If I'm choosing a player to build my team around it's Michael Scarn. He has already shown himself to be an offensive force in these playoffs putting up 14 points in 19 games which is extremely impressive given his age. He was a +5 in the playoffs as well showing some signs of good defensive play. Scarn is a center which is a very important piece to build a team around and involves a lot of work on the players' side to stay competitive. I think Scarn has and will continue to put in the work to be a number one center in the league. Personality is also a huge part of being a core piece to the team and I've had no bad experiences with @Trautner. I liked everything he brought to the Raptor locker room and extremely happy we were able to draft him where we did in his SMJHL draft. There are many good young players on both teams, but Michael Scarn is the best choice.


1. I'm going to make my dream line out of these 2 teams. Rules for myself are 3 players need to come from each team, and 1 team can't have 2 defense, or all 3 forwards. The team is going to be centered by Jason Visser, he may not be as good as he once was, but probably one of the best all-time players from either team. Victor Marius is going to be playing on his wing, he might be playing C in the series, but I can't not have him. The other winger will be Ola Wagstrom, a quality young player who can play now. On D We're going to take Gary Grease & Tatu Makela. Finally, in net, we're taking up and comer Cedric Robinson.

2. Buffalo's and there is no question about it. Connor Tanner is a Blizzard great and is always destined for greatness, that alone should be enough. But Winnipeg's Troy McClure III is actually a hologram that has just convinced us he's good at hockey. There is no proof that he even actually exists. That's why I need to choose Buffalo.

4. You need to give credit where credit is due to @WannabeFinn & @Tomen for building such an unbelievably strong team. They've managed to develop their draftees into strong competitive players while integrating acquisitions like Connor Tanner into the team. Speaking of draftees, the majority of their team seems to be Buffalo drafted, which makes this team even more impressive.

5. This is really hard, both goalies put up above a .920 saver percentage and a GAA below 2.5. I think if I were to give an advantage to either goalie, it has to be to Moreau. He has more experience, already has a cup to his name and is putting up equally impressive numbers to Robinson on a weaker team.


Witness the battle of the titans. This challenge cup finals will final reveal an answer to the age-old question, "what is better, airplanes or a rushing group of bovines?". Once a place no one wanted to go, Buffalo is looking amazingly strong & a destination for hockey players wanting to win a cup. Still a place no one wants to go, Winnipeg has taken advantage of forced destination rules (ie. the draft) to build a team full of brainwashed slave labourers (Don't worry Troy McClure III, we're still trying to break you out of there). Watch the Challenge cup finals, you most likely won't regret it!

I'd put this on one of @SlashACM's podcasts because it's basically a giant shitpost and I feel like fans of his podcasts would appreciate that. I feel like slash would do a good job of shitting on everyone involved, myself included. Maybe get @cpetrella involved in the whole thing too, I'm sure someone would probably watch the challenge cup because of the promo, right?


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The S45 finals was one of the best finals in recent memory. It featured the Edmonton Blizzard & West Kendal Platoon and it all came down to a pivotal game 7 where Edmonton closed out the series to win their first cup since S28. Edmonton had the stronger team on papers, but it was a mish-mash of players who had just recently been thrown together after their star-piece Tigole Bitties was dealt to New England. West-Kendall had just recently come off a S43 & S41 championship and were looking to make a claim at a 40s dynasty. Edmonton was lead by a large cast of star & future star players Joe Kurczewski, Oisin Fletcher, DeMaricus Smyth, Ensio Kalju, Teddy Cuddles, Hercules Rockefeller, Cory Knouse, Connor Tanner, Tor Tuck, Tommy Tuck, Nikolaus Scholz, & Piotr Czerkawski. Even rookies Tony Pepperoni & Willy Mack look like they're going to be stars in the league. West Kendall was lead by greats like Ludwig Koch Schroder, Roman Augustus, Dani Forsberg, Alex Light, Leafer Rielly & Beaujeaux Biscuit. The series started with Edmonton taking the first 2 games in the series and looked like they just might overpower West Kendall. West Kendall responded with 3 straight wins to put Edmonton on the brink of elimination. Game 6 went to overtime & just as West Kendall could taste their 3rd cup in 5 seasons, Edmonton put in the overtime winner to take game 6 and bring the series back home. Edmonton would go on to win game 7 5-3 and lift the cup in front of the Blizzard crowd.



Done.