1. Out of all the players in the finals Luke Atmey of the Manhattan Rage definitely had to overcome the most adversity to get here to have his shot at the cup. He started off his career in the SMJHL as a free agent signing with the falcons for a playoff run before being entered in the SMJHL draft, once in the draft despite his talent being clearly above everyone else he fell heavily in the draft due to concerns over his commitment and attitude and fell right into the lap of the falcons again becoming a steal. He proved his talent once again in the smjhl and got drafted top 3 in the SHL draft by the Hamilton Steelhawks. There his career was almost ruined as he had to suffer the reign of Hallsy, a trauma that many never recover from. Luckily however he was traded to the rage and has constantly been a top scorer in the league since and now sees himself in the finals with a shot at the cup.


2. The unsung hero of the playoffs is clearly Luke Atmey. He has all the normal stats such as Luke Atmey leading the rage in goals with 9 and being 4th in points while having less ice time than those above him as well as +6. More importantly however is the fact that nobody likes Luke Atmey. He's cocky, arrogant weak, soft and a prick even if he looks good and gets everyone looking at him. Even his own team doesn't like him since he's a puck hog leading them in shots. Due to him being such an annoying player as well as weak with only 8 hits and 6 shots blocked, that makes him a target that everyone wants to take out. Teams often get distracted trying to hit Luke Atmey that they end up chasing him around the ice and this opens up the rest of the ice for his team to take advantage of and cash in.

4. Neither the Rage or the Dragons are particularly young teams with that many standout rookies or young players making in impact as both are backed by a veteran core. One younger player however who is having quite an impact in the playoffs for the dragons and could prove themselves even further in the finals is Dani Forsberg. Forsberg has 15 points in 17 games the 4th most on the dragons and has been a heavy play maker with 12 assists all with way less ice time than everyone above him. He's also had a good physical presence with 53 hits and 12 pims. If Forsberg can continue his playmaking ways in the finals along with his physical presence and potentially score some key goals in the finals he could really show himself as a top and up and coming player in the league at a very young age in his career.

6.The Calgary Dragons are a much deeper and better team than the Manhattan Rage, hence why so many are surprised how the Rage made it this far and lucked their way to the finals. One thing the rage do have going from them however is that they have some great top end talent as well as in net. So if I was the coach of the Rage i would just play those top players since they can't compete with the depth of Calgary at all and the Rage players never get tired for some reason. This is basically already what the rage are doing with their top 2 forward lines each getting 45% and their top 2 d pairs getting 40% each. In order to guarantee a cup however i'd take this one step forward and just play Luke Atmey the whole game. Atmey is clearly their best player and never gets tired so keeping him on the ice the whole time is a easy way to win the cup.