In this alternate reality, the SHL has not made changes in the wake of Hamilton exploiting Simon T's poor hockey simulator. As such, every player on the team still has disproportionate passing and scoring. Due to this, Hamilton once again swept the East on route to the finals. Much like in S51, the entire roster says they made the finals because of their goaltender but we all know it is because of exploits. In this reality, the west team doesn't really matter because they can't win. So lets just say Edmonton made the finals. In this reality, Edmonton really wants another chance at Hamilton. It doesn't matter though because Hamilton wins the Challenge Cup in 5 games. The MVP of the series is whoever Hamilton has in net but realistically it is someone like Aaron Wilson. Wilson actually had a bad playoffs but he is the MVP because he said one time that no matter what the SHL does in the future for a sim, he's going to find a way to break it.



After a very disappointing season that saw him put up half the points in the previous season, Oliver Cleary won't be spending much time celebrating and relaxing in the off-season. The defensemen has decided that the majority of his off-season will be sent skill training as well as endurance training in order to prepare for the S53 season. Cleary has decided that he will spend his first off-season week in Europe. After that, he has decided that his off-season will be spent in the Toronto area as he feels that area has the people he needs to complete his goals. He will be spending a few weeks endurance training with Gary Roberts as many superstars do. After that, he will skill training in order to improve his offensive games. Cleary's defensive game is his strength so he's hoping he can improve his offensive skills to become a reliable producer and maybe to even get consistent powerplay time.




In the Challenge Cups finals, I feel as though Manhattan will have strategic edge. This is due to the fact that Jaywhy has a vast amount of experience with STHS. He spent many seasons as a simmer and even when he wasn't simming, he spent much time studying sim tendencies. I think he alone gives a major edge.



I think that in this series, Manhattan's more evenly balanced approach will help them. The playoffs are a gruelling time and eventually, that starts to take a toll on a player. I think that eventually, a top heavy approach will hit a tipping point and fall off. Manhattan is able to off-set them by allowing for other lines to be less spent and to take over some of that time.



Between the two teams, I prefer the San Francisco Pride logo. This is mostly due to the real world consequences of the two logos. I think if a lion and a bull faced off in a fight, a lion would prevail. I think the bull might have the power advantage but all it takes is one wrong move. So for that reason alone, I'll go with the Pride logo.



My favourite player name on either team is Jax Aittokallio. I am an absolute sucker for linage names and Aittokallio is becoming one of the best, maybe even the best, linage names in the SHL. This is the third player to run that name and I'm assuming it will continue on in the future. For that reason alone, it is my favourite name in the finals.



If I had to choose any of these experiences, I would choose a private chainsaw lesson with Jaywhy. My friend Jaywhy is an absolute psychopath whenever he is angry and as such, I feel like he has some cool chainsaw moves that I don't even know of or would ever think of. I would preferable be in a Jaywhy proof room while watching him do his work so as long as that is provided, I'd love a lesson.



I have two players from the Manhattan Rage who I think are deserving of MVP. Barret McCarthy had 7 points from the backend to lead the Rage in scoring, which I think is a huge feat. I may be a bit bias since my player is a defensemen but considering the high quality forwards on the Rage, he was a huge player for them. My overall vote though goes to Peter Larsen. Larsen was a brick wall for the Rage and without him, the series easily could've gone the other way. You can never look past a 940ish save percentage. So my MVP is Peter Larsen.



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