Every season there are moments in which there is a desire to give up because something fails as intended. This season, too, was unsurprised, and there were very sad and painful moments that I certainly wanted to forget. The beginning of the season was very good, there was a brilliant aura on the team, and everyone wanted to win at every price, which also succeeded in some way and in expert forecasts, we as a team were a very respected opponent to fight for the Cup. Personally, the start was brilliant, I was A TOP3 player on the team, but then there was a downturn. The main thing was that during this emotional pit was very helped by the coaching collective and cheered me when it was necessary. It was only for them that I succeeded in such a brilliant sequel, in which I improved all my personal records in terms of effectiveness. The shutdown games were different, of course, and there's no time to think about the baggage of your points at that time. There was a lot of family support at this difficult time when we made concessions to the Calgary team in the seven-game fight. In total, I am satisfied with this season and I hope that the next one will be more enjoyable.

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If you asked me about the best Play-Off format in the youth league, it would be very difficult for me to answer, but I can shake my head and think. At the time I played games in the young, we were always able to reach Play-Off games, but for those teams that won great victories and failed to get a hair in this important season, there was certainly a great disappointment about the system as a whole. I would offer more of the 8/12 options that have already been touted as it would give more teams Play-Off, which would surely escalate the fight for the Cup. And young talent would have more game experience, too, because I think everyone wants to enjoy a Play-Off match, albeit at a youth level. It would certainly be higher, and the results would be more surprising, as is the case for youth hockey. I'm about the wider Play-Off capabilities.

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Forecasts for THE IIHF tournament, I've always liked this section. Since the tournament has started, I won't be looking at the tournament table where each team is in and expressing my own subjective opinion on how it should all have looked this year. I will certainly mention the Finnish, Canadian, US and Swedish teams as favourites. They've always had a large number of talented players who definitely help play far better than other teams. As the top-down teams, I certainly can count the Latvian team I represent, as well as the Irish and surprisingly Russian team, who personally do not convince me this season, but I can make a mistake. As regards the Latvian team, the quality of the players is improving from year to year, but in general something is always preventing us from being in Play-Off games, and it is getting tired. I believe we can do this, but there's always something to go wrong. Small losses, including major debacles. We have very good strikers, and the level of guards and goalkeepers is good, but we always let in more than we can beat back. I don't want the tournament to be exciting, and every one shows a peak. Good luck to everyone.

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a.) Both teams certainly deserve to be in exactly where they are. It's not a surprise, since both teams have dominated the league for several seasons and I'm most surprised by the stability of the Buffalo team and the breakthrough of the Chicago team. The finale will be exciting and good luck to both teams, they deserve it.

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b.) I mentioned earlier that I was surprised by the stability of the Buffalo team, which means that the organisation of the team is very creative and very professional in its decisions, as talented players are attracted. Chicago's miracle, by contrast, is a long-standing job, and many of the new teams should learn from those teams. Maybe I'll be attracted to one of these units in the future.

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