1. Trivia +3

Okay

3. Written +2 TPE 103 words

I do not see any reason why Cale Salad shouldn’t be in the conversation for the Anton Razov, especially when he is doing much better than the other defenders, but my main sticking point as to why he probably will not win is his defensive play. Despite having 19 points, Salad does not rank in the top ten in the playoffs for plus/minus and in most other defensive metrics, he does not appear. While it would be nice for a defender to win the Razov, going purely on points makes it a tough case to argue, especially with forwards vastly outscoring Salad.

7. written +3 TPE 150 words
The crazy thing about the Raptors and the Citadelles is that on paper, they had very similar paths to the Four Star Cup. They won the first round in a sweep, got taken to the brink in round 2 and then a gentleman’s sweep in the conference finals. We look at Quebec with their high flying defense and the fact that they once again won the regular season and many I think would call them the favorites, but I am going to stand by my fellow Winnipeg member and current Assist leader Baron Samedi and say Colorado takes it (also Quebec once again knocked out Yukon, so Langston is not happy about that). I think Colorado’s offense will overwhelm the Citadelles, but the Quebec side will of course make adjustments and we are gonna have a big chess match with ultimately a lot of luck being on the winning side.

Total = 8 TPE