1. cum (3 tpe)

2a. teh phorge have impresed me the most with their ability to sustain their sucess. their long term at or near the top of teh east has extended past what most teams have in the past as their "window" since the hamilton era of the SHL. In addition it does not appear that they have a hard fall coming in anytime soon which is interesting to look at moving forward.

b. veteran teams typically have a slight edge in these matchups, but this edge comes from their ability to anticipate how hard the grind is this late in the saeson. if the younger team can stay fresh in earlier rounds they should be able to make some noise in the title tilt. i think this makes for an interseting series taht could go the distance.

3. The phorge have an intesrting team building strategy of not building for distinct windows, but rather building a roster that is well balanced. This is a tactic that has been used by teams like Atlanta to have sustained success. You will have lower highs, but this strategy does help ward off low lows and the team does not have to go into a full tank to recover. It also does require a bit more scouting and hitting on one or two stretch prospects in a given time period to be able to compete for cups, but this has proven to be a good strategy for building a longer term near the top of the league. Other teams might try this in the future but having expansion to be able to start tbings off with more actives than not did help them a bit vs what newly rebuilding teams can expect which isn’t ideal for them. (152 words 3 tpe)