1. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
While these two teams are no strangers to the Cup finals, we did see some very interesting things this season. Looking back, what do you feel was the most surprising part of the season?

I was most surprised by the complete fall of the New Orleans Specters. I mean sure, they weren't all that great last year, only winning 22 games after falling down from being fairly competitive with 28 wins and 63 points back in S56. But 22 wins ain't nothing to sneeze at, at least compared to their anemic 10 wins this season. You have to work pretty hard to be as bad as the Specters were this season, though I mean no offense to this storied organization that I've rooted for since their creation as well as all of the players and GM's associated with said team. Sometimes things like this happen to the best of us and there's not a damn thing you can do about it. Just very surprising from an outside perspective at least and I hope they can turn things around and lower that goal differential while they're at it for S59.

5. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)
Which SHL or SMJHL team was the best team to not make the finals this season and why?

It's pretty easy for me to give the nod to the Renegades here. After all, they were actually the best team in the league during the regular season, amassing both the most wins and the most points, scoring the most goals in the league while giving up the fewest. I'm sure part of that was due to the skew in overall team strength between the east and the west, but anyone putting up those kinds of numbers has to be the favorite for the cup. Alas, they were knocked out in the semi-finals by the mighty Hamilton Steelhawks, and we'll never get to know if they could've won it all given a free pass to the finals.

15. Milestones, 1 TPE
Milestones |  TPE Gained: 1

Affiliate Claim, 3 TPE:
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