I do not know that many people personally on the SHL so I do not know who I would choose to sabotage the Stampede. But, I would want the Syndicate to win because of my Boy Poroshenko on the team and even Mats Marner. For that reason alone I would do whatever is necessary to Sabotage the stampedes playoff run. I think we will see some great games and the series will go the distance and it will come down to the last game. So I don't know, maybe being the goaltender for the Stampede and let some easy ones go in to give the Syndicate an early lead in some important games. I would probably even try to ruin someones career, create some controversy in the SHL world. Pull some sort of Patrick Roy thing or Chris Chelios and sleep with a teammates girlfriend. Not wife, that is a little too far. But maybe create some chaos in the locker room and ruin the whole ambiance.

I think for the Juniors, everyone should make the playoffs. The make up of the league is always going to be people coming into the community. You can not have someone go into the Juniors and then have him not make the playoffs for 2 or 3 seasons and then be excited to continue to update when all he sees is losses. Atleast with the playoffs as an option, there is something to look forward to at the end of the season. When new users come in, and especially the Reddit drafts where there is an abundance of new people coming in and giving the SHL a try, you want their experience to be a good one and that is what the Juniors are for. Positivity, good people and not too much dilemma. I think having that little candy at the end of the season that you are in the playoffs no matter what, it keeps people engaged.

Canada, United States and Great Brittain are the countries that come to the top of my head as the ones who always perform. When looking at players, I know players like Aron Hernandivic and Martijn Westbroek just dominated in the Finals of the Challange Cup and will continue that momentum going into the International tournament. Last IIHF season we also saw players like Daniel Laforest and Andreas Kvalheim dominate for Norway, who some might have seen as Underdogs. What is good about the IIHF is that there always seems to be a change in which player dominates the tournament and it keeps everyone on their toes to figure out who the breakout player of the tournament will be. I would hope I would have a chance at that title but because of playing for Latvia, we definitely do not have the same amount of talent as the other top teams in the tournament. We try to play spoiler and really wear that title proudly in the Lockerroom and hope we can pull off some upsets this season.

a) I think looking back at the beginning of the season, everyone knew that the league would be dominated by Buffalo, Chicago or Hamilton. With Chicago changing division, it made it a lot easier for them and the path was a lot easier considering the talent in the other conference was not as powerful. It was deeper with the likes of Calgary, Edmonton and Texas. But there was no power house teams like Buffalo and Hamilton to go up against. So, no surprise there in the finals.
d) I remember Viktor Marius just being an absolute GOAT in the league when he was around. Sucks that he did not recreate, if I remember correctly he does not have a new guy. But he was just always the number 1 fantasy pick because of his physical presence as well as his offensive talent. Plus, he can be a GOAT of the league and he had to out play a bunch of talent on his team, that's how good he was. He was one of the best players for them and they had such a deep roster.

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Defensemen
Goals: 11 or more
Assists: 26 or more
+/-: 24 or higher
Hits: 115 or more
Special Points: 7 or more
GWG: 2 or more (check the link above)
Take Aways (TkA): 31 or more