S62 Championship Week

S62 Championship Week

Aleris
SMJHL GM
Senior Member

#113

12-22-2021, 05:18 PM (This post was last modified: 12-22-2021, 05:23 PM by Aleris.)

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2. Written, 3 TPE, GM stands for Great Man (150 words min.)

There have been some good and some bad GMs in SHL history. (Mostly bad) Pick a GM you think was outstanding and explain why you think they were one of the better GMs in SHL history. Point to trades/signings/trophy wins/locker rooms to support your claim.

2 - 3 TPE I’m gonna shout out Jax @SecondSucks22 and Jess @sköldpaddor here. They dragged Nevada from the depths of the SMJHL kicking and screaming to a team that won their first ever playoff series against GFG and almost upset 1st seed Vancouver this playoffs. The peak is this coming season. All of the players from the legendary S60 entry draft will be on their last season and its do or die time before the plunge back to the J basement. The legend of JLC will be missed but a few good picks from last seasons draft (including LEG) will be much better this season and help fill the gaps left over by JLC and Harrier. Nevada's S60 class will go down in franchise and Js history as one of the best of all time. And rumor has it that Jess has discovered some new FHM exploits that have yet to be found by Hamilton or Newfoundland or any of the other dynasties.

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6. Written, up to 4 TPE - Grab Bag: Pick up to 4 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words.

a. What is worth more to you, a cup win in the FHM era or the STHS era?

b. Be honest, would we have seen the same final 4 as last year (Chicago, Texas, Hamilton, Buffalo) had BUF/HAM and TEX/CHI not run into each other in the second round?

c. Hamilton has a population of roughly 5 people. Where would you relocate the franchise?

d. Who is the best player to NOT make the final in the past 2 years?

6 - Grab bag (1TPE each 50+ words) – 2 TPE

c. Love this. Why would have a team in Hamilton? They should be moved to Mexico City and play in the Azteca stadium, the Mexican international teams and America FC’s home stadium. With what technology is able to accomplish these days in Tottenham’s stadium in London and the renovations to the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid. You could pump billions into a brand new mega Azteca stadium to support soccer, American football, basketball, and hockey.

d. Gunnar Soderberg. Dude is a legend. I know he’s not flashy on the stat sheet, but what he brings to a team in the intrinsic values of leadership and discipline. Chicago was always in the running with him playing and he will be sorely missed. He was a great SHLer and it’ll be exciting to see where is kid goes to this offseason.

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12. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

Milestones are folded in with CW. So just link your Milestone claim as task 12 for up to 3 TPE towards your 16 total.

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Post your claim in the milestones thread for tpe earned per stat, and then link that post in your CW submission. This is done because the person who grades CW will be a different person than double-checks milestones.

12 - Milestones 3 TPE

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13. Written, 3 TPE, Parody (150 words min.)

hahahahahaha remember this task from last season? The one where everyone was like "nah we're good, tampa and BAP will be in the finals soon and you'll see that the old guard will make way for the new young teams". Now that we have the exact same fucking teams in the final again, let me ask, is parity an issue in the SHL? How do we combat this?

13 - 3 TPE A fourth line. Teams like Hamilton are so good because they only need 9 offensive skaters. There needs to be trade offs when creating a roster. Having good players on the same line should create holes on other lines. Good teams only need 9 good offensive players. Then their rosters have no holes. You force GMs to have a fourth line that has to be set to a required minimum minutes. Of course players are going to complain when they have 7 minutes of ATOI, then put in the time to get your TPE up so your not a fourth liner. Would you rather play on a fourth line or watch Hamilton win every season? Plus with the new regression changes wouldn't you rather be called up a little earlier from the Js? On second thought I just became a J co-GM so don't do this idea. I want my players as long as I can keep 'em.

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14. Written, 3 TPE, Blow it up (150 words min.)

In your opinion, which team is on track to completely sell off all assets and begin a long rebuild? A few teams are already in the midst of this, but what teams are watching their window slowly close and need to get younger soon in order to start the climb back to the top?

14 - 3 TPE New England. For two seasons now they’ve been third fiddle to Hamilton and Buffalo. If New England was in any other division they would be division winners. I don’t see Hamilton or Buffalo ever being bad, so New England is going to have to start being ruthless. Start running scripts. Only draft Checking, Balance and Speed. Force Takeways and bully the other team. I think @"luketd" is going to blow it up. Take a season or two and rebuild New England to unseat Hamilton and Buffalo. The new management will bring a new look on how to do things. Luke is dedicated and old guard. He's ready for the toughest challenge yet in the SHL to take out Hamilton and Buffalo in their own division. It'll start possibly this draft with some wicked trades. Then wait for next season when every recreates due to regression changes. It really is a long game Luke it playing here.

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15. Written, 2 TPE, The yearly IIHF task (100 words min.)

Write your predictions for this year's IIHF tournament or WJC if you care about that more. Will there be surprises? Will any players make their country proud? Who's gonna suck? Be bold!

15 - 2 TPE I think Finland and Norway are having resurgences and it’s almost come out of no where. For the past few seasons Great Britain and Japan have been dominant, but I think both are on the decline at least for a season or two. But Finland has been strong in the WJC for a few seasons now and those players will come up soon. Norway has been a underdog in the last few seasons of IIHF and deserve a medal soon. As for USA and Canada? Who knows? It’s weird that the teams with the largest player pools seem to struggle. Great Britain will slide for a season or two, but I think they will bounce right back.

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