2.) Hockey is a random ass sport where one bounce can ruin an entire season's hard work. I'm sure Vegas have some models that are reliable albeit not perfect, but now I'm meant to be in charge of placing odds? Well, f it. I'm sure all the bettors will still eat up whatever I say so why not be biased and make the Chiefs the team with the best chance of winning. With Gibbles as GM, I'm sure the magic pixie dust he has will turn the "cursed" team into champions, especially with the talent coming up this season. As for the worst team? Well, wouldn't this be a good time to shit on Hamilton, right? Surprise, I'll make Manhattan have the lowest odds. Luke Thomason is probably drinking to the point where he's got a dad bod right now and not even clapbombs to the stomach will make him puke it all out. Down goes the ship with him a voila, the Rage will be raging no more.

3.) As a mobile d-man, I would like to zero in on positioning. Of course, I want to be faster than Sonic on ice, but skating is broken down into acceleration, speed, agility, and balance, and rightfully so. Positioning strengthens a couple of characteristics. If I want to be able to lay a clean hit, intercept a pass, use my stick to break up a play, (etc.), I'm going to want to be at the right place at the right time in order to make that defensive action. From there, I can use my skating ability to transition and help out offensively by making the right pass or even carrying the puck out of the zone if I can.

4.) Ever since that S51 IIHF Tournament, I've been longing the chance to rep the red and white again. The locker room is great, my teammates are so talented, and truthfully, when we're all locked in, I think we can make it back to the Final. We've added Nick Connolly (hi @shutdown) to add to the roster that's got a whole lotta potential. Boy, oh boy, I just want to get that gold medal around my neck. Besides aspirations for more hardware, I'm looking to train hard, get my body right, and keep improving. The d-men at Minny are always up for some training and their work ethic is what keeps us all together honestly. We all love hockey and want to be the best hockey players we can be. Geoff Moore *is* an old man, though, so we might have to take it easy on him, or else he'll end up wanting to use botox over his face moisturizer.

5.) If he keeps growing as an offensive forward, I think Phineas Gold could win the Sergei Karpotsev award. Gold has a lot of tools in his toolbelt. He can pass well, dangle well, and he's got a really good shot on him. Averaging a point every other game as a rookie is pretty impressive when logging third-line minutes. It might be a bit preposterous, but if he were to play on the top 6, hell, even alongside a point-producing superstar like Luke Thomason, he could make magic happen and reach point-per-game numbers in the near future, possibly even next season. The sky is the limit for him.

6.) Boomers will probably cry cause this breaks tradition, but I think it is a great idea. We are all hockey players, but also citizens of the world. It is our job to take care of the planet, and reducing our carbon footprint wherever we can is always good. Since we don't know who will get to the Challenge Cup final beforehand, to make it fair to both sets of fans, I think one addition we could add to making the venue neutral is allowing a certain amount of "home", "away", and "neutral" fans so that way the atmosphere still feels like the two teams are playing in their respective arenas.

14 (5).) This one is a no-brainer for me. I don't plan on making any hockey sticks out of maple, birch, oak (etc.), so I'll have to pass on a chainsaw lesson. Grapes are a cool snack, but an all-you-can-eat buffet of one fruit screams trash and I don't care about who grew the grapes or where they might've been imported from. DaftRaincloud is a great guy and show-host, but god knows where the award presentation ideas come from. Gritty is a class act, an icon, and someone all of us should aspire to be. Catch me in Philly with Mr. Thomason any day of the week.

17.) Sent to @PT Director