1. Most surprising part of the season: 3 TPE
I know I'm beating a dead horse here, but the most surprising part of the season is definitely the defending Challenge Cup champions, the Chicago Syndicate, missing the playoffs. I guess it isn't too surprising considering that everyone knew how strong the Great Lakes Division is, hell, this is gonna be the fourth season in a row that a team from the Great Lakes Division wins the Challenge Cup, but it's always surprising to see the defending champs not even make it into the playoffs. Beyond that, I was a little surprised to see the Toronto North Stars with so many points this season, I thought for sure that they would once again be the Great Lakes' sacrifice for more Challenge Cups, but as it turns out they were able to finish 8 and 10 points ahead of the Buffalo Stampede and the Chicago Syndicate respectively. It'll be interesting to see if they become one of the new fixtures in a playoff spot while Buffalo and Chicago have to fight it out for the 3rd spot like they did this season.

2: Rule change: 2 TPE
This one seems pretty easy to me, I'd definitely go no penalties/offsides/icing. The other team can go ahead and have their six players on the ice, but what are they gonna do when we have all 12 forwards, six dmen, and both goalies on the ice and the refs aren't allowed to call us for too many men? Also, they're gonna run out of skaters pretty quickly when they learn that NETMAN is on the loose, with no burden of guarding the net and no threat of penalties, he's free to do all the slashing, slewfooting, crosschecking, and assault he wants. I wish the other team good luck, because they're gonna need it if they want to have enough healthy players to start the next season, let alone to finish this series.

4. Help my team next season: 3 TPE
Being drafted in season 56, I've spent the past three seasons being called up for a few backup games. This offseason I'm expecting to be called up to the Chicago Syndicate for the last time, and stay up this time, to finally begin my SHL career. I'm going to miss my SMJHL teammates and it's definitely going to be weird playing against them, but that's the way she goes boys. Sometimes she goes, sometimes she doesn't, cause that's the fuckin way she goes. As most people might have already heard, the Syndicate missed the playoffs this past season, so no matter if I'm gonna be joining the team as a backup, or as the 1B of a tandem with the amazing Tibuk Soonika, I'm gonna focus on stopping pucks. It's nice being a goalie that way since it's never complicated, no matter what the score is, my top priority is always to stop that puck from going into my net.

5. Most surprising team to miss the finals: 2 TPE
Beyond the defending Challenge Cup champs in the Chicago Syndicate, the regular season champs in the Texas Renegades, and the SMJHL regular season champs in the Kelowna Knights, the team I'm a little bit surprised to see out of the finals is the Toronto North Stars. Coming out of the regular season, they were looking stronger than I've seen them since I joined the league, and I thought for sure once I saw them clinch a playoff spot that they would be fighting tooth and nail for that Challenge Cup, and while I'm sure they were, they unfortunately fell short, giving Buffalo and Hamilton yet another chance at a Cup.

15. (SMJHL) Milestones: 3 TPE
https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3007690

16: Write something nice about somebody: 3 TPE
Want to take a moment to thank all the QCC peeps for the past four seasons, it's gone by so fast and I'm gonna miss sharing a locker room with all of you all the time. When I first created Mat Smith nine short months ago, I was thinking "oh this will be cool, it'll be like NHL's Be A Pro but better." I never expected to join a locker room full of so many amazing people who I am so happy to be able to call my friends. I'm proud of what our scrappy little team of owlets (that upset the Outlaws in our first season) has become, and I want you all to know that no matter the outcome of this week, win or lose, I wouldn't change anything about these past 9 months. Some of you came in a bit later, and some left a little earlier, but from the bottom of my heart, I love you all, @Evok @Faelax @Keven @enigmatic @ztevans @Salming @Bayley @AL GRINGO @LimJahey @iamslm22 @Hordle @storm @TheCC @Allegiant @zeagle1 @siddhus @Vandy @LB3737 @xTri @HabsFan6776   
Also I'm probably gonna edit this post a bunch of times as I do the tasks, which means y'all are getting pinged over and over.