-The Buffalo Stampede will go from last place in the East in S45 to Challenge Cup champions in S46

AGAINST

Sports of any kind THRIVE on narratives. Buffalo is a sports city filled with nothing but broken dreams and hopes fallen short. The Stampede (having never won a Cup but being favoured to win by some pundits) need to lose in heartbreaking fashion via first or second round chokejob to disappoint the locals and continue the narrative, otherwise sports YouTubers and random media trolls won't have a dead horse to beat up on. We can't have that!

Also, assuming they get through their conference, New Orleans is pretty good and could bop them in the finals under normal circumstances with a dangerous Top 6, and Aleister Cain is proving that his user agent is a memer and full of it when he assesses his own player as bad and a bust. NO will get the Challenge Cup victory this year to justify the SHL's expansion plans and hit their window, meaning everyone on the core can retire and do coke with their contract money.