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Task 18 - After not paying attention to the league after the Patriotes got eliminated in the first round by Hamilton, I expected to check back in a couple weeks to see if they won like they always do according to everyone, but to my surprise they were eliminated in the conference final by the eventual finals losers, the Atlanta Inferno. Even though the usual suspect didnt win the cup, another on of the juggernaut teams since I joined did, in the Chicago Syndicate. IT seems that no matter how many changes are put in effect to stop these juggernaut teams, they just keep on winning, but just wait until MTL gets good.

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Task 2 - a. Atlanta is a recent expansion team reaching it's first finals appearance. Chicago has been a dominant force in the league for a long time now, with their last cup win only seven seasons ago in Season 57. If you're betting on these finals, do you go for the experienced vets in Chicago, or the hungry Atlanta first-timers?

Well considering that I am writing this after Chicago has won, I would still have to go with the Syndicate if I would've written this at a normal time and not at the deadline. But the reason is just because of experience, there are still many players from their title runs before compared to the relatively young Atlanta roster, and I'll take the experience over a new face in the championship.

b. Chicago's lineup much more active with their sticks than Atlanta's, racking up 97 takeaways to Atlanta's 79. This late in the playoffs, how do you adjust to a team that's so adept at picking your pocket?

Well the first step is just keeping the puck away from the opposing team. It sounds obvious and a stupid solution, but sometimes you need to go back to the fundamentals to stop stupid mistakes from happening. Atlanta needed to just make better passed and have better possessions, but they didnt and lost the final.

c. Atlanta has only 32 penalty minutes in these playoffs compared to Chicago's 45. With emotions high and the Challenge Cup on the line, do you think discipline will play a big role in this series?

Well it apparently didnt for Atlanta as they ended up losing the series in 5 games, but it is important for a young team to be disciplined, as the longer you can keep your great guys on the ice, the better chance you have of winning more games, and it will hopefully help them mount another title run next season with a few new FA signings.

d. Similar to last season's finals, we see Chicago running a balanced ice-time attack against Atlanta's targeted approach that has some players seeing sheltered minutes. Last season the more balanced attack won out. Do you think we'll see the same again? Why or why not?

Well as I have said many times before, the answer is yes, but lets figure out why. For the balanced attack, always having a good to decent defender and good attackers out on the ice will always counter this strategy of only putting guys out when the reserves are in, and it looks like its what got Chicago the win this season.


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Task 16 I am currently a member of the Russian IIHF team, and even if they might not be on the best terms irl with the rest of the world, I can assure you that we are on good terms with the rest of the IIHF teams. I chose Russia because apparently Canada was just too good so I would never see playing time, so I escaped Canada to become a Russian citizen to play hockey for them. They were the only team to reach out during my original transfer period, so I just decided to join them in hopefully winning medals someday.

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