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Sean · 08-31-2020, 01:19 PM

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1. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)

Reflection on your season - how did your player fare on the ice this season? Did you meet or surpass your individual player goals or did you come up short? Whether you excelled or disappointed - what can you attribute that to? What will you try to do better next season?

I was extremely happy with how Pepperoni did individually this season. He moved back from the 1st line to the 3rd line in order to match up against other teams top-lines. Despite the harder match ups, Pepperoni still managed to put up 69 points in 50 games and had a career high +30 +/-. The same success was not seen in the playoffs as Pepperoni was only able to manage 9 points in 11 games and was unceremoniously bounced from the playoffs in the 2nd round. I really felt like we had a chance to win the cup and almost had an expectation to make the cup finals with the roster we had. As much as I appreciate the individual success, the end goal for all players should be to win the Challenge cup. We weren't able to do that in Edmonton this season. For that reason, I feel disappointed with how the season turned out for Pepperoni. Hopefully next season Pepperoni can come alive like he did in the S53 playoffs and lead the Blizzard back to the finals.

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2. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)

This offseason will be extra exciting, as it features the rare expansion draft! Write about how you think the expansion draft will play out, either for one or both of the expansion teams or from an SHL team's perspective.

I think we're extremely lucky this is a two-team expansion and not a one-team expansion. With the players that were exposed, it's quite possible that there could have been a championship caliber team made from them if only one team was selecting. I think this could be a very exciting time for the expansion teams. They're entering the league when there's been salary cap changes which will challenge some of the higher-end teams. If they're able to build a good foundation now, they'll probably be able to pick up more and more extremely talented pieces as teams get more heavily affected by the cap changes. The expansion draft played out almost exactly as I expected for the Blizzard, we lost Bo Kane and Carlos Brown. Of those two, Kane was more of a shocker since it was well known he wants the most money available and Edmonton was not allowing expansion teams to talk to their pending free agents. Carlos Brown is going to be a very good player in the future for Atlanta, so we're excited for him going forward with them.

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3. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.) 

It's too late for this go-around of expansion, so hypothetically - should there be SHL franchises in other continents? I saw some interesting European proposals in the PT. Should these - or proposals for any other continent that's not North America - become a reality in the SHL?

As much as this is going to upset some of our European users, I really don't think we should expand into Europe. No major North American sport has crossed the Atlantic into Europe and I think it would be odd for our league to do it when there are a lot of North American cities that have heavy sports presences and are without SHL teams. Off the top of my head, we still have no SHL team in Quebec, Pennsylvania (Philly/Pittsburgh), Nashville, Phoenix, Ohio, New Jersey, Washington, etc.

However, if we were to revamp the junior leagues and divide it into 2 leagues. A SMJHL and a European league, I think that'd be really cool.

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4. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

Which SHL or SMJHL team was the best team to not make the finals this season and why?

I've got to represent my team here and say it was the Blizzard. We had the best offense in the league and a greatly improved defense from last season. We also tied to challenge cup champion Buffalo Stampede in points in the regular season. Sadly, the offensive fire power died down a little and Pepperoni and Bo Kane were not able to produce at the same level they were during the regular season. I think if Kane and Pepperoni are playing at the ability everyone knows they can, they win the series against NOLA and have just as interesting a series with Buffalo following it. Buffalo is the best team on paper in my opinion but anything can happen in the playoffs, that's why we play them.

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

a. Both of these teams have stacked defenses - which team do you think has the defensive advantage in this series?

b. In the two regular season matchups, each team won once at home. Do you expect the results to reflect a home ice advantage in this series?

c. Based on FHM player ratings, New Orleans has higher average ratings in bravery, aggression, and fighting? Will that toughness have any impact on this series?

d. What is your favorite name from a player appearing in this series? Why do you like that player's name?

e. There are several animal names in this series - which of these animals is the coolest? sloth, hippo, otter, monkey, fox, kirby.

b. I don't really know how much home ice advantage is going to mean in this series. Both teams are extremely deep so the matchups aren't going to be as important. If one of the teams had a weak 3rd line or 3rd pairing I could see the home team trying to chase a favourable match-up and get their best guys out against them, but there's not going to be much room for that kind of advantage. [76 words, +1 TPE]

c. I don't see much of an advantage in having higher bravery, aggression and fighting. From everything I've seen, higher aggression just results in more penalties which I would consider a disadvantage. I doubt there are any fights in the finals as there were so few during the regular season so the fighting advantage means nothing. Bravery would be the only one I see affecting the outcome but if Buffalo is better in other areas, it shouldn't make much of a difference. [81 words, +1 TPE]

e. I'm going to say a fox is my favourite of all the available animals. Not because there's anything special about foxes, mostly because they remind me of one of my favourite episodes of The Simpsons. It's the one where Shelbyville steals Springfield's lemon tree and when homer threatens to break in a steal it back, the Shelbyville guy says he must be stupider than he looks to which Homer responds, "stupider like a fox"! [74 words, +1 TPE]

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

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