@Scrufdaddy Slip McScruff is undoubtedly 'the guy' from either one of these teams. Off the ice, he is a locker room gem who never has a bad thing to say. Seemingly always in a good mood, Scruff lifts up those around him and does everything he can to make the locker room a desirable place to be. On the ice, he is an assist machine and is rock solid defensively. He won't put up many goals, but he will help make a lot of them happen and will help make sure that not much, if anything gets past him or the goalie. One way or another, Scruff is going to help rookies get their footing in the league and that they don't miss out on anything they can do to help improve themselves. Heck, he won't limit it to just rookies. If you need someone to go to for help, Scruff is the guy without a doubt. Any team would be lucky to have him, and Winnipeg undoubtedly has their guy for a long time.

1) My three forwards: Viktor Marius (BUF), Hippo Passamus (BUF), Louie Garrett (BUF), my two defensemen: Alexis Metzler (BUF), Slip McScruff (WPG), my goalie tandem: Winnipeg. And here's why. This is a fantasy team, so I'm looking for the highest scorers. Buffalo's top 3 are way ahead of the game when it comes to scoring compared to Winnipeg, its not even close. Gary Grease's numbers are slightly better for fantasy than Slip McScruff, but McScruff is a young guy and the point difference is almost negligible. As for the goalie, while Robinson had slightly better numbers than Moreau, Moreau was not pulled in any game during the playoffs, so I went with consistency here.

2) Even before this series I would have said Buffalo's group would outshine Winnipeg. Winnipeg might be better geared up for the future, but as it stands right now Buffalo boasts one of the better blue lines in all of the SHL in terms of offensive production and defensive consistency. Maybe this decision would be harder come next finals.

4) Their offense has been absolutely stellar in each of the last two times they have appeared in the finals. One of the few teams in the league to run three forward lines, they beat down their opponents with a deadly forecheck. The addition of Louie Garrett all but solidified their dominance of a relatively weak Eastern Conference. One could argue that their goalie Cedric Robinson was the key part in their success the past few seasons, and what he brings to the table shouldn't be ignored either. @Mayuu @karey @dizzyDC @grok

5) This might be the hardest question of the playoffs, or maybe in the league. These two netminders have been consistently two of the best in the league for the past few seasons. Looking back on the playoffs, these two goalies had nearly identical numbers, and despite the outcome I would give Moreau the nod simply because he did not have to be pulled in any games throughout the playoffs.



From just before my time, we will be covering the S43 Challenge Cup Finals that saw West Kendall take on Winnipeg. This series was actually a lot closer than the 4-0 sweep made it out to be. The biggest margin of victory in this series was in game 2 when West Kendall won 3-1. Every other game in the series was a one goal game, with game 1 being the highest scoring affair, ending with a score of 4-3. The goalies had back and forth performances, but seemingly matched each other throughout each game. Both goalies had a rough outing in games 1 and 3, but countered those performances with good showings in games 2 and 4. Game 1 saw the teams trade big periods with WKP netting 3 in the first and WPG netting two in the second. Karsten Kadinger (WKP) scored the first goal of the third period and that ended up being the game winner. Game 2 ended 3-1 with WKP scoring in each period. Game 3 actually saw Winnipeg take their first lead, but 3 unanswered goals from WKP saw them take the 3-0 series lead. Game 4 saw WKP take a 2-0 lead and despite a late 3rd period goal from Corey Bearss, WKP held out for the sweep.

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