And now for our finalists!

Seattle Argonauts – @notorioustig and @grok
This team made bold trades to improve their roster, including signing top free agent Michael Scarn to center their top ine. Used the roster squeeze to turn Zdenko Baranek, a 3rd round pick, and cap space into a twp firsts, forward Juni Panda, a second, and goalie Peter Ramsey, and then flip Panda for a 3rd rounder. This duo showed they aren’t afraid to make big moves to improve their roster and stockpile assets, and it paid off with Seattle’s first playoff appearance.

Buffalo Stampede - @WannabeFinn and @Tomen
This team has consistently been one of the best in the league, and made another infuriatingly savvy move for expansion, acquiring future Philadephia Forge player Rex Kirkby from Atlanta as a rental for their Challenge Cup finals run. This allowed them to buy an expansion protection slot as well.

San Francisco Pride - @Thatguy91 and @AgentSmith630
Another team that was unafraid to make deals. They acquired defenseman Alexander Oscarsson from New England and forward Mats Marner from Calgary. While the Marner trade may have turned out less well than they’d hoped in hindsight, the team has steadily been building from the dark ages of burning it down, lifetime albatross contracts, and a near death cap penalty for backup goalie mishaps. They also drafted pretty well—Viktor Zukal and Fedor Sotakov are top 40 earners in the class while first round pick Miguel Hefeweizen ranks 3rd in the S59 class.