I mean at this point, Hamilton has to be the favourite to go on and win the cup, even with major pieces of their team undergoing regression, and other pieces not being elite earners. This is due to the coaching duo of AWil and GA, who have shown they can easily overcome any deficiencies in TPE through elite strategies, as evidenced by them sweeping a team clearly superior in terms of TPE in Buffalo, dominating the #1 team in the league in 4-1 fashion, and then easily handling the Blizzard in 6 games. This coaching duo knew what they were doing from the get-go, as evidenced by their team being extremely high in strength, balance, and checking. With free redis happening this season, likely resulting in team's imitating Hamilton's strats, I have to believe AWil has a counter that will result in Hamilton again being the team to beat. Besides HAM, I think Buffalo will be the other favourite in the East, and would expect LAP and EDM to remain strong out west.
+3, 173 words

I fully expect Czechia to have a much improved performance compared to last season where the team had high hopes heading into the tournament, only flameout in the round robin and finish last in their group. This result was completely unexpected, and showed Czechia still has lots of work to do to break into the upper echelon of elite IIHF teams. With some of Czechia's younger players like Aron Hernadivic of the Buffalo Stampede, and Knox Booth of the Los Angeles Panthers breaking 1000 tpe, as well as the older veteran players on the team still having over 1600 tpe, Czechia should do much better this time around, and rid the ridicule surrounding this wonderful nation. A gold medal might be too much to ask, but dont be surprised if Czechia makes a run to the medal rounds. Besides Czechia, I also expect Canada to be much improved in Gabe Johnson's final tournament as IIHF head, and USA should be the heavy favourite.
+3, 163 words

Living in Buffalo during the season vastly limits the amount of television shows interested in Aron Hernadivic, but luckily for him, he spends his summers in between Toronto and Algonquin County, allowing him to make cameos in a number of different shows. Thus far, Hernadivic's boyish good looks have allowed him to play a role as a serial killer in the Canadian murder-mystery television series Cardinal, starred as a defense attorney in the hit series 'Suits', where he competed against B-List celebrity Meagan Markle and won, allowing his client to walk free. Hernadivic has thus grown closer with the actors and actresses of Suits, and was even invited to the wedding. Not bad for a third liner outta Buffalo.
+2, 119 words

A.Wow, the disrespect shown to Geezus Kryyst and the sub 2.0 GAA and over .925 save percentage by even considering those other players to be in the similar tier of him. Besides GAs coaching ability, Kryyst was the main reason HAM swept BUF and dominated NEW, and even comparing him to the other mortals on this list is insanely questionable.
+1, 60 words
B. Again, I'll be siding with the team that broke our previous sim engine, and went on to win an absurd amount of games relative to their TPE rankings at the start of the season, and that's AWil and the Steelhawk boys. AWil is legit god-tier in SHL, dunking constantly on other good strategists such as Tomen, Manhattan, and others.
+1, 59 words
D. As a Canadian, I am appalled that anyone even likes snow. No, I do not like snow. I enjoy being warm, not cold, I enjoy being able to go outside and do activities such as going to the beach, golfing, etc. Snow prevents us from doing that, and should not even be considered likeable. Snow stinks, end of story.
+1, 59 words

= +3, 178 words

Rumours have it that GA did the strategies and the lines during HAMs cup run to the finals, and so some credit needs to go to him, some to the players, and some to the management. However, AWil is the true MVP. AWil obviously played a huge role in helping come up with the builds for the Steelhawk players, which are the builds that helped them dominate strong teams like Buffalo and NEW on the way to winning the championship. Without thee builds, it's likely that HAM isn't as dominant as they were, and so likely get eliminated by stronger teams along the way. however, AWil again showed that he's able to overcome any tpe deficiencies, and so he gets my vote for MVP.
+2, 124 words


Answered - +3 tpe
Verification: fish

Total: 3+3+2+3+2+3 = 16 TPE Earned
2. +3
5. +3
7. +2
13. +3
14.+2
16. +3