How has your player kicked off their offseason? Are they traveling? Meeting up with friends and partying? Following the games? Write at least 150 words about the beginning of your player’s offseason. Must include at least one other player.

It's been a fun offseason so far. Forsberg has been consulting on how Team Sweden should be setup as well as plying his trade racing cars in the Scoracing league. After what was a heartbreaking sweep at the hands of the LA Panthers, I haven't really been keeping up with what was happening in the SHL playoffs. Couldn't bear to watch. Anyways, Forsberg and Joe K took a well needed vacation to the Turks and Caico's to try to brainstorm what went wrong, what could be improved on and to rest and rejuvenate their worn out bodies before training camp starts anew signaling another long season ahead. It was a great time to just relax, hit the beach, get fruity drinks delivered to you as your lapping up all the lovely sun rays that you don't see much of in Calgary. All in all, the offseason has been a relaxing and enjoyable time but that's not to say I wish it wouldn't have started a few weeks later.


Who is your choice for the unsung hero of the S39 playoffs up to this point? Must be at least 150 words and include at least two statistics in support.

This is an easy one for me. Sophia Bennett has been one of my favorite players since entering the league a season after me and she's continued to blow me away with how productive she is. This playoffs wasn't her coming out party, per say, but a tip of the cap to what is turning into a dominant player in the SHL. Despite shooting at a mere 10%, she's tied for the team lead in goals with 8 which is saying something on a strong LA Panthers roster. On top of that, she's leading her team in shots as well as tied for 2nd on her team in plus minus. All of this adds up to a player that is productive, probably even a bit unlucky, but still when she is out there on the ice good things are happening more often than not for the Panthers. Nearly a PPG as the playoffs conclude, there is really no doubt that Sophia Bennett is my winner for the unsung hero of the S39 Playoffs.

Finals series always show surprises. Who will have to stand out the most from each team in order to win it? Make a prediction for potential series MVPs. Must be at least 150 words and mention at least one player from each team.

This one is going to be all about the most important players to their team, the goalies. Tons of offensive firepower, tons of future HoF'ers on both rosters somewhat cancel each other out but the team that emerges victorious is going to need their superstar goalie to stand on their head night in, night out. Olli O'Koivu and Timo Haas are both the cream of the crop so this goalie matchup is going to be one of the best we have seen in the past dozen or so seasons. Despite knowing the outcome at the time of writing this, gun to my head I would have predicted a minimum of 6 games because both goalies are good enough to steal one or two for their respective teams. I also anticipated a lower scoring series than we saw but again, when each team has generational firepower, goals are gonna be scored no matter who is between the pipes. This one was one for the ages and is certainly a defining moment in both goalies careers and legacies.