From the Trade Deadline to the posting of the first task completable for TPE, whether that be the Interested Prospects Threads, Early Bird PT, Mock Draft, etc., DFAs will be able to complete weekly DFA Bounties. These Bounties will function practically identically to PTs, but with money instead of TPE, and will be posted in this part of the forums. By writing 250 words or completing a graphic for a certain prompt, DFAs will earn $500,000 for their bank accounts, with a cap of 4 completed bounties ($2,000,000).
Since the trade deadline was last Saturday, I am pleased to bring you the first S62 DFA Bounty:
Written Task: Only the best of the best make it into the SMJHL. Junior players from all over the world come to this league in the hopes of being drafted, becoming a succesful SMJHL player and continuining that succes in the SHL. But we all have a history too. What is your history? Where did you play? How did you do? How did your career look so far, and what aspects of your player in their pre-SMJHL career is going to make your player succeed? (250 word min.)
Graphic Task: Pictures say more than a thousand words. Show us a pic of the young you, playing hockey. Include your player name and a render of your younger self, and at least one statline.
Reward: $500,000
Only current SMJHL Draftable Free Agents (S63 SMJHL Draftees, SHL class of S64) are eligible for this bounty.
There is no need to claim this anywhere. After grading the money should pop up in your account 'automatically'.
Enes Gündoğan is the latest SHL prospect hoping to make it into the SMJHL by being picked up as an undrafted free agent to be able to at least get some experience practicing with and being around a team in the league. Enes understands that in general he is not going to jump straight into a starting role this season or even next but understands that the SHL/SMHJL is a tough league to be able to shine in and strut your stuff. He is currently looking to be signed after just having his player application approved by the powers of the league.
Enes was born in Telfs, Austria to parents Razi and Ayla who were Turkish immigrants who moved early on to Austria just 3 years before Enes was born. Telfs is a city in Austria's western side with a heavy concentration of Turkish nationals and as such, the community has been a great mix of Austrian and Turkish customs that Enes was accustomed to. He is a dual citizen of both Turkey and Austria as such and has been playing hockey in the Turkish national academy for the last few years. He had tried to get notice of the more hockey centered Austrian side but has found success playing nationally for the Turkish national youth teams and has been a starter which has granted him valuable minutes where he might not have gotten with Austria. Last tournament, Turkey advanced to the medal round losing in the bronze medal match to Kazakhstan after defeating Azerbaijan 6-0 in their previous game in which Gündoğan saved 33 of 33 shots and completed the shut out. Enes brings size and grace to the position at 6'6 and nearly 230 pounds and has all the abilities of a future great goalie in the league. He is looking for a chance to make a name for himself and for Turkish/Austrian hockey players young and old!