Prompt 2

Despite holding down a spot in the top five, this season has been less than ideal for the Renegades. We have been outclassed in our own division by the Chicago Syndicate and will have to face them without home ice advantage in these coming playoffs. If we make it past the first round, that is. Well, it sounds believable enough that we should, but with our luck this season we can’t really take anything for granted. It’s a little bit backwards from last season in fact, when it was Chicago getting the bad bounces all season long. Our first round opponent looks to be the Minnesota Monarchs who we are 4-0-1 against this season so far with a game still to be played in the final sim of the regular season. So we’re certainly expecting to make it past them into the second round. But once we’re there, our outlook gets a lot murkier. We went 2-3-1 against the Syndicate in the regular season and frankly, the way this season has been, we’ll be happy if we can give them a good fight. Of course our main goal is to win the Challenge Cup again, but realistically is would seem like anything beyond that second round matchup against Chicago would be a bonus really.

The trade deadline obviously came and went with basically no action whatsoever, which is hardly surprising with the way our budget has been spread paper thin. We still have a good core in place with some good guys coming into their peak and an even bigger bunch already there that will sadly have to take a sizable cut to their TPE come next regression season, but we should still remain in the championship mix for some seasons yet to come.