Prompt 2

It's hard to argue there’s a much bigger drop than what M’Baku Olubori and the Baltimore Platoon experienced between S76 and S77. In S76, the team was on top of the world and they made it to the Challenge Cup Finals before an emotionally devastating loss to San Francisco. While the team largely stayed intact going into last season, something went sideways as the goaltending regressed significantly, letting up an additional 62 goals on the season (almost an entire goal per game!) The offense also backslid slightly, scoring 17 fewer goals. That isn’t stopping Baku from working his tail off to show S77 was the outlier. After half a decade of Adrian O’Rugg being a steady, consistent presence in the lineup, last season the Platoon had to work some other faces into the lineup at center, and they hope this season is the one where they take a few steps closer to their goal of a Challenge Cup. Baku tries to be encouraging and keep spirits high, especially for some of the younger players the team is working into the lineup. He’s certainly had to be that voice both here and in IIHF, where Team Sweden has faced similar challenges the last two tournaments.