For the best odds, I would give it to the San Francisco Pride. Until this year, they were cursed in the playoffs, but their roster is quite strong and deep at every position. They should be the favorites to go the distance next season. With some solid prospects, including Henrik Lekberg Osterman, who just got called up, they should be in an even better spot to challenge for the Cup next season than they are this year. Now for the worst odds, that easily goes to the Toronto North Stars. Other than Mika Kandinsky, there are no SHL caliber players on their roster, and without the fickle irony of STHS, they don't stand a chance of even making the playoffs. Toronto has fully given in to a rebuild after moving Mikhail Lokitonov and having ml create a new player, so they will have to wait a few years for their top prospects to make their way up the pipeline.

Ola Wagstrom is gearing up for another offseason tournament managing Team Sweden, and as with every offseason, training and maximizing Sweden's IIHF performance will be his top priorities. It will be a tough season for Sweden, as they are in a brutal group with favorites Team Canada and Team USA. But Sweden has added a lot of new faces, with five new players joining the roster, so Wagstrom hopes with the right management, Sweden can escape the group stage and the fresh blood can power them to the medal rounds. He hopes to have an excellent tournament himself after a bit of a decrease in his scoring pace in the regular season. And of course, he will be training hard in the offseason with the hopes of passing 2000 TPE, and becoming both the highest TPE and the best player in the league. He has high standards for himself, and he wants to finish his last year before regression strong. It is a contract year too, so he needs to make a statement.

I will always bet on my friend and future S44 draftee @Inf1d3l Barret McCarthy. McCarthy has had a wonderful career so far, and has been one of the best puck moving defensemen there is out there. In FHM, his massive amount of TPE should give him even more of an advantage. He should be a nominee for the Scott Stevens trophy for the best defenseman in the SHL based on his skill level alone, and with his offensive specialization, he should put up the points totals and be flashy enough to take home the coveted award. I expect him to set the standard for what an elite defenseman looks like in FHM. The Stevens trophy would be a well deserved award for a great guy and one who has been grinding for many seasons to make it a possibility. If for nothing else, I believe that sometimes good things happen to good people, and if that is the case, then I can't think of anyone I'd love to see win an award than Barret.

1. I think experience always gives the advantage in management, there is something to be said for being a tried and true veteran. I'd give it to JayWhy and Grapehead, though in STHS, even the best of strategies means very little. They've been around for many seasons, and they know what works and what doesn't work in the playoffs after being behind the wheel for their team for awhile. San Francisco should be more than ready to do whatever it takes to get a Cup.
2. In my opinion, a top heavy configuration works the best, as there is no impact for fatigue and gives the stars move ice time. That means more time for your top players to score and to overwhelm the less talented players they are facing up against when the other teams' lower lines are seeing more ice time. I think in the playoffs, you need your best guys on the ice as much as possible, and San Francisco is doing just that.
3. I like the Rage's logo the most. Red is a wonderful and flashy color that really pops on the jersey, and of course it is the perfect color scheme for their team name. You can literally go red with rage. It is both fearsome and menacing, the perfect qualities for a tough-nosed, hard-edged hockey team. You get the feeling that these guys play hard and fast, it just works like a charm.
4. My favorite name would be the Rage's Rainbow Dash. It's hilarious actually, a my little pony character playing hockey. The idea is absurd and laughable, and that's why it's great. The best part is Rainbow Dash plays a mean, physical game; not what you'd expect from a character that was named after a unicorn! Credits to Eggy for coming up with such a meme name, it's wonderful.
5. I'll take the hour of DaftRaincloud showing me everything from his internet history, I'm feeling adventurous today. What can I say, I'm quite bored with a long offseason and I need some excitement. Being scarred for life by the unspeakable horrors I would discover would be a welcome change and would spice things up for me.

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