1 - +3 TPE

It was a pretty difficult season all around for Kaapo Kampainen, both on and off the ice. Obviously he had troubles off the ice much like every player in the SHL and the SMJHL, both he also struggled a fair bit on the ice as well. While Kaapo never was an offensive machine, he was pretty disappointed with his offensive statistics in his rookie season with the Edmonton Blizzard. Scoring goals has always been an issue for him and it was the case once again, scoring only nine regular season goals. We're pretty far away from his S59 World Junior Championship performance. However, looking at the good side of his first major league season, Kaapo was really excited to finally win a playoff series, after two straight first round exits in his final two junior post season trips. He added three goals in ten playoff games, which is a good sign and something the Blizzard management is looking forward to. Kaapo is hard at work to come back even stronger next season.

5. + 2 TPE

It's actually something that I've given some thoughts during the offseason as the SMJHL has probably the weirdest playoff format you could get. With now 14 teams, it gets more difficult to make a playoff format that makes sense because let's be honest, a 14-team league is kinda weird. I think the best thing you could do would be to take the eight best teams in the league and put them in the playoffs. However, the SMJHL being a developmental league, it wouldn't be beneficial to only have basically half the league in the playoff each year. Not everyone makes the playoffs in the SHL and everyone should be able to experience the playoffs at some point. I think the best format is 8 teams so it doesn't get too complicated, but it could lead to some issues with the SMJHL being a developmental league.

12 c. + 1 TPE
I've told this before, I believe it was in CW actually, but I really don't like the Chicago Syndicate yellow. It makes me think of the Nashville Predators mustard yellow jersey and that was the ugliest jersey I've ever seen. Yellow works in other sports (see Borussia Dortmund), but it just feels weird in hockey. Let's hope they don't wear their alternate jersey too often!

13. + 2 TPE
The Buffalo Stampede won cup, again. Obviously there are a lot of good players on their team so it can be hard to pick a series MVP. I think my case for series MVP is Aron Hernadivic. He pretty much won the game 2 for Buffalo with two goals, he was clearly the MVP of that game. He pretty much had a point in every game in the series, even in losses. He never gave up and gave it his all for the Stampede. He also had some insane playoffs leading up to the finals. I know it doesn't really matter, but his remarkable performance deserves to be noticed.

15. CW Trivia

+3 TPE Verification word: kaapo

16. + 2 TPE

I've never really talked with Luke aside for a brief interaction regarding old STHS stats so we would need to get to know each other better. Since we have a lot of money and we would need to trust each other, I'm willing to bring him skydiving . We would scream questions to each other and it would be really fun. I think it'd be a good bonding experience. After that, we'd go on top of a skyscraper and use it a driving range to practice our golf swings. What a good way to have a nice time, blasting golf balls in the streets full of poor peasants below. I don't know Luke, so I can't tell if it would go well, but I'd enjoy it!

17. Milestones

+3 TPE - S60 Milestones

Total: 16 TPE