Milestones (+3TPE)

1.     Trivia word: juiceisloose (+3TPE)
2. (+4TPE)

a.     I think it would be better if Winnipeg had a more even scoring attack.  I am of the personal belief that depth is king and wins championships.  Without depth, you are forced to play your 1-3 stars for 30 minutes a night, exhausting them by the fourth through seventh games.  That is not a good plan. 

b.     He is absolutely tearing it up.  It is unreal how good he’s been, I am not sure there is a definitive way to shut him down.  I’d say try to eliminate his options, if his teammates can’t get the puck then they can’t give the puck to him.  So focus on his support pieces to hinder his game would be my strategy. 

c.     Karsikko is just an animal, plain and simple.  Dude wakes up in the morning and pisses excellence.  I have no idea where I stand on the topic of few high quality shots versus a high number of low quality shots, but man either way it will be hard to get anything past these two goaltenders.  Both have been playing great thus far these playoffs.

d.     I have to pick New England.  Winnipeg has that drive to win and I think they are going to give it their all, but man something just tells me to go with New England.  They have that dog in them this year, so they are my pick.  Also I’m just salty that peg as beaten me two years in a row. 


3.   (+3TPE) Honestly, I have been chasing a second ring ever since I won my first with Ty Murphy.  His career has shaped up to be underwhelming for me.  I wish he could have won more awards than he has, and especially more all star appearances, but it just hasn’t worked out.  I think with his stats up to this point, he has a solid place in the Hall of Very Good.  Maybe even the hall of underrated, but who wants either of those?  I’d love a hall of fame nod (if they ever induct another class into the hall of fame lmao).  We’ll have to see what happens though, maybe he’ll find a depth position on a great team late in his career and he’ll tear it up.  Dude might even end up winning like seven or eight more rings by the time he retires, who knows.  I doubt it, but if you can dream it then you can do it.  


4.     (+3TPE) I do not really have any specific team or player that I can say I would love to beat in that way.  I have been such a journeyman over my career that I really haven’t built up any grudges or anything over my career.  It’s always kind of just been fun to win and not fun to lose lol.  When I was in Hamilton, it was fun to beat Buffalo and Chicago, when I was in Toronto, it was fun to beat literally anyone, and in Seattle it was fun when we beat Winnipeg.  Rivalries are cool but at the end of the day it’s just fun to be a part in this conservatively oiled machine that is the SHL.  My legs are getting tired though, I suspect my next team may be my last if not my second to last.  Regression is a bitch and a half honestly, only getting two or so solid seasons out of a player that I’ve spent a year building up sucks.  But I understand.


Total TPE: 16