Back in the top 10 scoring charts, back in the 70 point range, and with a career high in assists, Wagstrom finally proved that he is the player the Manhattan Rage traded for a few years back. Wagstrom not only met the personal goals I had set, but he soared past them and reclaiming his legendary status that he held back in the original FHM transition days. It was great to hit 30 goals once more; while the extra games didn't hurt, scoring has gone down across the league, so it still is an excellent achievement. Wagstrom rolled out with a more balanced build, focusing more on honing physicals and improving passing rather than keeping shooting maxed, and the diversification paid off. He played better defensively and was able to set up plays as well as finish them, which makes him an elite threat once more. Continuing to further diversify and perhaps taking passing up another notch before the next season will keep my player in my GM's good graces hopefully and lead to another solid year.

The penalty kill specialist would add an additional, special teams focused role to the limited defensive options for forwards. If you need a defensively sound player to counter a vicious powerplay, as you would in real life with a guy like Anthony Cirelli, this is someone who can man that top unit and maintain solid positioning. Of course, positioning, shot blocking and stickchecking would be very important for slowing the power play in the neutral zone and stopping the opponent's shot attempts. Physical attributes would contribute in a more secondary way, as power play units tend to contain some of a team's fastest players, therefore, a penalty killing specialist needs to be fast to keep up and tough to grind it out.

Wagstrom takes the shot,
The goalie flails in the crease,
The puck made it in.

The Cup should be ours,
But it was not meant to be,
Knocked out once again.

The finals begin,
Chicago stares at their foe,
They will not give up.

Sweden wants a gold,
King Carl cheers us on from home,
We serve our country.

I am predicting that Team Sweden will build on our previous success after finally stepping back on to the podium last season. Having vanquished the monstrous United States two years in a row, this year will be the year that Sweden intends to transcend them at the group stage. Seemingly always in the same division and at each other's throat, Sweden's offense is finally strong enough to present a challenge to the USA on both fronts, no longer relying on the elite core of blueliners that have been their veteran leadership. I predict that an aging Great Britain will have a disappointing season, same for Czechia, while Japan will be the other one to surge to the top alongside Sweden, perhaps they are the surprise in the other division. Monkey D. Luffy and Ola Wagstrom have just hit regression and have something to prove on the world stage before it is too late, they are the players to watch.

The Hamilton Steelhawks are the Tampa Bay Lightning of the SHL. They are stacked on every line, they lead the league every year, they seem next to invincible and are the reigning cup champs. Both teams have all sorts of scorers, a bounty of talent....Theo Morgan, Aaron Wilson, Dick Clapper, Michael Scarn, all 2K guys who are way too good, how is it fair that a roster has all that talent? It's just miles ahead of the league, same as a team that can roll out Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov, and Brayden Point all at once. You'd think that the Steelhawks would at least have a week third line, but no, everyone is over 1K TPE, some of those guys could be top line players on most other teams, if for some reason Hamilton lost someone they have plenty of guys just waiting to take their place and to fill it adequately. The depth is similar to the top nine strength of the Lightning, and it is certainly why both are considered the strongest in their leagues, are always favorites to win the Cup, dominate in the regular season, and are the envy of other teams' fans.

Verification: Done