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S58 Milestones

I think one surprising thing was just how good this Toronto team is.The Great Lakes were unsurprisingly super tough top to bottom, but the Toronto North Stars were able to finish second in the division and had one of the best records as a team. To further show how surprising this team was was how young they are. With only a couple of players in regression we boast almost an entire team made up of youth and players drafted by our own General Manager. We have been able to acquire solid talent in the drafts and then keep them around as we built through a lot of rebuild years. We were also able to move some assets to acquire top players when we needed to. The funniest most surprising thing about this whole season is that we never got the first overall pick in the draft when we were losing all of those games, but the first time we make the playoffs we get the first AND the second pick. -170 words

I plan on trying to make my defense a lot better next year. My offense increased by leaps and bounds this year and I even had quite a few go ahead goals. I'd like to be able to lead the the second line some more and I also want to get on some of the penalty kill and power play units. I want more opportunities to help this team on special teams and even get some shootout goals. My defense was amazing back when I was playing in the junior league but it has been very hit or miss in this league. I want to work on getting my defense good enough that I'm among the top on my team in takeaways, and hits. My game needs to be more two way. Less turnovers and an increased focus on defense to help my team more. I'm starting my fifth? season up at the major league level and it's about that time that I took that next jump in development. - 169 words

I keep writing about the Toronto North Stars and how good they were but I truly think they could have won the cup this year. They were battle tested all year and had youth on their side with some very good veterans. Even our young guys were playing well and were able to come right in and contribute immediately. Carpy was a monster for most of the year and our other veteran Mika had himself another great season and has cemented himself as one of the best forwards in Toronto North Star history. Barron leads the defense and Bobby Lane was easily our most improved player. 33 seconds away from making it to the finals. -115 words

I would probably have to pick the 6 skaters. You could always have a player back for the penalties and if you do happen to catch them in a counter attack you automatically have an advantage due to the amount of skaters you have. The no penalties thing is good but I think the 6 players allows you to stay fresh and gives you advantages that no penalties cannot offer. You could basically always have a player up on the blue line ready to breakout or have a player permanently back ready to get the puck back into the offensive zone or to prevent breakaways. It seems like the superior option. -111 words