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Patty · 03-31-2025, 10:38 AM

PT pass

icewindoo · 03-31-2025, 11:15 AM

1. CW TRIVIA:

Verification word: direct

[+3 TPE]

6. Your player gets added to a message group by accident and gets an unintentional invite to watch the finals live with the commissioners on their box. What does your player do and how does the situation evolve?

Barcus is very confused when he's added to the group chat by the SHL commissioners. It's a good thing he's not the most naturally outgoing person around, since he at first assumes that this is Gutty playing a prank on him. But being the responsible young man that he is, and realizing that being in the commissioners' bad books would not be a good thing, he tries to clear up the confusion.

[72 words, +1 TPE]

14. Volatile Results:

As much as I would like to see my beloved home country of Canada win every IIHF tournament, I understand that that would be problematic for the long-term success of international play. To ensure that it's a rewarding event for all teams, you need to make sure that there will be some upsets and that some dark-horse teams do win occasionally.

Related to this, however, is my opinion that there are too many teams playing in the (main) IIHF tournament. I don't have a problem with playing 12 games in round-robin and having single-game knockouts in the playoffs; the single-game knockouts are exciting and meaningful. But fourteen teams is too many. My suggestion is that we move to a two-tier IIHF system. In this new system the top ten countries would compete in the 'A' division, and the remaining countries would compete in the 'B' division. Promotion and relegation between the divisions would ensure that the lower level teams can rise to compete for the main championship if they are good enough. Also, this would allow for adding new countries to the IIHF system that do not have teams today, like Australia, Ukraine, Iceland, etc. I suspect that many users choose birthplace countries that already have teams in IIHF, which somewhat limits the distribution of players to smaller countries. And of course, it should go without saying that only real countries -- not provinces within an existing country -- would be part of the IIHF system going forward. This new system would let the chaos and upsets continue to provide a sense of excitement and interest, while maintaing a decent amount of "verisimilitude" for people (like me) who think that the cream should usually rise to the top.

[288 words, +4 TPE]

***DrunkenTeddy*** · 03-31-2025, 11:22 AM

Dev CW Pass

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TheOPSquid · 03-31-2025, 11:35 AM

8/8 TPE

12. I really like all the players in the Seattle locker room and each season we get closer to expansion makes me think about how unfortunately we will be losing 3 or 4 of the guys we have, which will suck. After looking at the FHM testing post about how scoring is projected to drop slightly overall, the expansion draft may make it so that team's third lines and third defensive pairs are thinner than they are currently, possibly making it so players can put up similar point totals to how they are now. I think the teams that are going to get hit the hardest are going to be the ones currently coming up and trying to compete, the rebuilders can sort of push their windows back a season or a couple seasons if they mostly have prospects and draft picks. Current contenders may get hit a bit hard too but depending on the age of the team a retool might not be as bad. (165 words) 3 TPE 3/8 TPE

14. The IIHF is always pretty volatile, there isn't much time for players to build up chemistry like they would throughout the regular season unless they play together for a lot of tournaments in a row. Even then, it is not guaranteed to build the kind of chemistry players build with their SHL linemates. As much as I would like the series to be longer (my IIHF team should be strong so it would benefit me) I like that it is volatile and any team can upset anyone. It also helps with engagement in my opinion, seeing the same 4 teams in competition every season would get boring so I am happy with how it is now. Single elimination chaos is definitely preferred for me.
(124 words) 2 TPE 5/8 TPE

15. After yet another long playoff run for the San Francisco Pride, they capitalize and become the first back to back to back Challenge Cup winners in the Simulation Hockey League. An absolute wagon of a team, their biggest strength has to have been their forward group. With their top line having above 1850 TPE, their second line having above 1690 TPE, and their third line being between the 1520 to 1660 mark. All three of their lines have 2-3 players that have great chemistry with each other and have played multiple seasons together besides a couple new additions. Their defense core may not be as top heavy as other teams, but having their top 2 defensive pairs sitting between 1500 and 1600 allows them to match up against anyone. With 3 full forward lines of high TPE players, they don't really have to worry about matching up certain lines against opposing teams, they can roll all 3 lines and not worry about their third line matching up against any team's top lines. Not much Tampa Bay could really do against them in the final series, they shut them down for a couple games and I am sure they want the fourth game back, I think the Pride are just a wagon. (211 words) 4 TPE 9/8 TPE

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