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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?
Kata Vilde was an absolute piece of shit this past season. Personally I think the FHM engine is no better at all than STHS. For the 2nd highest tpe goalie to be the worst in the league is complete and utter bullshit. At this point I don't particularly give a fuck anymore, going to let the GMs set my build via regression.  I had done extensive research and had revamped my build prior to the past season and it made it even worse. I can't be possibly any more disappointed than I currently am. I believe this switch to FHM is going to cost my player a Hall of Fame spot, at this point I log in one day a week and update . So there you have my thoughts on my piece of crap player who noone has worked harder on and gotten less results than I. Take it for what you will I guess, probably weren't expecting this response to a question lol.

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2. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
Well, dang. Your team didn't make the finals this season - my condolences to you. Are you and your teammates planning on watching the finals even though you're not in it? If so, what are your watch parties like? If not, are you still following the finals or trying to ignore it completely? What are you and your teammates doing together (if anything) instead of following along? (if you're on Hamilton or New Orleans, or either of the 2 SMJHL teams that soon will be playing in the finals - congrats and sorry :p this one isn't for you!)

Ignoring completely would be the response here. Have some good friends on NOLA and would love for them to win but its pretty much a given outcome that the exploiters will probably win again. The SHL has become a complete joke with it's shitty index so it makes it even less of a temptation to look at the series. In Calgary we play poker every friday night so that's most likely what our team will be up to. Our SMJHL scouts are also hard at work evaluating the players for the upcoming draft. The GMs are also trying to sort out the strategies for this piece of shit sim program we're now using. So i'd say all in all Calgary has enough to keep ourselves busy this offseason with working on roster upgrades and our usual social activities. We even have some of the NOLA guys who join us in the poker games so we'll be able to support them through that venue, except of course when Joe K wins all the monies again. #BullyJoe


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S54 IIHF Predictions - with one FHM IIHF season under our belt, we've got a bit more of a sense of how the tournament might play out in the new sim engine. What are your predictions for the S54 IIHF or WJC tournament - how do you think your team will fare this season? Who do you think are the biggest contenders to take home the hardware and why?

Well the big teams Canada and the US are obviously the top contenders again but we saw during the playoffs anything can happen as they both went out early. And the Chechs won it after coming in with a number 2 seed into the playoffs. So I think it will be much of the same as the sim engine is brutal when it comes to parity. Sweden snuck in to the medal round just barely last season and I see us a having a bit better of a chance as we have a ton of upcoming young players that should lead us quite well into the future. I still have 2nd highest tpe goalie and we'll see if I suck as much in the iihf as I did in the shl but overall I'm fairly optomistic of our chances this upcoming tournament. Ireland and Austria will be tough as usual and I think Great Britain will probably make the medal round as well so I really don't expect alot of change from the past season.

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5. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)
Which player from the Steelhawks or Specters has a great chance to make the Hall of Fame when their playing days are up? Make the case for that player's HOF bid.

Well this is a very simple one. Joe Kurczewski is an absolute fucking legend is it's a guaranteed first ballot lock for sure. I'm as sure of this one as i am the sun will come up in the morning. Joe has now played in 1100 SHL games with around 950 points scored in those games. In his 22 year career he's scored over 50 points 8 times and scored over 60 twice. He's won a shit ton of awards and
he's still kicking ass in his 22nd season. Who knows how much he has left in the tank, would be nice to see him get to the 1000 point mark in his career but like I said before this is an absolute no brainer in my opinion.

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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. These are absolutely two of the best goaltenders in the league in Cain and Kryyst - which team has the advantage in net in this series?
I would say Cain has the advantage if FHM didn't screw top tpe goalies so much so it's kind of a tossup here. It seems lesser tpe goalies seem to do better in this sim but Cain had a damn fine season and is still going strong. Even though the Cheathawks had a better record overall I think that it's Cain's time to shine and really step up for New Orleans. Their playoff stats are similar in both GAA and save % but Cain is facing more shots so that should drive his heat index a bit and give him an edge there as well.

d. If SDCore offered you an all-expenses paid week-long vacation to either New Orleans or Hamilton, which city would you choose to go to? (tough choice I know lol.) How would you spend your time there?
Damn another no brainer question lol. Of course Kata Vilde would go to New Orleans. A known foodie Vilde would spend most of his time searching out the best in cuisine that New Orleans has to offer. The flavor of Cajun cooking is going to be quite different for a Swedish lad living in Canada but Vilde is really looking forward to trying this style of cuisine. Hopefully he doesn't eat so much he shows up to next season's camp out of shape as he has in the past.


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