1. Sota +3

9. No bias whatsoever but I think Calgary has the best chance out of all of these teams to break their challenge cup loss streak. Calgary has a lot of young players and will be solid when it comes to forwards and goalies for a long time. Defense if probably their biggest question mark right now, but they have a lot of good young players and should be a competitive force in a couple seasons. Out of the other teams, I think Toronto and Manhattan both have the best chances. Manhattan has a lot of good young players and should start being competitive soon and potentially make a cup run once their team matures. Toronto is the closest one of those 5 in my opinion, already a decent regular season team and still a pretty young team, they have potential to win the East in the next couple seasons and maybe even win the cup. (154 words, +3 TPE)

10. In the SHL, I did not expect Tampa Bay to do as well as they did. I figured they would be a playoff team, but I did not expect them to finish top of the East and make it to the Challenge Cup finals. With how young that team is I doubt this is the last time they will be there in the near future as well. In the SMJHL, I did not expect Anchorage to finish 2nd in the league. As a pretty young team, I thought it would be a down year for the Armada, but they surprised everyone by finishing 2nd. While they didn’t have playoff success, they could be a scary team for the next couple seasons. (121 words, +2 TPE)

+8 TPE overall