My jaw was to the floor when I found out that the Syndicate did not make the playoffs this year. While the cup hangover is a myth that some people believe in, it's one thing to lose in the first round, but to not even have the ability to defend your in the playoffs is a sad reality. IWe all knew their division was stacked going into S58, but I don't think anyone saw this coming. It was an all out war this year, and Toronto turned a lot of heads this year. That being said, it also really sucks for Chicago to finish fourth in the eastern conference and miss out. It will be interesting to see if the league makes any changes to address for this in the future. Chicago is still a stacked team and they have a ton of great picks this draft thanks to some beauty trades. I wonder if due to this we will see a playoff reformat of some sort going forward.



I feel that Option B would benefit me most since I am a power forward. Imagine totally obliterating a guy and he gets the penalty since I have immunity! While there are no injuries in the SHL, it feels nice knowing i can sack someone legally and now have a breakaway. Hell, why stop there. I might as well just bull charge the goalie (because what is interference) and score 100 goals this season! Not to mention with no offsides my old ass can just park itself in front of the net 24/7 and all my team would have to do is dump the puck to me. I could get use to that kind of life.


I am getting old, honestly the best thing I can do is keep up with regression for as long as I can. It is very painful to say but Boris' career is almost over an I can probably stay at the 1500 range for another 2 season and then it is time to become a washed up 3rd liner. You know part of me considered taking performance enhancing drugs as I am not ready to walk away from everything, but at the same time I the side effects are wild and my old body probably wouldn't be able to handle it. Maybe I start meditating more going forward to improve my on ice thinking. I mean finding inner peace would have to make me a better player right? If that's the case then maybe my power forward days are over and I'd be more beneficial as something else. But crunching guys on the ice is all I know, so we will have to see if I decide to take that route.


So Latvia is still not quite at the elite level yet. We still have a few unbanked builds on our roster that will hinder us a bit, but we are now set up with a fantastic mix of old and younger players. Mats marner (1200) and Mack daddy (975), will provide great support to our strong starting cast along with breakout player coming in a 1120 tpe. I have made it my mission to rebuild Latvia's name in the international community and while we have come a long way since S53, the work here is still not done. Raivo Helminen will also reach 1000 tpe next tournament (S59) and then the top 3 lines will all be 1000+ tpe guys. ourr defense is coming along nicely with the development of Balzams and Goodname. While Nat and Claude have a few more seasons in the tank, I am hoping by the time they hang up the skates Valdis Vējonis and Artūrs Tumovs will be ready to continue the dominance the old duo started


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