S62 Championship Week

S62 Championship Week

luke
SHL GM
Admiral of the Data Seas

#262

12-28-2021, 11:10 PM

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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
Victor Helstrom
Noot

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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.

One of the greatest GMs is Teztify, to put it simply. One of the best GMs in the S10's, and then a good gm in the S20's, Tez made Edmonton the team it is today. Having on 3 cups in the S10's and then one more in S20's, he solidified himself as one of the best GM's, before the world of Discord and such.They used other means of talking, like the forum or chatzy. They created a great locker room envoirnement. It is also to note, they did not have minimum balances, so you could get teammates to move over a lot easier, as a lot were signed for 1 mil, and had big banks. But also, money was not handed around a lot back then, so big banks were rare. Also, this lead to a middling sucession of the GM throne after Tez stepped down, but thats not on him of course. He is a top 5 GM for me ever

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3. Written, 3 TPE, Draft Busts (150 words min.)

There are a lot of "could-have-been" draft picks in the SHL, but let's have some fun thinking about someone that busted hard. Write about their potential and where they were picked, and how that franchise could look *if* they had in fact panned out.

Oh if Leshaun king kept on being a max earner for SFP, they would have won a cup. There is no doubt in my mind that we would have won a cup. I probably wouldnt have left, and we would have created a dynasty. instead of the middling franchise since they started basically. Once grapehead stepped down, King and I would run the team and build a dynasty. We had the core, that eventaully split up. But that S43 core was great, having a lot of great players, that would have been a killer core. Kez, Me, King, Lazy eye, Metcalf, Kennedy, CanadianCanuck, Zena, and probably others im missing. But yeah, San Francisco would turn into a powerhouse team, with great management, who would lead their team to be a top tier team in the league. But instead, he goes inactives. I request a trade, couldnt rebound. Be a team that misses and makes the playoffs every other year

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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. A cup win the STHS era tbh. It was a lot more random, so winning made it just as sweet. In FHM, a lot more predictability. If you were on HAM, BUF, CHI, TEX, in the past 10 seasons, you won a cup. If you were on HAM or BUF for 10 seasons in STHS, you could have won a cup.

b. Probably yeah, though Baltimore is a good team, LAP had a good run, so who really knows. But probably yeah. Which kinda sucks. But the regression change will help hopefully. Like in NHL its not uncommon to see the same top teams be dominant for a couple of seasons then drop off because regression of players, or cant keep players. WIth the lack of player movement, the regression has to be harder.

c. I would relocate it to Flin Flon Canada. Because they deserve to rough it out for the next couple of decades. what better place than Flin Flon, the funniest name in Canada. A population of 5 thousand people, in Manitoba would be a perfect place to put the Flin Flon steelhawks.

d. The best player to NOT make the final in the past 2 years is Karl Krashwagen, the heart of Baltimore Platoon, and the key to their rebuild. Karl has been a great player on a growing baltimore team. Scoring a lot of goals and kicking some ass. And then Baltimore should break through... hopefully

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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.