In this current reality, the Calgary Dragons did not have the best post-season. The San Francisco Pride eliminated them in 6 games, while Mikael Choybuk had a less than stellar round against the San Francisco Pride, struggling to find his scoring prowess as he has all season. Now, we find ourselves in another part of the multiverse. The Dragons forced Game 7 there, while Choybuk had the OT winner in Game 7 to carry them to the next round. Mikael Choybuk then dominated for the rest of the playoffs, and his team did no less than that, and they found themselves as Challenge Cup Champions by season's end. Choybuk ended up as the post-season's leading goal scorer, with 14 goals in 19 games by the time all was said and done. Quite a spectacular feat for him, and the league's view of Choybuk changed overnight. He would now be one of the most talked about forwards in the league.

Next season is going to be very different for the SHL, and obviously everyone knows this with the change to the sim. I think that the best odds for Franchise Hockey Manager should go to a high average TPE team, and with that reasoning I would give the edge to the New England Wolfpack or even the Calgary Dragons, who are among the top of the SHL for TPE themselves. In the first FHM season, everyone will be more or less learning it at the same time, with some teams having experts in the sim, but I think overall, most will be more confused than anything. If I was giving odds for STHS, they would be completely different because of the randomness of the sim sometimes, but for FHM, it follows the attributes more closely. I think the Dragons with their mix of players, knowledge of sim, and great coaching/GMing, they will be the favourites in the odds department. The Toronto North Stars would be my pick for the worst odds. I just don't think they have the right roster to start out in FHM next season.

With Franchise Hockey Manager coming over to the SHL for next season, players' focuses for attributes are certainly going to become very interesting. For Mikael Choybuk, the main focus will be on Shooting Accuracy. Choybuk's very thing in the world is scoring goals, so that attribute will be of the utmost importance moving forward. It's going to be quite fun to see which players come out on top in this new sim engine and why, and I think Choybuk will be a very good player by focusing on his scoring attributes. Shooting Accuracy will be hugely important for Mikael Choybuk, while Offensive Read and Speed are going to be two other big factors for him. I always wanted a player in the SHL that was a top scorer, so I think this step will move Choybuk in the right direction.

For this off-season, the Calgary Dragons hit a wall in the San Francisco Pride. The team as a whole faced a world of disappointment after an earlier exit from the playoffs than they wanted. This summer, Mikael Choybuk will be working hard on his game. The SHL has put forward new training techniques for the league to train this off-season, so Mikael Choybuk will be focusing hard on that. Becoming an expert on these new training techniques early, he feels, will be a key to success in the future. Choybuk in a lot of past times off was more of a party guy, but not this time around. These new techniques for next SHL season are unfamiliar to a lot of players and teams, so if Mikael can be a step up on the competition throughout this off-season, he should be good to go for training camp and ready to play his heart out to begin S53.

I just simply cannot get behind the idea of holding the Challenge Cup Finals in one stadium. One of the biggest things in hockey, or sports as a whole, are the fans and the cities that the teams play for. If my Calgary Dragons were in the finals, would I want to travel to some random location, or would I want to win and celebrate with fans from my city, in my city? That's an easy question to answer for me. The Super Bowl is cool and iconic for sure, but hockey finals are not that kind of event. Hell,

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