With the many teams rebuilding at this point in time a year from now, should all the teams be able to maintain their active core of players there will be many contenders and the top spot will be hotly contested. To list a few of the teams:
- My own New England Wolfpack is looking to be near the top level for the team 1 year from now with a core of players being S53-S56
- San Francisco Pride should be close to their prime as well, should they break their "curse" and continue the good work AgentSmith360 and Thatguy91has started.
- Tampa Bay Barracuda who has a massive prospect pool and some of the top earner of the S56 class in their pool should also be among the contenders.
- Toronto North Stars should also be in a good spot with many of their current players being just into regression at that point which should put them at a very nice spot for contending.
- Buffalo Stampede will be there as well, while they have some older core players, they have some young SHLers developing nicely along with a solid prospect pool to pick from. Combine that with WannabeFinns ability to make great (for Buffalo) trades, I have a hard time seeing Buffalo not being part of the mix.