Assuming for the sake of this exercise that the battle will be fought with hockey equipment, clearly the advantage goes to the goalies with all that extra equipment and padding they have plus that giant stick. Hell, they even have a shield. They are basically knights in armor. The wingers should be pretty fast and agile, but also smaller, so early on I would expect them to have some success with hit and run attacks but eventually they would probably get overpowered. Centers and Defensemen are going to be a bit slower, but stronger. Lots of lower body strength for hitting and faceoffs. What it's going to eventually boil down to is someone who can hunker down, defend the fort and outlast the other team. That's where I think Texas would have an advantage. Most teams have a scarecrow with an empty helmet as their second goalie, but Texas has two active, strong goalies. Both White Goodman and Cillian Cavanaugh are putting up career seasons of stout blocking and defense. At center we have Andreas Kvalhiem with 109 hits and Ivan Maximus, I mean just that name suggests you shouldn't mess with him. At defense we have Petr Horvat with 117 hits and Bjorn Leppanen with 103 hits. You don't want no smoke from this crowd. Trust me. Sure sure, Battle Royale is last man standing, but I prefer team vs team, and Texas would come out on top, every time.
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