When Tony Pepperoni is honoured, he's honoured correctly. Tony wakes up to all the local pizzerias (and a couple of out-of-town challengers) competing in a 'best cold-pizza breakfast challenge". It's kind of like that seen in the Jim Carrey Grinch where he's just getting fudge shoved down his throat, except I'm enjoying every second of it! After I'm stuffed and have declared the winner (who usually starts a successful national chain as a result) I'm taken to the city square where the highlights from my 20 goal season are being shown on a 42 foot screen. I feign embarrassment at the spectacle, but I secretly love it. We then show a documentary about the conspiracy of salad. It's really informative and I think a lot of people leave it wanting to learn more about the cause. We're trying to take this movement one step at a time, but we're heading into a full on sprint. Finally, There's a giant party with all that cool party stuff. Then I wake up and go to the real ceremony.  


2. If you believe in experience, you have to believe that Calgary has the advantage in this season. Calgary is a storied franchise and the current management has a big part in telling that story. Calgary doesn't have the strongest squad, but they've beat better teams all the way to the finals. It's not unreasonable to suggest that Calgary will use their experience to win in a series where they are the worse team on paper.

3. Beaujeaux Biscuit is the hero for West Kendall. He's put up almost unheard of numbers in the playoffs. West Kendall probably doesn't get by the Buffalo Stampede if it isn't for Biscuit. Every player on West Kendall needs to buy Biscuit a beer because he's the reason they added a ring to their collection. Rainbow Dash had an extremely successful playoffs despite the inexperience. Dash almost single-handidly won two games in the first round for the Dragons.

4. I'm a broken record here, but Beaujeaux Biscuit was the difference maker. He had 4 shutouts in these playoffs. That's twice as many as the 2nd goaltender and it means 33% of West Kendall's wins were won in a shutout. To be fair Biscuit ended up not having any shutouts in the finals and gave up 3 goals a game but without Biscuit the Platoon don't make the finals anyways.

5. No Surprise. As much as it hurts me to say it, Calgary seems to have a mix of pedigree, good luck & smart leadership. Their pedigree in the league means players always want to suit up for the Dragons which allows them to attract talent and rebuild quickly. You don't win as many cups as Calgary without being a little lucky. Their luck allowed them to beat the Blizzard in the first round despite being outshot almost every game. Finally, credit where credit is due. The leadership team in Calgary is very strong.





Well the dragons are red, and they're from Calgary. I also hate the Calgary dragons, so I want the person singing the Canadian national anthem to be someone who doesn't deserve to be there and annoys me. With that, I'm selecting the girl from the Wendy's commercials. I don't know if she can sing and she definitely hasn't proved she deserves to be on the grand stage, but she rubs me the wrong way. Perfect match for the Calgary Dragons.

Now, for the much easier selection. West Kendall needs to have Ariana Grande sing the American national anthem. She's a hockey fan from Florida who has been hit in the head by a puck in a Miami suburb multiple times. She's also a star that could help bring in more young fans. I mean wherever Ariana goes, I follow. WKP has the same colours as the US flag and Ariana has never ever done anything that would leave me to believe she hates America (right?). Perfect pick to belt out the national anthem.



When you point a finger at someone else, you have 3 pointing back at you. The only fair thing I can say is that I believe it was a huge disappointment for the Blizzard to not win it all this past season. We have one of, if not the best Defense & Goalie combination in the entire league. Connor Tanner was coming off his best regular season in half a decade putting up 41 points in 50 games and a career-high 15 goals. Kalju had taken on a form never seen in his career before putting up 42 points in 50 games. Brady McIntyre led the team in points with 51 and is a big contender for the best D in the league in S47. Finally, Tuck didn't have his best regular season in points, but he put his body on the line with 130 hits and 65 shots blocked. Tommy Tuck did Tommy Tuck things & had another MVP caliber season with a .919 sv% and 30 wins. On top of this, the offense isn't that bad either! Edmonton should have been there at the end of the day and it's sad that they weren't


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