Corey Kennedy had a career year this year. He was 2nd in Defensive Points, 1st in Defensive Goals, top 5 in hits, top 5 in Powerplay Points, he was top on his team in ice time and really drove the play from the back end. He way surpassed my expectations, controlling the game every time he was on the ice. Kennedy was 2nd in overall fantasy points as a Defensemen. This is insane to think about, but blocked shots, hits, and points went a long way to define his season. Going into the season, I had aspirations of having a better season than the previous, but this was really solid. I think the biggest thing that I can attribute to the rise in Kennedy's play would be playing a more all around game. I hope that next season he can excel in much of the same way, thought regression is going to hit me a bit. Hopefully Kennedy has another career year.


Hub city, the hub-hub city. I think that is the Simulation Hockey League were to set up a Hub city, it would have to take a page out of the National Hockey Leagues book and choose Toronto. You have 3 playoff teams that already very close, with Chicago, Hamilton, and Buffalo. So this limits the amount of travel for a good portion of the league. Then you could also take the idea of Edmonton, for the same reasons. You already have Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg all very close, so you would limit the travel for them. Plus you are already in hockey towns, with the infrastructure to hold this type of bubble or hub atmosphere. I think the National Hockey League did it really right, with their selection of the hub cities and would emulate a lot of what they did. I think that the Sim Hockey League, would be able to pull of the same kind of thing, it's lucky we have a lot of team close together.


Hamilton is going to have a special drink and food at the concessions. They are going to feature a couple items, that they can use to "take-down" their opponent. They are serving Buffalo Burgers and Bison Milkshakes. This is all part of their plan to get the fans involved, in the beating of Buffalo, by eating their opponent. Yes, I said that right, Hamilton's Public Relations and Marketing team are saying to go out there and literally eat your opponent. What a world we live in. In response to this Buffalo has decided to make shirts that say, we are so good, Hamilton has decided to eat us. I don't know why they also thought this was a good idea, but we reached out for comment. They were not interested in commenting at this time. This is a bold new marketing strategy that we will have to see if it works. Eat your opponent might be the next "black-out" event.

Hamilton in my opinion has the better set of skaters, though it is very close. I think the mix of Skao and Phelps on a third line is crazy to think. Theo Morgan and Aaron Wilson could easily carry a line by themselves, but they tend to get paired up. That is insane amounts of depth.
They should stick to what they are doing and do best. They have been successful for that reason. You saw Buffalo pull off the epic reverse sweep and the momentum is in their favor. I think Hamilton will have an answer, but status quo it should be a good series, with Hamilton getting the edge.
Michigan is the best great lake. It is the biggest, I think, and it's also where the best team resides, in Chicago. My player also has a house on Lake Michigan, so I am defintely partial to that lake. You will not be able to sway me in saying any of the others are better.
If I had to hang out with one of the users, it would probably be DrunkenTeddy. Teddy and I have gotten to know eachother a ton over the last year plus and I would like to buy him a beer. So that is what we would do, go get a beer and chill. Probably not talk about SHL at all.[/code]

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