S78 Championship Week

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09-26-2024, 04:15 PM

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7. This time for J: Who you got? Who wins the Four Star Cup? Why?

There have been very few seasons as dominant as the one that Maine had in the J this season. Their goal differential was more than double that of the second best team and they only lost 2 home games all season. In a playoff bracket where they have home game advantage in every series it's tough to see them going anywhere but straight to a 4 star cup championship.

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9. Written, 50 to 200+ words. It Has Been A While

Tampa Bay has potential to end the longest standing cup drought in the league, even longer than what San Francisco ended by winning their first cup in S76, and even if they fall short here they should be in position to be competing for cup for seasons to come. But even as we have seen some droughts end there are still multiple teams that have had to wait for more than 25 seasons by now. Toronto hasn’t won since S35, Minnesota since S39, Baltimore since S47, Calgary since S50 and Manhattan since S52, which of these teams do you think is in best position to end their drought and why?

Each of these six teams has their own unique journey to potentially end a cup drought. I'll rank them from least likely to win next to most likely. 6. Minnesota Monarchs: They've had a rough time for a long time and realistically I think they still have more mediocre seasons to get through before having a chance. 5. Baltimore Platoon: I think they might've just missed their best window of opportunity to win. Their strong core is aging and regressing faster than they can outpace their strong division. 4. Manhattan Rage: They're a strong young team that's only getting stronger as the seasons go on. With a core of early S70s players they might have a window to win in the next 4-7 seasons or so. 3. Calgary Dragons: They're similar to Manhattan with a strong young core, but I think in the same timeframe of 4-7 seasons they'll have a slightly stronger roster consisting of a smaller age range of players. They'll have a stronger, shorter window. 2. Toronto North Stars: The third consecutive team on this list with a core of S70s players, Toronto seems to have the best current roster that has a chance to compete sooner rather than later. 1. Tampa Bay Barracuda: Getting to the cup finals this season is the closest you can come to breaking the drought without actually breaking it. Their core should remain strong for a few more seasons and still compete.

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12. Written, 50 to 200+ words. Is It Always The Same?

IIHF is short tournaments with only 12 round robin games for each team, which leads to huge swings from season to season when it comes to standings. Same is true for the WJC as well. With that in mind what do you think will be different from last season? Do you expect things to change for your team or player? And what you expect to stay the same?

Everything will change from season to season in the international tournaments. Even though the rosters for each team stay almost the same, the chaotic short tournament and BO1 format of the playoffs, you can never predict which team might go on a hot streak. For team Czechia, we're slowly getting stronger each season which increases our odds to make a splash next season.

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