1.
I think Hippo had a decent season, for an 1800 TPE player he's not the top gun on the team by any means but he gets the job done.
The pre-season gave hopes for awards and records, but it was just that. Pre-season. Looking hot the first 1/3rd of the season I carried that hope, maybe Hippo can get that convoluted Dar, but a slow middle third iced those dreams. It's tough at times being at the height of your players career but not getting top minutes or 1st power play unit time. But it's a competitive league and Buffalo is as competitive as they come. Instead of looking for success in individual seasons I take pride in that Hippo is as consistent as a player can get. You know exactly what you can expect from him and will get for a long time. Knowing you're a cornerstone of a franchise feels really good.

2.
Losing game 7 in over time in the conference finals sting, and it feels worse when you come of such great season. Almost beating the current record for total points in a season. I also have no interest in either Hamilton or New Orleans, they play the most boring hockey in the SHL and I wouldn't even want my mother in law to endure the pain of watching the snooze fest that is this finals. They can honestly split the cup for all I care. Instead the focus has been on planning for next season, looking at the upcoming draft for new exciting team mates. Doing inhouse work for the team, updating spreadsheets and such. Same sadly goes for 4-star cup, I've said it before and I'll say it again. I have no interest in that league outside of Detroit Falcons. It's the only team that makes me feel any sort of emotion.

6.
"I know it hurts to get eliminated, the team feels it, the players feel it and you the fans feel it. That knot in your stomach, the feeling of not being able to swallow or simple nausea. But for all the Buffalo Stampede fans out there, we know we can win multiple seasons in a row. YOU know we can. With this current and future roster. Our GM's and players work harder than any other team out there, and the future will show that. Our division keeps getting stronger though, New England imploding like a deflated zeppelin makes our chances for missing the playoffs in the foreseeable future close to zero. We can see a clear difference in the team quality of the top 4 and bottom four right now. BAP finally realizing what position they are in, TBB being TBB. TOR still having a couple seasons before they can be a midfield team, and NEW selling off everything that is not pinned to a wall. Our Future is NOW"

5.
Flacko Lagerfield has a good shot in my opinion, while not boasting the longest career he's been dominant on each team he's played on. Getting multiple individual awards, upping his scoring late in his career and getting team performance to boot. Winning a Cup with Hamilton was the missing piece to the puzzle.
What's amazing about Flacko though is how good he's become late in the career, not to say he wasn't good before, he's just getting better the older he gets. It's a little sad this is his last season because who knows how good he'd be the following ones. Maybe he'd be the best 900 TPE player ever.

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I haven't watched the results, but I heard that one guy that scored the winning goal gets it. It's one thing to lead the charge with the most points, or having the clutch saves and the best sv%. But nothing compares the the ecstasy of being the one that gets the final goal. You instantly become one of the few to have had the final say on the ice, the last thing that happens that season is your action, or the goalies inaction if you will. So congratulation Blues, you are the finals MVP, cause when it mattered the most. You knew what to do.


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