1. Fan Appreciation Day

The Colorado Raptors franchise are never one to short the fans for exclusive stadium giveaways throughout the season. The Raptors build a community based on inclusivity and team swag. Heading into the Season 88 season the Raptors media team have begun putting together the stadium giveaways for five exclusive home games throughout the season. The first giveaway will be the home opener were they will be giving away a two pack Funko pop of Zeus Storm and Kral King titled "Dynamic Dinos" in honor of their rookie league leading points scored in season 77. This will be the most exclusive giveaway as it will be limited to the first 2,000 fans and 10 random ones will receive an extra redemption ticket for a special two pack that will be signed by Storm and King with a certificate of authenticity. The second giveaway the team is planning is a pickle and cheese night to play off the name of fan favorite Raw Cheese McPickle. This will not be raw food but a plastic figure of a cheese wrapped pickle with his jersey number on the back. This will be limited to the first 5,000 fans in attendance. Third the team is planning an official game puck giveaway with the Raptors logo. Much like the funko pop there will be randomly inserted signed pucks by a member of the Raptors both current and past. The first 10,000 fans will receive a puck and there will be 500 randomly inserted signed ones. This is sure to be a major hit for the fan base young and old. The fourth giveaway for the season will be trading card night where the Raptors will team up with Fanatics to product team trading card sets. These will be available to every fan that enters the arena on this night. Finally the last giveaway of the season will be a Fan Appreciation Night where everyone in attendance will receive an exclusive Raptor mascot bobblehead. On top of that the team will be raffling away to random tickets, which will be done all mobile through the Raptors official app, and fans will be randomly select to win game used items from the Raptors players. They have a chance to pick up a Campbell Fishchermann used hockey stick or a Timmo Leppanen used goalie glove. Really the possibilites are endless and there will be over 500 game used and player signed items given out plus 10 lucky fans will win season tickets for life. This is an exciting time to be a Raptors fan and there will be plenty of opportunities to come watch some great hockey and walk away with amazing swag that you can only get at the game.

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2. Looking Towards the Future

The Colorado Raptors are in for quite an adjustment headed into Season 88 as they lost a majority of their top offensive talent due to call ups. They still have a decent foundation in Baron Samedi, Zeus Storm, Campbell Fischermann, Raw Cheese McPickle, Nathangus McExplosion and Kral King. These guys should keep them competitive in terms of being able to score the puck but is it enough to truly compete? The Raptors are a little light at goalie with Timo Leppanen once again expected to be the starter. He has been serviceable but not truly a reliable source of shutdown net minding. That is especially concerning as the Raptors defenseman in O'Fink, Ixazaluoh, and D'Lee are currently the only ones on the roster. Fatigue will surely be a factor and that will force the offensive minded forwards to not be able to play fluid having to worry more about the defense then they typically would. Not only looking at the players on the ice but taking  look at the coaching staff the Raptors went through a general manager change over the off season. Takk, who was assistant general manager last season, has moved up into the general manager role. With that move they conducted an assistant manager search and landed on home grown talent when they decided to hire Fishy. We do not know how this will change the on ice philosophy or game plans for the Raptors but it will certainly be a factor to keep an eye on. Overall this team has some talent to put on the ice but the depth is the big concern. They look to be a middle of the road team and one that will compete for one of the last playoff spots next season. But if they do get into the playoffs, like we saw last season, anything can happen when you have a core of solid offensive play makers like the Raptors do.

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18. Milestones
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