This is a tough question to answer because the sim engine will be changing next season. STHS was a little easier because it was tougher to have a big change from one season to the next if the teams stayed the same. With player builds changing and some players even deciding to retire to avoid the change to FHM, this is a complete crapshoot.
For best odds, I will say the New Orleans Specters. It is completly biased in my answer but I know what to expect from the team I am on. We have a great lockerrom and people are really preparing for the Specters next season on the new engine. Also, we have that bitter taste from the Game 7 loss to the Pride this playoffs.
With no uniqueness in my answer, I am going to say that the worst team next season will be the Tampa Bay Barracuda. They were 6 points behind the last team this season and that is just the only reasoning I have for that choice. It seems like a lot of points for a season of 50 games.

With the amount of creativity that is possible in the new sim engine, I could have barely decided what player type I wanted to be. As a defenseman, I know I wanted to be a difference maker on both sides of the ice so it really limited my choices to Two Way Defenseman or Mobile Defenseman. Looking at the key attribute differences between the two, I leaned more towards Two Way. I think it was a little psychological too because it rolls off the tongue a lot better than Mobile Defenseman.
The attributes I am going to focus on will be Offensive Read and Defensive Read. I coach hockey and always enforce the fact that you have to have good positioning and thats what it sounds like to me. The cliche of "The right place at the right time" is something I say a lot and by being able to read the play right, it will make my player have an impact on the ice. I do not need to be really good at moving the puck or shooting it really well since I am going to have my teammates to do that, but if I could have that little assist in the zones and give my team the edge with my reads, thats what I am going to want Kaspars Claude to do.

I had an awful season this past season. And if there is one thing on my mind, is how awful I was. I think I am going to be focusing on two things.
The first one will be training. There was a reason that I did not have a good season, and that is cause I have to be better. I have a great group of guys surrounding me and performing, and yet I can not keep up and help them when I am there. My plus minus? What a joke that was, for how good our differential was, I was definitely a reason for that because it seemed as if it was always me on the ice when the other team scored.
The second? Well this is counter productive but I am going to PARTYYYYY. I think getting my mind off of the season and recharging my body will do me some good. Especially going onto the new sim engine, it will be a lot of stress this offseason and I do not want it to get to me. I want to hit up some clubs, go on some yachts, maybe meet Dan Bilzerian and just 'chill' with him if you know what I mean. Just preparing mentally and physically to be a difference maker next season.

One guy I got the chance to meet and become good friends with in my time in Vancouver was Luke Thomason. He has been a difference maker so far in the playoffs, well before the final series, and I think he will continue to do so in the playoffs. And if he can do it in the playoffs when the pressure is amplified and your mistakes are magnified, he will be an even bigger threat when he has 50 games in the season with less stress. Also, will help when he plays weaker opponents and not what is considered to be the 2nd strongest team in the SHL or the strongest team from the Western Conference.

Im for the idea. I am a big football fan and always enjoyed the idea of having it done in the neutral location. Announcing the location before the season will hype everyone up and it will sell out the tickets forsure. Also, it would be fun to see how fanatic the fans really are of their team. It would be packed with not only the fans of the respective teams in the final but also have the fans from around the league. The unity of everyone will really make the atmosphere fantastic. Everyone would be there to enjoy a good game. I know for a fact no matter which teams would make it, it would be exciting to see and the fans would have a crazy time.


1) Honestly, I do not even follow the SHL that much to know who has been around the league longer in the Front Office. The one name that sticks out to me is Luketd because he was my manager in the Juniors and he did a great job with that team. We were competitive every season I was down there if I remember correctly and he always made it such a great atmosphere in the room. the chemistry being high is always better for team performance.
2) Manhattans approach is always better. Look at who has scored the Game Winning goals for the teams in the NHL in the Stanley Cup Finals, its always the depth players. Come this time in the season and later on in the series, you need to count on everyone to impact the game and make a difference. Having 3 lines you can trust is always the safer and better bet to make.
3) The Rage. I feel like the connection between the colors and the name and the animal all make more sense to mean. I love the color scheme of the Prides logo but I do not understand the reference between the Lion and San Francisco. Id rather have a logo I understand and feel a connection to rather then something that is just nice. If someone wants to explain it to me, be my guest.
5) I think the Gritty and Luke experience would be one I would remember longer. I do not even need Luke there, just let me watch a finals game with Gritty and I would have a blast. As random and ugly as that mascot is, he sure has become a meme and a troll and I would wanna be apart of that history. And you know what is funny, I do not even think he talks and I would still have a blast