Quote: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 actually think that my player came up a little short this year. As my first (and last) 425 TPE season in the J, I expected a decent improvement from my 350 TPE year the season earlier. I did have a better than expected 350 season, so the bar was a little higher than it should've been, but Jukka couldn't meet that bar both offensively and defensively, falling short of last years totals in points, hits, SB, and takeaways. I'm not really sure what to attribute that to - despite the free redistribution last offseason, I didn't go crazy regarding changing my build. In fact, I didn't decrease my ratings in any attributes, just added more points to some, so I'm not sure where the decline was from. I even test simmed a bunch of different builds in the offseason to see which one I and the team did the best with. Maybe it's just one of those bad sim luck things, or maybe the roles/tactics/sliders ended up not being optimized for my specific build. In the end, the team had a great season (though fell short) and that's all that really matters, but I suspect I'll continue to test sim to find the best build for unbanking a few hundred TPE for next season.

3 TPE

Quote: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!)

Losing game 7 in the Eastern Conference finals by one goal was pretty crushing, especially after the great regular season we had put together, so there was absolutely no motivation to watch the finals from the guys on the team this past week. I'm pretty sure 90% of us didn't even know who was up on the series after any given game. This was the last shot at a four star cup for Potts and I before we graduate to the big leagues, so instead of following the finals, the focus was to just hang with the team and have a proper send off. We've been doing what we do best, drinking with each other, playing some games, and I've been making sure to get a strong campaign going for NL to get our numbers in the rafters. Instead of focusing on the finals, we've also been prepping for the upcoming international events, where I have the privilege of still playing with Potts, Tez, and Snu from NL on the WJC Finnish squad.

3 TPE

Quote:4. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
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?

Like the last few seasons, I'll be playing on both the WJC and IIHF Finnish team this offseason. Starting with WJC, our team has shown some great improvement since my first international play with them a few seasons ago. Our biggest weakness coming into the tournament was originally goaltending, but honkerrs stepped up to be our WJC GM, and with that move we get his goalie Stratton on loan from team USA, which is a huge addition. The WJC team is really starting to take shape, we have some elite wingers in Potts and Seppala, a solid first pairing D in myself and Barkov, and a ton of active rookies and sophomores to round out our depth, rather than IA 155s like previous years. I think we could sneak into the medal round, but between the usual suspects in World, USA, Canada, DACH, Sweden, it will be challenging for us to bring home some hardware. For IIHF, I still think we're pretty severe underdogs. Our team continues to get better, and we have some great top end talent like Scoop, Kubinec, and my own GM Aittokallio, but we likely don't have the depth to compete with the teams in our group, mainly US, Germany, Czechia, and Austria. I think that the US and Canada have the best chances to get gold/silver (in either order), with GB or Germany rounding out the bronze.

3 TPE

Quote:12. Podcast, 3 or 4 TPE
Record a mini-podcast on any of the below topics!
- Highlights of the S54 season (on or off the ice)
- S54 playoff round-up
- S54 Challenge Cup/Four Star Cup finals Breakdown
- S55 predictions

1 person Mini-Pod: 3 TPE for 5 minutes or 4 TPE for 7 Minutes
2 person Mini-Pod: 3 TPE for 6 Minutes or 4 TPE for 8 Minutes
Post the direct link to your podcast.

2 person mini-pod with Nhamlet
https://soundcloud.com/nhamlet21/nhamlet...cw-podcast

4 TPE

Quote: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: juke

3 TPE


Total: 16 TPE