Quote:Written Task: About two thirds through the season, and the trade deadline is coming up. Talk about the end of the season, and how you think it'll go for your team/the league. Any big trades your team needs to make? How is the playoff picture stacking up? Who do you think you'll face? (150+words)

I think we (the Toronto North Stars) are going to limp into the playoffs and maybe win a game or two against the Stampede or Steelhawks, pretty much in a repeat of last season's playoffs. In terms of a reason why we can't succeed in the post-season... I'm not entirely sure. I think a lot of it would be because of testing time, and also the roster is unfortunately not as strong as it was a few seasons ago when we made it to the conference finals. It was just one of those things that wasn't meant to be, I guess.

For the East, I see the Platoon losing to either Buffalo or Hamilton again, and facing off with each other in the conference finals.
The West has two clear contenders, and I would probably place Chicago above Texas.

The finals will be Chicago vs Hamilton or Buffalo, meaning once again one of those teams will win the Challenge Cup and the world will keep on spinning.