My individual goals for the season were to beat my previous points record, be number 1 in assists in the league, and not play like trash. I beat my points record by just 4. I did this with fewer goals which would have been nice if I could have topped the assists leaderboard but I didn't come close. In fact I was only 23rd in the league in assists. In terms of playing like trash, I was 37th in the league in points. This isn't terrible, but way less than expected for a top liner on a Laurifer team. The top line as a whole did not perform how I had hoped. Hopefully my last season will fair better, but ultimately I'm less interested in personal goals in the SMJHL as I am interested in a Four Star Cup. I would gladly put up 0 points if it meant we secured one of those.


We have spent a lot of time in the Newfoundland locker room searching for Sergei. We often play Skribbl, one of Sergei's favorite games, in hopes that he will stumble into the room and we can locate him through that. It has been very tough on Andrei that we have not found him yet, especially after many hoaxes that Andrei has fallen for. The Berserkers organization has sent many people out to investigate leads on his location with the presumption that we could possibly acquire him to play for us and improve Andrei's morale. We believe the league would be woefully unprepared for a dual Kostitsyn line. To this day Andrei still interrogates people he doesn't know to ask if they are Sergei. I find it a bit sad, like he's forgotten what Sergei looks like, but I know he is just grasping at any straw he can. Maybe if we win a Four Star Cup it will be big news and Sergei will notice on TV and contact his brother.


The obvious choice right now is Flacko Lagerfield. He has 1 Challenge Cup already, with 6 Award wins and 1 more nomination including 2 Karpotsovs and a Mexico. After this season he will likely add another Challenge Cup, Mexico, and Karpotsov. Most players would be lucky to have just 1 of those. And his career is far from over. I guarantee he has more hardware to win if he stays with Hamilton. Lagerfield has over 500 career points now when including this season. He is setting records left and right in the new FHM era that will be hard to break for seasons to come.




Hamilton has the advantage in net, because Kryyst has the better GAA and SV%. The truth is that Cain is going to get absolutely shot to pieces while Kryyst is going to sip Gatorade in his net for the majority of the series. All of that moving around will get to Cain and no amount of skill will be able to save him.


The better Johnson on paper is Gabe. He has two more points in two less games, more shots blocked, more shots taken, and less PIM in the playoffs so far. This is extremely flattering for Darnell, who had 35 less points in the regular season. But in practice nobody wants an icky Hamilton player.


I think the Specters got lucky. They might get 2 wins on the series but that's it. Playoff Hamilton is somehow even scarier than regular season Hamilton despite how good they were. I don't think head to heads are the most accurate forecast because you can try a lot of different things in the regular season, or you might set a certain strategy to beat a certain team that day not caring that you lost to the other team.


I would spend my time in New Orleans. My understanding is that there is a lot of good food and good fun to be had in NOLA. Not to mention I prefer warmer climates. I'm not really sure what there is to do in Hamilton other than head on over to Toronto.


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