There is not much to say, really. All I really want to do as a veteran right now is to go out there and at least produce at a point per game pace. With 29 goals and 53 points, that is exactly what I did, and that makes me happy. Of course I did not hit that 30 goal mark, but 29 will definitely do. I think right now if I want to be better at anything, it would have to be my physicality. I know for sure that nobody expects me to go out there and hit everything, because that's not my role, but to see that I only had 8 hits just is not enough for me. 8 hits over a 50 game season? What am I, a twig? I like to model my offensive game after Alex Ovechkin, but it's very obviously that I am not the force of a player that he is, and it would be nice to be a bit more physical.

My opinion here on the most memorable series may or may not be biased, but I think it has to be the S50 Calgary Dragons win over the Tampa Bay Barracuda. What can't be said about this crazy series? The Tampa Bay Barracuda were up 3-0 in the Challenge Cup Finals and blew it. They had huge wins with offensive output like a 6-2 and a 7-5 win, but after that their firepower dried up and Calgary shut the door defensively. Tampa did win Game 3 by a score of 3-2, but the Dragons' Kata Vilde put the team on his back after that. The Dragons would go on to win 2-1, 2-1, 3-1, and 4-3 to take the Challenge Cup series win. Calgary had a commanding 4-0 lead in Game 7 where Tampa Bay battled back for sure, but ultimately lost 4-3. The huge story is that Calgary reverse swept the Barracudas. Calgary has a lot of comeback playoff series wins in their history, and this was a big one as well.

I think the best team to not make the finals has to be the Calgary Dragons. With their team record being the 2nd best in the entire SHL, and their very balanced offense, they should have had what it took to go further than they did. All you have to do is take a look at their crazy plus/minus and their top talented centers of Parmborg and Batsbak as well. They had 2 players who scored 29 goals and 2 players who scored 23 goals over 50 games, and 3 players to hit 60 points or more. Hell, 6 players scored at least 15 goals or more. They were very much a favourite to take it all, and yet did not get to the final battle.

Look, there is one product that has become known league-wide when it comes to the SHL, and that is something revolving around the Calgary Dragons. When you think of the Calgary Dragons, you think of chicken parms, and this is a product that many fans of other teams have been asking for around the SHL. During the finals, the Dragons organization has made a deal with both Buffalo and Hamilton to send over Dragons arena staff in their respective arenas. Obviously, Calgary is sending their own staff as to not give out their recipe for their own specialty chicken parm to another team. Both Hamilton and Buffalo fans will get the chance to eat the famous chicken parms that Calgary fans have had the joy of eating during their home games for many seasons. Hell, I would not be surprised if Calgary Dragons fans fly out to some finals games just to eat some chicken parms, as they cannot get them in their team's arena right now.


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