The most surprising part of the season as always is the Great Lakes. It was crazy to see the Challenge Cup champion from last season, the Chicago Syndicate, not even make the playoffs this season. This was of course due to Toronto coming somewhat out of nowhere to take the 2nd spot in the division. We knew they'd be good soon, but not quite so good and not quite so fast. They were looking to be clear cup favorites for about half of the season before things settled down a bit. They still ended up just 1 game from the finals and with a good shot at taking down Hamilton too based on their head to head games. While that would have sucked for me, it would have been funny to see every single team in the great lakes win a cup before 90% of the league even made it to an FHM finals. I can't wait to see what happens next season in the Great Lakes Hockey League.


The very very obvious answer is B: be immune from penalties. This is extremely overpowered. What good is that 6th skater if you just knock him out? If they try to fight back they will get a penalty. I would stack my roster with enforcers and just go to town on the other team. Even in a power play where you normally have 1 more player its not that easy to score. Now imagine all of the people you are playing against can fuck with you with impunity. You will not score, you may not even survive the game. I mean what's stopping my players from just picking up the puck and taking it to the other end to score? How do you defend against that?


I think the two biggest locks right now are Andreas Kvalheim for a skater, and Elizabeth Doyle for a goalie. Kvalheim has won the Jeff Dar a ridiculous 4 times, and is one of the all time best two way forwards the league has ever seen. Doyle is quite young but already has one of the best resumes for a goalie in history. A Jesster, two Honchos, two McBrides, and a Razov. That's a lot of hardware, plus a Challenge Cup. She leads the league in all sorts of stats in the FHM era as well. I think both of these could make it in right now today, but with a few more seasons under both of their belts, there will be no contest. I think both have the potential for more hardware, especially Doyle considering she hasn't even hit peak season yet. Other players to look for are the ones padded up by Hamilton. Aaron Wilson, Theo Morgan, and company will surely be nominated, and probably make it as well.


You can easily say the best team to miss the finals was Toronto. They were an OT goal away from making it, and had given everyone a run for their money in the regular season. They might even have had a better shot than Buffalo at beating Hamilton. They are for sure going to be contenders for a while, and their best players will be hitting peak season next season which will be scary to see. Unfortunately they are still strapped in the Great Lakes thunderdome, and as such will never have an easy path to the Cup. Hamilton, Buffalo, and Chicago will all be competing for those playoff spots once again, and it likely wont be Chicago that gets unlucky again next season.


a. The one thing that Buffalo can do to give themselves a leg up is pray to all of the deities they can think of. Hamilton is an unholy abomination that must be stopped, and only divine intervention or Chicago cheating can stop them. But really I guess just play to your strengths and hope FHM gives you the benefit of the doubt (it didn't).

b. I think a great offense will win out because shots are the name of the game in FHM. If you can shoot that puck a ton you will usually win. The offense sets the tempo of the game and you're gonna want to take advantage of things like power plays when they come up. In the finals, every advantage counts.

c. I am biased but I think the Buffalo Stampede has better branding. The logo works better and does not have a word mark over it which I always like. The colors of Buffalo are kinda sus cause they are similar to the colors of a terrible football team but I try not to think about it. Buffalo is a cooler place than Hamilton though because it doesn't sound like a musical my girlfriend won't shut up about.

d. Number one pick is easily Monkey D Luffy. He's been a hero in overtime for Buffalo before and he can do it again. Then Mitchell Van Der Heijden. He has experience taking down the Steelhawks. Nicholas Owens has come up big lately and deserves a nod on defense. And the final player is Elizabeth Doyle, the GOAT goalie who can stand cool under pressure.



1 TPE: https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3009161


Shoutout to all my NL homies and Buffabros of course. Shoutout to @Joshua_Horsemenzada and @Fitted2106 for keeping the league interesting. @fishy @Tomen @WannabeFinn for all their hard work in building this crazy team, sucks to lose but we're not done yet. @sve7en for making the league look good. @jeffie43 for making me look good.

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