S62 Championship Week

S62 Championship Week

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12-26-2021, 09:10 PM (This post was last modified: 12-27-2021, 05:01 PM by bk1689.)

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1. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer. This is 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.

CW TRIVIA LINK

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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.

A GM that I think is the the most outstanding in history eh? Is there even a question? Of course I am going to say the on and only Esa Anrikkanen. He is the GM that most if not all would model themselves after. I don't think I need to say anything other then his name and allow everyone to bask in his greatness. But I have to hit 150 words, so I guess I'll say a bit. Esa had an unremarkable playoff streak that I am much to lazy to look up. On top of that, he managed to consistently build a great team and, in my opinion at least, the dynasty that all other teams look to match. He took the randomness of STHS and managed to build a perennial contender, without exploiting the sim mind you. There is many things that can be said about him, but I've hit my word count, so I am done.

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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?

A. I think a cup win in the STHS era is more worthy then a cup win now. STHS was so random, so thats a knock against it, but seeing the exact same teams contend for a cup year after year gets old very quick. Hopefully someone else is able to get some sim luck and make a run

B. We 100% would have seen the same final 4 if they hadn't had to play each other earlier. This goes to show my previous argument about a win in STHS being more impressive. SHL currently feels like the sim versdion of the NBA. Regular season doesn't matter and is just for bragging rights if you aren't one of the elite teams.

C. Id relocate Hamilton to just about anywhere. Or even just retire the team and disperse the players. Let them feel the same dissapointment and frustration everyone else sees by continually seeing the same teams, year after year, in the finals. Also, don't allow their GM or coach internet access so they have no way to figure out a new way to bust a sim.

D. The best player to not make a final in the past 2 years is 100% Brennan Kennedy Jr. On the tail end of his career on a juggernaut Calgary squad. He deserves to be there. In all honesty, I don't know and I'm just much to lazy to look up who thre best players have been the last 2 years.

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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.

Milestones

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18. Written, 3 TPE, Apocalypse Now 150 words min

In the not so distant future (s64), 4 Texas Hamilton finals in a row have seen most of the SHLers quit out of spite. Only a select few remain. Head Office reeeeaaally likes having 20 teams so they have now allowed every user to have 5 players to fill the void of everyone who left. Name your other 4 players that aren't your current player, select their positions, and decide their focus and path in the league. Postulate where they end up after the draft and how the players pan out.

My players would be as follows:

Brennan Kennedy III - C
Brennan Kennedy IIII - RW
Brennan Kennedy V - LW
Brennan Kennedy VI - LD
Brennan Kennedy VII - RD

BK3 would be a playmaking big bodied center that is able to dish the puck as well as he is able to hit. BK4 is a purebred sniper, enough said. BK5 a RW that loves cleaning up the garbage as well as standing in front of the net and looking to get a stick on a puck and tip it home. BK6 is a smooth skating, puck moving D man, much like Brennan Kennedy Jr is. Able to be relied on heavily on both ends of the ice. BK7 is a stay at home D man that is not afraid to get dirty and let the opposition know he's on the ice with a thunderous check. As you can see, I am very creative when it comes to names.