Last week, I was invited to my hometown city of Bergen to be honoured during the summer festivities. Every year, the city honoured some local people who have distinguished themselves by their hard work or by representing the city internationally. Multiple events run throughout the days. This year, I was joined by three other people who received the same honour has me. The day start with a boat ride in the morning where I meet those three people. It was followed by a lunch offered by a local restaurant. During the afternoon, the city residents are invited to come to meet the honourees of the year at a local community center. This even mostly translates into taking pictures and signing autographs for members of the public. Finally, the celebrations transport themselves to the city summer festival where local bands were playing on a stage in the city center on a pedestrian only street. This is where the mayor presents you a commemorative plaque that you get to take home. A copy of this plaque will also be put in the city museum.
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I think both teams management teams are in a good position going into the finals since they both made it to at least a final in the last few seasons. However, I think the move made by the Platoons during this season and last off-season show the Platoons management are more willing to take risk.
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I think the Platoons MVP should be their goaltender, Beaujeaux Biscuit. A stellar 1.83 GAA and an even more impressive 0.941 save percentage. Their unsung hero should be third-liner Joshua Woodcroft who got 10 points during the playoffs while putting two game-winning goal and a game-tying goal. He was clutch with limited ice time and this is why I picked him has the Platoons unsung hero.
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No surprise: Most of their core player are still there and their roster is still good enough to compete for the title. They also decided to add some missing pieces to their team to put themselves in a better position with the objectives of winning in the short term while their core is still composed of very good players.
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I think Beaujeaux Biscuit is more likely to carry his team to title. I think he has more experience than his opponent and that should translate into better performances than the Dragons goalie when the pressure is on. Secondly, I think Biscuit has a better supporting cast in front of him and good team performance usually led to good goalie statistics.
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I think the most disappointing team not to make it to the finals will be the New Orleans Specters. They had an outstanding regular season in which they top their conference only to be eliminated by the first team they face in the playoffs and a series in which they lost two games during overtime. They also reach the final last year and they were expected to be a contender this year. After losing to Buffalo, winning this year could have been even more rewarding, but Texas got the best of them. The Specters should still be able to compete next year if they retain their upcoming free agents, but their main core is getting old and they will need to win sooner rather than later. Kurczewski, Fletcher, Augustus and Eastwood are getting into the last few years in which they can be part of the main assets of a contending team.
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The team I choose is the West Kendall Platoons. A quick look at their roster to try to find an area that could use some improvement revealed that the Platoons could use another pure top line center or a high-end defenseman that could play in all situations. The team I could take a player from, or the two teams that got eliminated by the Platoons are the Chicago Syndicate and the Buffalo Stampede. Buffalo is definitely the team with the more appealing players. From the Stampede roster, I decide to add defenseman Tatu Makela (@WannabeFinn) to West Kendall’s roster. Makela would automatically become the Platoons top defender. He would relegate Sven Brokstad out of the top 4 which would improve the quality of the opposition face by their opponent. He could also play on the first powerplay due to his passing skills and be on the first penalty kill. After analyzing West Kendall’s weaknesses, I think  Makela would add more to the Platoons than any center who were on a team eliminated by the Platoons.
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