Honestly I'm not sure how I would interpret my player's season. This season was a frustrating one, at least at the start. Manhattan had some line issues with some management changes and I feel Oliver Cleary suffered big time due to this. If I'm not mistaken, Cleary did not have a single point in the first ten games or so, maybe even more than that. This was my peak season so I was hoping for a stronger start. Once Shiny took over lines, Cleary was one of the top defenders in the league. I'd like to think if Shiny was doing lines all season, I'd be in the Stevens conversation. In terms of what I'd do different though and what changes I will be making going into this season? I'm not sure. This is my first season of regression so I'm hoping to make some changes that doesn't throw my game off too much.



I know that one of the roles that FHM has is the playmaking defensemen but I'd still like to see a dedicated puck-moving defensemen. This would be a defender who is more skilled in their own zone and looks to make strong first passes into the neutral zone. The attributes that would be most important would be passing of course, so that they can move the puck up to the forwards breaking out as well as defensive read in order to both know when to make a smart pass and to know how to get the puck back when stuck in their own zone.



Over the off-season, Oliver Cleary took some time to get out into the community and give some of his time to some charitable causes around the Manhattan area. First Oliver Cleary decided to spend a couple Sunday nights giving some of his time at homeless shelters in the area. Cleary helped out in the kitchen, serving meals for the homeless. He mostly served the food but was still happy to do whatever he could to help out. Cleary also combined with other local celebrities to raise money for different causes. He was one of the local athletes to join in the RJ Barrett celebrity athlete fantasy camp to raise money to help diabetes research. RJ Barrett also got New York Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman as well as New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold to join in. The guys ran some basketball drills as well as had exhibition games against the other athletes.




I don't think it is a stretch to say that the best team in the SHL to not make the finals is the usual suspect, the Buffalo Stampede. Honestly, I would have said the same thing if either Chicago or Hamilton did not make the finals. Buffalo is part of the three headed monster in the Great Lakes division. They still have an elite offence led by Monkey D Luffy, an elite defence led by Alexander Selich and an elite goaltender in Elizabeth Doyle. Buffalo will be my pick until they prove they shouldn't be. But until that day, they will always be the best team to not make the finals.



Look first, we need to address Luke, our commish. I had no comparison before for him but over the past few minutes, he decided to show himself as the SHL's version of Jeremy Jacobs. One action led me to this conclusion. I asked if Jed Mosely Jr and Oliver Cleary could be defence partners this season and he said no. Another comparison I have is that Juke is the SHL's Eric Tulsky. An analytics expert for the Carolina Hurricanes, Tulsky and Juke both thrive on figuring out how analytics affect the SHL. Juke is also the king of graphs. The Calgary Dragons are the St. Louis Blues of the SHL. A team that had a ton of success in the past, they are slowly but surely starting to fall apart. They may have been bringing in some new pieces to delay the inevitable, Claude is their Krug but eventually age will catch up on them. Their goaltending can also be extremely inconsistent with a starter that no one can get a read on.



VW: Buster

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