Verification: SD Core
but also Victor Helstrom yanoe


It's close - I'm going to side with @raymond3000 in choosing S20 because I think they've had the most impact on the SHL to date. I also could be biased here given I ended up getting pretty close to this class and was able to draft some great guys like Ray, Choc and Micool. However, I think if you ask this question in 5-10 seasons you might be hearing a bit more consensus towards the S53 class. Again - could be biased given I've gotten to know a lot of people from this class but when you look at the names out of Newfoundland alone it's clear to see why S53 was great. Juke revolutionized data driven media, Nhamlet has given his heart and soul to the league and is the best GM in the J, Clean has dominated the SHL conscience, Patty is the greatest comeback story known to man and Steve Harrington is a Chicago killer. Then you go past that and you see the members like Reid and it's clear that S53 was just churning out the members that are shaping how our site looks.


If I could choose one member to bring back to the site it would be BagelBites, aka DuJuan Cook. I think. Now why would I want to bring back someone who had a miniscule NWJHL & SHL career and was overall fairly unremarkable? Well simply, I'd stop hearing it from @Kylrad about how stupid I am for taking Cook over him in the draft. If not Cook, I'd like to bring back Vince Chalut. I talked about the S53s above and he might've been the brightest of them all. A star on defense, the site truly hasn't been the same since his light left us. Chalut will forever live on in discord through the mee6 bot, but it'd be cool if he was here in person as well.


Claim 3


6a) Hamilton. Chicago was an absolute cakewalk for Texas and I don't even know who they played in the other two series. Hamilton had to go through the East which is a pain in the ass and I thank Nour every day for ensuring that Chicago moved out of the East. Plus they had to go through the absolute KILLER Steve Harrington and I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.
6b) I'd say Texas, mainly because they didn't do the usual thing and straight up blow up the team. They did a slow, controlled rebuild and brought in a lot of homegrown talent. I like how they focused on developing their roster and have a lot of respect for how the Renegades were managed over the year.
6c) I'd like to take this opportunity to point out the aboslute disrespect that's been thrown Victor Helstrom's way in this CW. That man was an incredibly solid player, I think he played in Montreal? But either way, Secord was a good lad and everybody should put some respect on his name.
6d) The best player to ever play for the Hamilton Steelhawks was Roberto Martucci, that guy was an animal and his disciple Theo Morgan has more than lived up to his promise. The best player to ever suit up for the Texas Renegades is Elias Armia. Dude has an award named after him and Waddy was cool, good times in HO.


I probably had some of the same complaints as others at the start of your tenure. While I appreciated the idea of keeping it fresh, I felt like I was in a creative writing class 24/7, the prompts were getting more and more zany and snowballing. The push back towards hockey stuff has been nice as I know those who are like living vicariously appreciate writing that kinda stuff. I will say though - I wouldn't be giving the time and effort to give multiple prompts for PT's like you have lmao. One or more of the sides would've had to suck it up for any given week. Can only bend so far in a league that everyone places in for fun lol.