A huge trade that came in the S54 offseason was the acquisition of Matt Kholin by the Buffalo Stampede, and it was one that helped the Stampede take home the Challenge Cup in S55. At the time the Stampede had a pretty solid roster, with a couple of promising young stars and a lot of great veteran players up and down the lineup, but seemed to be missing one key piece to push them over the top. Luckily for them, the Tampa Bay Barracuda were about to sell off their big pieces and enter a rebuild. A deal was struck between the two teams, and Matt Kholin came over to the Stampede to round out the lineup into something truly spectacular on the ice. Kholin finished with 54 points in 50 games in the regular season, along with another 15 points in 17 playoff games, and was a huge factor in the Stampede's cup win over the New Orleans Specters. And as it would turn it, it was not a rental acquisition either, and Kholin still wears the Stampede green to this day.