The shl is like a large puzzle coming together. Between GMs managing the day to day lines and rosters tractions; while players talk in discord daily. The end goal of the season is to win the cup and that is when the pieces of the puzzle come together. It all starts in the off season where GMs need to find the right players aka the right pieces that connect to each other which will give them a head start on the puzzle. If teams aren’t well connected, then it will take longer for the team to gel and make it very difficult to make the playoffs or even win a cup. The SHL also has the trade deadline where teams can trade with each other up until a certain deadline and this is another puzzle. Sometimes pieces may not fit and go to other puzzle pieces like other SHL teams.