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?
It was another disappointing season for Henrik Lekberg Osterman. Although he did not expect to have a particularly good season with the sudden rebuild and the very taxing season. He did improve offensively which he is happy about, and he did break the 10 goal mark this season. His totals were 11 goals and 17 assists for 28 points total. He was really hoping to break the 10 goal, 20 assist line this season but fingers crossed we get there next season. Defensively he was quite good but he lost most of his physical edge, something that he is hoping to reincorporate. With the San Francisco rebuild in full swing, HLO expects his totals to suffer but he will continue to improve his game as he always does. He will likely focus more on getting the rookies ready to play in the SHL as well as taking more of a leadership role on the team.

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.
As I am a little late to the party, the draft has already happened. Lets have a look at the teams, shall we? (spoiler, I think Seattle has the better future if they can keep their players)

Seattle Argonauts:
I really like the moves that Seattle have made so far. They traded their first for Buffalos and Hamiltons firsts as well as LAs third. Adding quantity in this realy deep draft I think is a really smart move and adding to their already stellar draft. I really like their picks too. Having a core of users like hhh, NONAME and KC is an amazing start to a franchise I think. Don’t know many of the other users but I think thats going to really create a vibrant and active LR right off the bat.

Atlanta Inferno:
I have a feeling that Atlanta will do quite well this coming season. While I dont like their draft quite as much as I like Seattle’s (that may come down to personal biases) I think on paper its a really really solid team. It feels to me like they are more of a contender because the team is quite flat tpe wise. Lots of 1000 TPE+ players and in a conference currently lacking parody. Wouldn’t surprise me if they end up going to the playoffs in their first season.



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?
Personally, I like the fact that this league has its feet on the ground and dont have teams on the moon or some other strange thing. I appreciate that people can use fun ideas for players and that sort of the stuff but I think keeping the league teams believable gives you the best of both worlds. People can have really personable players and the like but we still attract the users that are after a more realistic experience in their sim league. In the future it would be neat to have the juniors in Europe or something to that effect, just to split it. I think there used to be something similar but it didnt really work. As a European users id love to see some more love for the rest of the world, not just the US and Canada.

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?
Buffalo definitely takes the cake for me. They probably have the best defensive core in the whole league, the only team that really challenges them imo is Calgary this season. They were stacked on D as well but I think Buffalo just has such an incredible core of defensemen. It really is an embarrassment of riches for the Stampede.

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?
Well, I wish. I was rooting for NOLA to win it, I really like their team. I think bravery does make a big difference, perhaps more than people realized in the first couple of seasons but I’ve never seen much love for aggression or fighting. Aggression and a strong forecheck is really a team identity that I enjoy as well as some added gritt and bravery. Its a shame it doesnt translate all that well on to the ice (or atleast not yet)

e. There are several animal names in this series - which of these animals is the coolest? sloth, hippo, otter, monkey, fox, kirby.
This is a tough one. I like all of them. But I think it would have to be Monkeys. They are the most diverse and fun group and honestly, who doesn’t like monkeys? They are fantastic. They have little hands and little cute human-like faces, they can climb on you and they can fling poo at your enemies (which is a fantastic trait and should be selected for in more pets).

14. Written, 2 TPE - The Procrastinator Special! (100 words min)
Welp, you waited until the last day to grind out your CW and the CC finals are longggggggg over by now. congrats to [TEAM], woo! Reflecting back on the series, who gets your vote for series MVP? Make the case why this player deserves it over any other.
Well, first of all… Congratulations Buffalo! I think that for me, the MVP for me would probably have to be either Monkey D. Luffy or Elizabeth Doyle. Doyle had an amazing season in Net and it continued into the playoffs. Having the best D-core in the league playing in front of you definitely helps. Luffy has had a great post-season too, the only player to get up into double digit goals as well. He played a strong offensive game but also did quite well defensively. If I had to pick one though it would have to be Doyle.


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.
Verification word: Yep