Oh come on give me a harder decision to make.  As an avid fighter and known PIM hoarder I've gotta go with being immune from calls.  Having an extra skater is meaningless if all we have to do to even the playing field is fight at the puck drop and then take turns every 5 minutes when their guy gets out. On top of that the amount of reckless play and general goon shit that is possible when immune from consequences is sure to piss off the other team as well and drive them to commit penalties.  Just picture Nat Emerson elbowing opposing defensemen in the face a la Connor McDavid this past week.  They won't retaliate at first, but at some point tensions are going to boil over and we can have a good 'ole donnybrook.
Nat Emerson may not have the hardware, but he has the career statistics already and honestly isn't even that deep into regression yet so he will continue to pile em on.  Emerson currently sits top 5 all-time in blocked shots and for a hall of fame that has over 100 players in it already he's also deeeeep into the top 100 on every defensive stat.  Right now the only thing that might hold him back is the "he was on a bad team so of course he produced defensively" argument, but that bad team isn't bad any more and with Emerson's switch to forward look for him to really start rounding out those offensive stats.  He's already over 260 career points and smart money has his 20 points per season to date get left in the dust starting next season.  Emerson is a cornerstone player of a franchise that has largely struggled during his tenure, but if it I had a vote I would put him in right now if he retired.

I'm not changing a thing from last season.  Park led all rookie dmen in scoring with hardly any power play time and I'm also on a PT streak of 15 so as long as I keep that up I really don't see what there is to change in S59.  BAP made an impressive push to get into the playoffs and that was in part because the young guys on the team, myself included, have all been max earners contributing to the team's overall rise.  It's already working now so if it ain't broke don't fix it.  The only thing BAP needs to keep improving and by extent get closer to the finals is to keep doing what we're doing.  We are finally coming out of the rebuild just as other teams are being forced to see some star players leave as cap casualties.  Hopefully the rest of the league sees what is happening down in Baltimore and is ready to see us become a force in short order.

The Knights set the J point record (and were only 2 away from breaking DET's FHM pt% record) and didn't make the finals.  That has to be the story here.  The Knights were dominant all season and saw contributions from the entire roster in every facet of the game, but real life prevented them from making the finals.  We had to seek outside help getting lines set for the series against QCC with both of our primary FHM people either busy or out of town.  The series was always going to be a coin toss, but I firmly believe that if myself or Naosu had been available the series would have been more competitive.

 3 Milestone teps


@Katth I'm saying nice stuff about you again, but this time for a different reason.  Your tutelage and the locker room you oversaw in KEL were both awesome and I appreciate the quality people you've brought to the team.  I've been able to grow into this league and find some good people primarily because of you. Thank you and enjoy being able to chill the fuck out for 30 seconds until your family grows.  Also gtfo, Naosu is sitting in the co seat still and I wanna take it for a spin.