I believe you could say that our goalie position is 'incredibly stacked' with a S68 and a S70 goalie. No holes need to be filled there yet. An area that needs some work is defense, because some of our old defenders will be leaving us. However, we do have some younger ones that are earning well enough and not all of the old ones even hit the cap. In the S70 draft there were two busts, both forwards, they should probably be replaced too. In that sense the S70 draft was a little weak, but that's not a serious problem. Other than that our forward group looks pretty good and is clearly the other strength of the team. Currently the biggest percentage of players on the team is from the S68 class which will be going into their 4th season in the SMJHL next season and that will give us an advantage, at least those that have been earning well enough to hit the TPE cap.

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Easy. We will replace our players' hockey sticks with axes (the good old Berserker way) and just chop our way through the other team until nobody is left standing*. You can only win that way, correct? Maybe the other teams are so afraid that they won't even go on the ice. *obviously this is a joke.

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Realistically the team that probably has the best chance is Detroit (again) and they will be my pick in this. Just look at their regular season record and their crazy scoring. They were also 8 points ahead of the next team while teams between place 2 and 6 are only 7 points apart in total. In that group it's pretty close so if not Detroit then I'd say anyone else from the top 6 has a good chance as well. Detroit scores like crazy, but four other teams have exactly the same amount of goals (yes, I know GFG has one extra). Only Kelowna is a bit behind in that category, but it's super close nevertheless. If we really want to we could add 7th place Carolina and that's all teams with a positive goal differential, but they're a bit further away from the top 6 in points.  Obviously I would like my own team (Newfoundland) to win. They have a pretty good record for winning lots of cups, but that was all during a time I wasn't an active player on the team and I still haven't won a single cup during my time in the league, nothing with my old player either so that's really my main goal this time around. Making the playoffs is all you need so perhaps we're lucky during my rookie season already - even though I won't be playing. As long as Tummy Hurts can keep his tummy problems under control there might be a chance.

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First I would look at every team that drafted a goalie in the last draft, because realistically only those teams actually needed one. Then, to make an impact, I would have to be on a team that wouldn't use me as a backup goalie but as an actual starter. Backups typically have zero to little impact so just sitting on the bench somewhere would make no difference. The following teams drafted a goalie last draft and that goalie is also their starter (or in a 1A/1B situation): Nevada (Nogoalov), St. Louis (Lee), Yukon (Gibbons) and maybe also Kelowna (Soonika). Out of those only Kelowna made it to the second round and - surprise - they did start their backup (1B) goalie for two games in the first round which I found interesting. At the time of writing this the second round hasn't started yet, but given the options I would see myself playing for Kelowna, because that's the team that so far gave a rookie goalie the best chance by not getting eliminated in the first round. I don't know how other teams will handle their goalie starts between (clear) starter and backup going foward, but I would assume that most teams will let their starters handle the playoffs only because they should have higher TPE. Then again, we know how little TPE matters so. In the end anything is possible, but a backup goalie will still be the one player on the team with the smallest impact in my opinion at least.

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Rhett Carpet, also known as Shaggy, but probably even better known as Harry Carpet's son who - surprise, surprise - also plays goalie. Is this the beginning of another superstar career? It is difficult to imagine that someone can actually repeat or surpass Harry's career, but we also know that the younger generation of hockey players have access to much different training options. Which team will be lucky enough to draft Shaggy? Will he maybe follow his father's path in Toronto or go somewhere else? Will he be a one team player as well or move around? Having been drafted 5th overall in the first round only tells us that the league shouldn't sleep on this young goalie.

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Theoretically I also have milestones, but I probably won't need them. (+3 TPE)


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