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?

Commander Shepard had an okay season. Shepard did not exceed expectations nor did he disappoint. Shepard was hoping for a point a game season but only grabbed 40 points. Shepard turned more into a playmaker this year with 30 assists. Last season Shepard had 20 goals and 21 assists. However Shepard was outstanding defensively with a +18 rating on the season which was 10 better than the next player on the Winnipeg Jets. Shepard like usual, led all forwards on the Jets with 32 takeaways which was 10 better than Nick Brain. Shepard was also an advanced stats darling leading the Jets in both Corsi and Fenwick relative percentage by quite a margin. Shepard also had the lowest GA/60 on the jets with a 2.2. Shepard had a much different season this year likely because he became a better passer and smarter offensive player. Shepard also got faster, which led him to being faster on the puck to disrupt plays defensively and preferring to create plays instead of finishing plays. Next season Shepard will hit regression so expectations won't be as high. I hope to maintain a decent production while maintaining a solid defensive game.

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?

Although I like the idea in theory in reality it is literally logistically impossible for a team to play from across the large pond. It depends on what the user base values more. A sense of belief in the league that mimics a real world professional sports league or move more towards a complete fantasy league. I prefer the realistic outlook. If we were going to go that route I’d rather have a North American Conference and a European conference face off. Instead of having like 2 teams playing out of Europe. It wouldn’t make much sense. We would have to completely realign the entire league.

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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?

Although New England had a better record than all the other non playoff teams I think they benefited from being in a weaker conference. The West was much more competitive with their bottom four teams having more parity. I think the Winnipeg Jets were the best team of the bunch. For a while the Jets were ahead of the Renegades in the 4th spot and beat some top teams like Edmonton and Calgary and for the most part always in games with top teams. They had a great top line and a fairly deep defense with the best young goalie in the league. They just seemed to have ran out of gas losing some important games to the Renegades.

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5. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
What are your predictions for the upcoming IIHF or WJC tournament? What team do you think will win/surprise people/be bad/etc.?

I believe that team Canada will win the IIHF gold medal once again. As they have a lot of players at their peak TPE right before regression and a couple goalies that are further along in development. Canada lost an important player in Robert Phelps but I think that Ryan Shepard can contribute and fill the hole left by Captain Canada. Great Britain also looks quite outstanding with 3 2000+ TPE players and could win gold as well. The team that I think will be disappointing is Japan. Despite going deep in the modal rounds last season I don’t see how they can pull off the upset two years in a row even if they have Monkey D Luffy. Luffy will have to have a mega superstar level performance to get Japan to the gold. On the WJC side of things I think USA is the team to beat once again as they have 14 returning players from their Gold Medal team last season.


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.

This was a great series but I think the MVP should go to the Monkey D Luffy. Besides having a fantastic first 3 rounds Monkey kept up the play in the final round as well. He was the most consistent player for the Stampede during the final round. In game 1 Monkey opened the scoring for the Stampede to make it a 1-1 game. In game 2 Monkey initiated the play and had the 2nd assist on the overtime game winning goal. Monkey also had the primary assist on a goal in game 3. Monkey would go on to have points in 6 games and of course scoring the series clinching goal as well.

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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.

E: Honestly I would have to say the Monkey is the coolest animal of 6. Being a primate they have the edge. They are just so cool how they maneuver their habitat and generally just look awesome and funny all the time. Besides being like that they have very unique social structures. Not to mention when they are babies they look cute.

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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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