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?

Bo Kane had high expectations heading into season 54. I was hoping to make huge strides and to solidify myself as one of the top offensive talents within the league. Unfortunately, I made little to no progress on that matter. My point total only increased from 31 to 34. I did improve from a +/- of 0 to +7 which is good. For the most part statistically, there wasn't much progress. I think the issue was I redistributed to try and balance out a few things but in the process, I left certain attributes not high enough and it wasn't possible to earn enough TPE throughout the season to improve them. I would suspect next season will be a big one for me and I'll be an entirely different player production wise. Hopefully, it will be enough to help push the San Francisco Pride into a more competitive team annually.

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?
b. There are two Johnsons in this series - Gabriel (HAM) and Darnell (NOLA). In fact, the two used to host the Johnson & Johnson Podcast together, but they're now on the ice as bitter rivals. Which team has the better Johnson?
c. The Specters won both regular season matchups, but Hamilton finished with better team stats overall. Do regular season head-to-heads provide an accurate forecast for a playoff series? (answer predictively if it hasn't happened yet; reactively if it has.)
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?

a) New Orleans has the advantage in net as Cain has been arguably the best goalie in the league the past few seasons and that isn't a shot at Kryyst who is also very talented (and now my teammate). Krysst did have the better season though so who knows how it will turn out.

b) This is a pretty one sided question here. One eats up almost 23 minutes a night while the other plays 16 minutes. One had 44 points and was a +35 while the other had 9 points and was a +9. These players are in different leagues talent wise. Gabriel is the better Johnson.

c) The Specters won the regular season matchups and they continued that success into the playoffs by winning the matchup. So I guess it looks like regular season head-to-head matchups do provide some sort of hint on who has the advantage. You can always do strategy changes though so it is something you can counter and fix.

d) Bo Kane loves to party so this is a very easy choice. The night life of New Orleans would be a blast especially while some of the SHL final games are played there. It would just been a full week bender of just partying non-stop with fans and other players in the league.

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!)

Well SDCore has offered us an all-paid for vacation to New Orleans during the finals so we plan on going hard. We rented out a huge Airbnb and are throwing massive watch parties for the games in Hamilton where fans will also be invited. There will be free alcohol, catering, and a bunch of random stuff. It will be almost like a fair going on. For the games that are in New Orleans we will be day drinking before the games and then going to watch them live. After that it will be out to enjoy the night life of New Orleans by bar hopping around meeting as many fans as possible. Overall it's going to be a very nice trip to get a reset after a long season. A much needed break for a majority of us after a season we would all like to forget and move on from.

6. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
Occasionally, broadcast networks will bring an active player into the TV coverage of ongoing finals if their team has been eliminated, and that player is often to give unique insights from a current player's perspective. During this NOLA-HAM finals, which SHL player or prospect would be a good addition to the Challenge Cup TV coverage? Why would that player be a good addition to the broadcast team?

I would be an excellent choice for this. I would add some flare to the TV coverage as I'm going to be absolutely hammered the entire time. No one will know what to expect from me. Since I'll also be drunk I'll be speaking 100% honest truth. Overall it would just be an interesting viewing experience instead of the traditional bland and boring responses you would get from anyone else. This shit will be trending on twitter and you can all thank SDCore for that as he's the one paying for the vacation to New Orleans. If I say anything bad you can also direct any hate toward him as he must accept full responsibility for my actions. Maybe we can even add some drinking games throughout the games. Every bad call by a referee is a shot? Every time a player trips over their own feet is also a shot? This will be a blast, sign me up.

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.

Done.