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Though it was a long, tough rebuilding season for the San Francisco Pride, there was a lot for me to be happy about with regard to my performance on the ice. I've now shown that I can keep up with the best defenders in the league and hold my own. I actually led the SHL in shots blocked and was #11 in takeaways. In terms of FHM's defensive grade thingamajig I was in the top five, for whatever that's worth. I do expect that some of these stats come as a result of a lack of other defensive talent on the team during the rebuild, making me the focal point. However, I'm still very proud of my work on the defensive end. I was a bit disappointed with my performance on offense, particularly as a passer. I envision myself being a two way threat in the SHL like I was in the SMJHL and it seems I had a bit of trouble getting it done this season. That being said, there wasn't a lot of offense coming from any part of the San Francisco Pride, so perhaps that had something to do with it. We can only go up from here, and I'm hopeful to be one of the leaders of this squad as we continue to grow. (218 words.)


You want me to come up with the worst possible playoff format? That's subjective, but I'll try to do my best. First, let's put seven teams in the playoffs because that's a gross prime number, even if some people consider it lucky. That's an elite group so we have to eliminate some people. The teams with the best records in each division don't make the playoffs at all. Why? Because they're too good. You can't have the best teams in the playoffs. We'll let the 2nd best teams in each division in there because 2nd is the best, and then the 4th and 6th best teams. So now we have six and we need seven. The 7th team to make the playoffs is the one with the worst record. Then we'll just seed at random because of course. We'll have two pairs of teams play each other and then the last three will play each other five times and whoever has the best record in that mini tournament advances. Of the three remaining teams, we will choose one at random to automatically advance to the finals. The remaining two will play one game against each other to determine which one gets to go to the finals. Then the finals will be a best of six and if there's a tie there just won't be a winner. I'd like to see someone implement that. (233 words.)


Normally when I'm picking a city to host something, I want it to be the place I think would be the most fun. However, if we're trying to figure out where to put a bubble, the stuff that's available to do doesn't really matter because the players can't go far. With that in mind, we need a place that has nice weather because people are going to want to be able to golf, play tennis, hang out at the pool, and other things you do when you're stuck at some luxury hotel. With that in mind, I'm going to have to give the nod to Tampa Bay. If we're lucky, we could even have this bubble on the beach so we could play beach volleyball or something like that. Beyond that, I think people are going to spend a lot of time playing video games, so hopefully there's a lot of places to do that, and the food better be good if everyone's going to be stuck in the same place for awhile. (173 words.)


Let's talk SMJHL here so I can show my huge bias toward the Anaheim Outlaws. The playoffs this year for them were simply a travesty. They came in looking like one of the best offensive teams out there only to get bounced very quickly. I had such high hopes and they were crushed quickly. I can only blame what happened on the sudden retirement of James Boxman. What happened to that guy? Did he join a cult or something? You have to see it through with your team, man. Anyway, losing a key piece like that all of a sudden is a lot to recover from. Can you imagine if we had injuries in this game? Stuff like that would happen all the time. A total nightmare. (127 words.)


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