1. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
Reflection on your season - how did your player fare on the ice this season? Did you meet or surpass your individual player goals or did you come up short? Whether you excelled or disappointed - what can you attribute that to? What will you try to do better next season?

Simon had an ok season, maybe his worst FHM season ever. He got the least amount of goals he ever had in the FHM era with 2, the most penalty minutes, the worst average game rating across the season, the most amount of giveaways, not an impressive amount of hits or blocked shots. He also had the most amount of shots, but scored less, which really showed how he couldn't score at all. And it's not even because he didn't have much ice time,  he had the second most in his FHM career and did worse. The only redeeming fact is that he had the most assists and points in all his FHM seasons. But I don't think it's fair to just look at the stats. He just joined a new team, so he had to get used to his new teammates. He won't be able to use that excuse next season though, so next season he should be better in every category possible.
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2. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
Of the 10 most recent finals series, which do you think is the most memorable and why? Which will be remembered in history as the best/most important/most memorable series or victory? S46: BUF over NOLA, S47: WKP over CGY, S48: BUF over WPG, S49: EDM over NEW, S50: CGY over TBB, S51: HAM over EDM, S52: MAN over SFP, S53: HAM over EDM, S54: NOLA over HAM, S55: BUF over NOLA.

The most memorable for me would probably be the Calgary Dragons reverse sweeping the Tampa Bay Barracuda. The first Challenge cup finals I really witnessed would be the S48 one, but I really don't remember it. The first one is really that one, in S50, maybe because it was special. I remember being in the Team Canada lr and cheering for Tampa Bay cause my good friend Kalakar, also known as Matt Kholin, was playing for them. I wanted them to win so bad. They deserved it. But STHS said no. I guess the other memorable one for me is the S53 cup win by Hamilton, simply because it was the first FHM finals. It also proved that they were an actual good team, not just a bunch of cheaters. They won that cup fair and square, and no one can realistically contest that. Obviously you could also say the S51 Finals were memorable, but it's really more because of what happened that season than what happened during the finals.
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7. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
What's your prediction for this season's IIHF tournament? Which teams do you expect to do well (or not well)? Which players?

Team Canada is definitely the team to beat in that tournament. They just have an absolutely insane team. A full first forward line of 2k tpe players, lowest defenseman on the team is at 1.3k tpe (and that's me hehehe), lowest forward is at 1.4k. We had to drop two players at around 1.3k tpe because they were lower. Our only weakness is the goalies, with our bet one at 1k tpe, but that should not be too much of a problem with the defense we have. Another team that should be doing well is Czechia. They are still a very solid team, even though a lot of their players are in regression. Last year gold medalist team, Great Britain, is also one of the top teams. They will be trying hard to get back to back gold medals, and they have Guy Zheng leading their defense, and Zheng is probably one of the best defenseman to have ever played
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13. Written, up to 4 TPE - Pick up to 4 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words.
a. Both of these teams have an impressive set of skaters - without factoring in any coaching or tactical strategies, which team do you think has the better roster of skaters on paper?
Both are very close, but I have to give the edge to Hamilton. They have big players like Theo Morgan, Dick Clapper, Michael Scarn, who are game changer and can score big goals at the right time. You also have pretty good defensemen, like Gabriel Johnson and Samuel Michaud, who will help keeping pucks out of the net. Veterans like Robert Phelps will also help bringing experience, and lead the team to victory. (73 words)
b. Do you foresee the teams making any strategic adjustments during the course of the series? Should the teams be quick to switch tactics or stick with what they've been using?
For sure. GM Gwdjohnson is very fond of using the best strategy possible. He will probably spend his nights figuring out tactics in his basement to find what's optimal. Buffalo should probably bring some changes, but nothing like Gwdjohnson. Gwdjohnson is probably gonna find another exploit just to win, he's ready to do anything, even sell his soul to the devil.
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c. These two teams hail from the Great Lakes Division. Which of the Great Lakes (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) do you think is the Greatest and why?
Obviously they are all great, but I have to go with Superior. Its own name says that it's superior to the others. It's the biggest one out of all of them, has a chad name. It's also the world's largest freshwater lake by surface. I'm still gonna give a shoutout to lake Erie, who has a cool name and is still a good great lake.
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d. If, once it is safe to do so, you had to go hang out in person with one of the users on Buffalo/Hamilton, who would you hang out with and what would you do? (if you pick gabe you get -1 tpe)
On Buffalo, I would hang out with Grum. Seems like a good guy, and would be a cool and chill guy to take a few beers with. On Hamilton, I'll go with Dick Clapper. Also seems like a good guy, and he scores a lot of goals, maybe he could give me a couple secrets to help me do that.
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16. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer. This is now 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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