitely until New Orleans won outright or the other team forfeited due to their futility. You may be asking yourself, "Wouldn't this essentially kill the league with everyone quitting?" Ya, probably. But I could finally win a cup! I would be willing to listen to a reversion to the old format after I win two cups though, I am not an unreasonable person. (196 Words)

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5. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)

Due to some controversial calls during the playoffs, the league is looking at updating the current rules(icing, offside, etc) What new rule or change to a room would you implement to better the game?

In an effort to encourage people to make enforcers, and to hopefully entice teams to draft or sign them, I would give each team a two free instigated fights per game pass. A team could have up to three designated players that are the team's enforcers, and they each are allowed to instigate up to two fights per game with the other team without costing their own team any penalty minutes. If the enforcer manages to beat up the other player in either of those two fights, then the other team's player must sit for the five minute penalty giving the enforcer's team a power play. Teams would have to employ enforcers to protect their skill guys from the other enforcers in the league I imagine. Just picture a tough guy beating up a star player for free and then getting a five minute power play out of it. It would flip the entire script of the SHL! Strategy on when to try to jump or protect people would come into play for sure. I bet Don Cherry would love to see some tough Canadian boys throwing down multiple times a game. (192 words)

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7. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)

As competition ramps up for the playoffs, players (both those still in and those eliminated) work extra hard to improve areas of their game that are lacking. What one area of your game do you really needs to focus on improving and how will this benefit the team?

Despite having a career year I still feel like I have a lot to improve on. Overall I think I need to train in a way to improve my consistency, whether that is more endurance or something else I'm not sure yet, but I do want to make myself more consistent results-wise. I was on a pretty good point pace for most of the year, and I was clicking on the first line. The team had a good amount of success. But I slowed down a bit at the end of the season, and my points pace definitely fell off. I started the playoffs hot with a hat trick in our first game, but I only put up points in two of our remaining games. I wish I could have helped the team more and maybe we would not have been swept by Calgary (or moved on to the finals ourselves!). Luckily I've rounded out my defense and positioning, so I think after working on my shot I will perhaps do endurance and strength training. This should give me a good base for the long haul of the SHL season, especially if I play a lot of minutes again. (199 words)

Z0REM · 11-07-2019, 03:06 PM

5. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)
Due to some controversial calls during the playoffs, the league is looking at updating the current rules(icing, offside, etc) What new rule or change to a room would you implement to better the game?

I would probably make a rule that made sure that refs had their vision tested every year. It is both important for their health as well as the health of the league. While this rule will not keep people from becoming refs if they have bad vision, it will make sure that these refs have to bring a note from their doctor saying that their vision has been checked before a playoffs series and that they are wearing whatever corrected lenses that they need. Refs with Lasic will not be excused from this new rule as Lasic is not a permanent correction to ones vision. This change in the rules will hopefully make it easier for on ice calls and reduce time and the need to send everything to video review. It might also save a refs career if they are known to make bad calls. With a little more accountability for their actions, this will keep games more honest and will make it quite true when players jeer at them calling them blind.

1. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)
VIP Status babyyyyyyyy - your player has been invited to attend one of the first homestands of the CC finals as a VIP guest - all expenses paid, front row seats, any hotel you want - and it's all on the Commissioner's dime! Are you going to Games 1 and 2 in Tampa or Games 3 and 4 in Calgary? Why are you picking there? And what are you going to do in that city to run up Eggy's tab?? (This is the same prompt as last year but we've got different cities! be creative! Don't re-use what was written last season)

I would be going to games 3 and 4. Probably because of the name of Calgarys home stadium. With a name like that I would be wondering if they have world class food joints. Nothing like watching a hockey game with a beer in hand and some greasy food that to soak it all up while cheering for the home team. What it comes down to is that I know more people who are on Calgary’s team and would like to support them. I know literally nothing about Calgary as a city so my first act would be to just get food delivered to my hotel from every place that people say are the best. Then I would get a bunch of food delivered to the visitors locker room in the hope that all the smell of the oil will make them want to eat the food and perform worse. Sabotage. If I’m invited back it would be a miracle.

7. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)
As competition ramps up for the playoffs, players (both those still in and those eliminated) work extra hard to improve areas of their game that are lacking. What one area of your game do you really needs to focus on improving and how will this benefit the team?

It is hard to assess what you are lacking in the big leagues when you’ve never made it to the big stage ice. Down in the J’s the Kraken are gearing up for some big changes. My physical play has been down a lot since last season. On the third line I wasn’t focusing on finesse, but rather on the small things to be a harder hitting team. Last year we led the league in hits, forcing the puck away from our competitors. This year we changed up our style and now deliver the less hits but still rack up those PIM. If we want dominance in this series we have to put our shoulders down and really give it our all and be dedicated to doing it right. If we lose Rayvn next season, someone will have to step up as our physical enforcer or we are likely to lose the main grit that made the Militia so good as the underdogs. Even Gretsky needed his goons.

12. Written, up to 5 TPE Pick up to 5 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words to qualify.

A. Each team enters these finals with a red hot superstar - longtime league legend Mike Izzy for Calgary and surprise breakout star Gunnar Soderberg for Tampa Bay. Which of these players will have a more dominant finals?

I picked Mike Izzy for the playoffs TPE so I choose him. A legend deserves another one to make his name. If there aren’t people who are heads and shoulders above the rest of the league then there is nothing for the league to strive for. What would be a record if there was not some unassailable position that resounds around the room like a god? Give me Izzy or Give me Death.

C. Do you expect this to be a high-scoring series or a low-scoring series? A mix? Do you think it'll be competitive or will one team run away with it?

I think it will be a low scoring series. When these two teams met during the regular season they kept each other below 4 goals a game. I think with playoffs really tightening a players concentration we can see a tighter score than usual. I definitely see the red hot dragons battling and the Barracudas not giving an inch.

D. What's your favorite player NAME on either team? why? (note: not who's your favorite player. which player name)

I have to give it to Maui. Just one name. He doesn’t need a second name. He’s a demigod. Hes like the Prince of the league. I fully expect him to change his name at some point to a couple of symbols that represent the Hawaiian god Maui without actually having a name. It simple and effective and just has as good lasting impression.

E. If you could choose any one of the following four options, which would you pick? 1. A chicken parm sandwich from Esa 2. A tray of cookies from c00kies 3. A custom feet pic from JSS 4. An hour long stick and puck session with Jepox

Chicken Parm. Easily one of my favorite foods of all time. Can Esa make one that would rival that nostalgic feeling I have for my first one I ever had in highschool? I can tell you that I have searched my whole life for a chicken parm that good and have been disappointed with every option I have ever had. Accept my challenge Esa.

Credit to Vulfzilla for the awesome render pic

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