The Winnipeg jets took many steps this season after loosing in the finals last season. Starting by bring up rookies Lil Manius and Ignatius Blunt, both of which have 3 points in 12 playoff games. Winnipeg pretty much kept their line up the same, besides mentions before, and it seems to be a winning formula. Flappy is a great GM and I know he has something up his sleeve this time around to knock West Kendall back to their beaches and gold courses. The Jets have great star players with 7 players reaching the 40 point mark. Not only can they produce when they need to, they are also defensively sound. Their starting goaltender, Artom Zhumbayev, posted a 0.910 Save Percentage and a 2.64 Goals Against Average. Statistically they are stacked and have a great chance of bringing home the Cup. As long as they keep up the pace they are on and continue to be dominant they should have no problem with this final series.

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My biggest highlight this season was sappassing my last season point total. I finished this season with 18 goals and 29 assists. I was doing well all season and was looking like a PPG player in every right. I switch to center near the end of the season to accommodate my team needs and saw a dip in my performance, but I am overall happy with my outcome of which will most likely be my last season in St. Louis. Currently in the second round of the playoffs I'm sitting at 3 goals and 3 assists in 6 games while having a positive face off percentage. I have hopes I can continue my play and be a leader through the playoffs. Next season I hope to be a break-out rookie in the SHL where I can hopefully produce enough to lead all rookies, and it will be nice to play along one of my old line mates again in Lil Manius.
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After careful analyst, we determined that the Calgary Dragons should have performed better then what they actually did. With some top talent on the team, one would expect them to be battling in the finals, instead they see a round 1 exit. Lets take a look at their top line: Center Mike Izzy, Left Wing Mikko Linna, and Right Wing Roman Augustus. These were the main offensive production for the Dragons, between the three of them, they had a total of 13 points in 5 games, 4 of which came from special teams. Now lets look at that same lines regular season stats. Izzy had 52 points in 50 games, his production in the playoffs could have been better but he was right on track, Roman Augustus had 43 and Mikko Linna had 35. This tells me that the skill is there to do great things, but something wasn't clicking like it was in the regular season. Another big name I thought would show up and really compete was Joe Kurczewski. Joe is a great player who can always be found in the top ten of the league during the season in multiple categories, including shots, hits, and points. But like the rest of the Dragons, could not produce in the playoffs, producing only 2 points and 14 hits, Joe could not find the back of the net on 21 shot attempts. I believe a couple tweaks were needed for the playoffs, here is what I came up with:

Mike Izzy - Hunter Jones - Roman Augustus
Joe K - Mikko Linna - Shooter McGavin
Alex Mack - Brennan Kennedy - Esa Anrikkanen
Mike Izzy - Joe K - Shoot McGavin

Defense would remain the same.

I believe McGavin had a better playoff series then Esa and should have been moved up to play more minutes with a good passer in Linna.


2. Flappy, Winnipeg Jets. Flappy is a great GM and good guy overall. He knows how to run his team, and knows what needs to be done to win. He is in constant contact with his players and knows how to get the best out of each player. West Kendall better be ready for the Jets this season.

4. Lil Manius, Winnipeg Jets. Manius is a beast of a player. He can score, he can check, and he can defend like no other. He is not your typical two way player and I can see him being a leader in the future. He will easily step up and be the player Winnipeg needs him to be.

5. Winnipeg. It's pretty obvious I'm biased to Winnipeg, but I cannot see me wanting to go to West Kendall, let alone Florida. I'd stay there for more then one game if I could. Plus while I'm catching the Jets play in the playoffs, maybe I can catch the Winnipeg Jets play a regular season game.