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Bacon, beer and drama.

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Well, when all logo's of all teams enter the purge the first team getting knocked out is Montreal Patriotes. Even a Barracuda will break that toothpick he's carrying. After that the fish will get picked off by either the Steelhawks or the Platoon. What happens then will be quite interesting. On the ground a few teams will battle it out. Buffalo, Manhattan, San Francisco, Edmonton will commence in a ground battle while Monarchs, Renegades and the Syndicate are trying to barter a deal to find the Specters who are hiding somewhere in the Aurora. In the air it's an endless battle between the Calgary Dragons and the Atlanta Inferno. So it's quite obvious there won't be a winner in this ultimate battle. Calgary and Atlanta will probably fight for a very long time when ultimately the Dragon will slay the phoenix by ripping his head off his body and claim the win.

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Obviously the Calgary Dragons is the best team in the league to not make the finals this year. We've worked really hard this year to still make an impact with an aging team and with the huge asset we dealt away at the trade deadline I think we did an amazing job winning the division again and winning 2 games against a recent winner of the Challenge Cup. The odds against Chicago were really bad, but somehow we managed to keep hanging in there apart from the one blowout game. But the new GM Mike Izzy and coach Wally worked their asses off to make this a really strong team this season.

6 - 3 TPE
This seasons IIHF tournament I don't think there will be many surprises. There's a few good nations out there and they have dominated the IIHF tournament the last few seasons, while smaller nations keep on struggling to get new players and are just participants and sometimes even cannon fodder. So the teams that will do well: Canada, United States, Sweden. Perhaps Germany or Japan can cause an upset. My own nation Austria is far down the ladder. Top players are regression and the youth players aren't even unbanked yet to make a proper impact on the tournament. The future does look bright as we've had quite a few new players join the nation in the last few seasons, so not all hope is lost at the moment. I just hope some other nations will win the tournament from time to time as this tournament is even more boring than it already was.

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That would be an easy choice. The best player to eat as an alternative for food would be Esa Parmbourg. Clearly, Esa Parmbourg is made of cheese and would be an excellent addition to my menu. I could eat him with some fava beans, and a nice chianti.  Although I'd like better if Esa Parmbourg would be made of beer. Also if I eat him, I clearly have less competition for 1 st line center in both teams. I mean Calgary Dragons and Team Austria. It is like a double-win situation.  I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner.

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