This season, my individual player goal was to surpass my point totals from last season. It may not be a large feat to surpass as last season I only had 2 goals and 7 assists for 9 points; however, it was a personal goal because being able to surpass it meant that I am progressing forward with my player. To be honest, halfway into the season my chances weren't looking great. The Whalers as a team had like 4 points on the season and Sato wasn't faring all that much better with 2 assists. This meant that he was on track for a total of 4 points. Thankfully though, the Whalers seemed to have magically took a turn for the better after trading away top players like Sven Yxskaft and Ohlsson. The trade of Yxskaft meant Sato would be the new top defenseman on the blueline alongside Slimey Snail. Sato was able to turn up the intensity with 4 goals and 8 assists for the remainder of the season. This met my personal hopes surpassing last year's point totals by 5 points, hitting double digits for the first time! 
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The Vancouver Whalers rocky start and disappointing ending isn't stopping me nor a couple of my teammates from tuning into the finals. The SMJHL finals is the Carolina Kraken versus the Anaheim Outlaws. The Outlaws have Ohlsson who we traded for a 4th round pick which becomes a 3rd rounder if they made it to the finals. To be honest, now that they have made it, it would be beneficial for Vancouver if the Kraken with Sven win the cup to fulfill the clause. The clause was that if Carolina wins the cup, Vancouver would keep the 4th round pick that we traded to them. And so, between the 2 teams I'm sure Vancouver would be cheering for Carolina so we could keep our pick and our longtime player and captain Sven Yxskaft would be able to win the Four Star Cup before he gets called up to the SHL. Also, I'm helping to write a media piece for the finals with Smalinowski so be sure to check it out!
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Oh I can't believe that I didn't hear about this sooner! I've always heard about (Clean) Andrei Kostitsyn but I had no clue that his brother Sergei has been missing. I have so many question like how long he has gone missing and when and where was the last time he saw him? Has anyone asked (Clean) Andrei Kostitsyn these important questions? Maybe it would help lead us to finding a lead on his brother's whereabouts. I'll be sure to keep a look out for any signs of Sergei and I'm sure with the combined power of the SHL we will be able to help Andrei find his missing brother.
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Being one of the returning GMs for Team World alongside Nhamlet, I think we are both excited and confident on how our team will perform this WJC. Last season, our WJC saw a lot of new rookies join in their first season. And so, this year with a majority of them returning, our team is better than ever. This is especially true with the extra additions this season such as JMac nCheese on our first forward line and Cillian Kavanagh as our starting goaltender. We also have top scorer Ryuuji Minamino and an elite defenseman in Adam Scianna. Also, the craziest thing to happen was Mikkel Asmus Sondergard being left off of the UCORCAL WJC team! Having talked to Sondergard, he was angered that the UCORCAL GMs left him off the team and vowed to join World to get his revenge. This was an amazing addition for us as defense would be the greatest issue for Team World if it wasn't for Sondergard joining. And so, this is how a powerhouse of a team got put together and the team is excited to be able to fight for the championships after a tough loss last season. I would personally bank on Team World being top 2 in their group and winning a medal this season. However, we shouldn't be too confident as some top teams last season were knocked out early. Regardless, this WJC should be very interesting for Team World.
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Personally I'd go with New Orleans Specters player Joe Kurczewski on making it to the Hall of Fame. Kurczewski has played a large number of seasons in the SHL, the most from my point of view, and he certainly has had a number of playoff appearances. In addition to his games played, in his entire career playing in the SMJHL, SHL, and IIHF, Kurczewski has gotten himself 524 goals and 653 assists for 1177 points. This isn't even including his playoff numbers which are insane as well due to all his appearances. Even if some people don't believe he is a Hall of Famer, I think he certainly should at least be given some thought because of his fantastic and long career in the SHL.
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Not knowing too many people in the SHL, I'd have to pick someone from either the Toronto locker room or the Vancouver locker room. I think if we would like someone with a lot of insight and knowledge to this league, I'd have to go with Luke Thomason. Thomason is well versed in SHL history and I know puts a lot of time and effort into learning about teams and players. Also, having listened to him talk, I think he is able to speak well and provide good insight and commentary. He certainly isn't afraid of cracking a joke here and there either. However, my second pick would be Name Redacted. Redacted has had some great commentary skills in the SMJHL speaking about events such as that time a game between the Carolina Kraken and Anchorage Armada was restarted numerous times. He also showed great commentary recently about how our Vancouver coach had issues seeing over the bench. Overall, I think he'd be a great addition to the Challenge Cup TV coverage as he'd certainly be capable of holding his own there.
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a. Between the two goaltenders, I think that although Aleister Cain has the advantage of having more seasons under his belt, Kryyst has shown to be the better overall goaltender this season. In the regular season, Kryyst put up a 2.22 goals against average and a 0.913 save percentage. Cain put up a 2.78 goals against average and a 0.903 save percentage. This shows that in the regular season, Kryyst performed better. The playoffs show a similar story but this time both have a 0.927 save percentage at the time I'm writing this.
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b. I can't go against Gabriel Johnson. I may be biased because he helped me in the SMJHL and helped develop Sato, but even without that Gabriel Johnson has 2 more points than Darnell this playoffs so far. Also, Gabriel Johnson is trusted with top line ice time putting up 40+ shots blocked, 20+ hits and a game rating of 68. The numbers don't lie showing Gabriel Johnson to be the better of the two Johnsons.
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c. While regular season matchups can show a part of the story, I don't think that they will provide an entirely accurate forecast for the playoff series. These teams have developed beyond the 2 games they played each other in the regular season. They have 48 other regular season games and all the playoff experience that brought them to the finals. And so, I think that although head to heads provide part of the story, they certainly don't tell the full story on how this series is going to unfold.
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d. Being Canadian, between New Orleans and Hamilton I'd probably go with Hamilton. There may not be much to explore there but I've always wanted to start in Toronto and take the train up the East coast to Montreal with stops on the way in places like Ottawa. It's a simple goal but I feel like there's so much more Canadian places and history for me to see, along with a bunch of people to meet.
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Dex


16/16 TPE (plus 7 backup TPE just in case I messed up anything)