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?

Nat Emerson had a career season in season 57. I ended up with 40 points in 66 games nearly doubling my career high for a season. I was one of the best defenders in the league again when it came to shot blocks, takeaways, and ice time. I was the only defender to hit 40 points that was not on a playoff team. I could not have imagined having as good of a season as I did heading deeper and deeper into regression. I attribute my success to the growing team around. Baltimore has been in a rebuild for a bit and with an ultra young team it was a learning experience for everyone. Now that the youth is starting to find their game it opens up a whole lot more room on the score sheet. For next season I don’t know what I could do better next season. I’m probably going to focus on keeping my defense game as tight as possible and keeping my legs up the speed for the SHL. I don’t know if I’ll hit 40 points again but that’s ok with me. It’s time for the kids to shine.
(194)

2. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)
Create a new skater or goalie role for FHM. In what scenarios is this new player role best utilized? What attributes are considered important attributes to this new role, and why? Which attribute is the key one?

My vote would be for the creation of the role of glue guy. This is the role that every team would want to have somewhere in their lineup. Most likely this would be a 3rd or 4th liner. All of the mental stats that we have blocked off would be of importance to the glue guy. The glue guy would give some sort of motivation perk to a team in the final minutes of a game that they are trailing in. Even without getting much ice time the glue guy would influence the entire team and keep the players in good spirits after a hard loss.
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3. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
Over the offseason your player is getting involved in some charitable causes. What is your player/team doing around the community/for charity this offseason?

In the offseason I like to give back as much as I can to the community. This offseason I started a program in Korea with the help of my lovely wife (international pop star IU) and son to grow the game there. There, of course, is already a very small national program but for the general public it is still far from popular. With donations from other Platoon members and Korean celebrities, we set up house leagues in cities throughout Korea and provided equipment for all the kids. I was able to get some of the guys to come over and run some clinics for the youngsters as well. Obviously we can’t stay in Korea as the IIHF rolls around and the SHL season starts up again. I left the coaching to the Korean national federation in charge of the leagues. My son is on the Korean under 18 team so I left him in charge of running the special clinics in my absence to grow his leadership skills for when he hopefully makes the jump to the SHL.
(179)

4. Written, 1 or 2 TPE
HAIKUS - write 2 SHL themed haikus for 1 TPE or 4 SHL themed haikus for 2 TPE.

Awards for old Nat
Forty points and good defense
What more can he do?

BAP getting better
Just a few seasons to wait
Get the cup ready

Big draft coming up
Third and fourth overall picks
Who will come to BAP?

Mostly cool people here
It is a sim hockey league
Don’t be a dingus

7. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
SHL-NHL comparisons. With the NHL season kicking off again, what are some team or player comparisons between SHL and NHL? Pick one (or more) comparison(s) and explain why it works (e.g., Monkey D Luffy is the Connor McDavid of the SHL because xyz, or the Chicago Syndiacte are the Nashville Predators of the SHL because xyz, or nour is the Gary Bettman of the SHL because xyz).

To start with myself I would say that Emerson is the Chara of the SHL. He is the old man in the BAP locker room that is still very effective but in starting to show signs of slowing down. Even with the looming specter of old age around the corner he continues to be a monster defender in his own end and be a leader on a young team. That veteran presence is invaluable for setting the youth on the right path. Luc-Pierre Lespineau-Lebrunette is the SHL’s version of Tiger Williams. He is well on his way to set the record for most PIMs in a career. He has already won a Turd Ferguson with a second coming this season I believe. LPLL is a throwback to the way hockey used to be played with bruisers flying around protecting their squad. BAP as a whole at the moment is probably comparable to Arizona if it wasn’t run like a dumpster fire. Both are very young teams that have had some struggles for the past few seasons. Unlike Arizona, BAP can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
(189)

15. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer. This is 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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