It's hard to say what the league will look like by the end of season 63, but here are my predictions:

1. The top 4 teams in the league will all be in the Great Lakes division. That's right, we'll be right where we started with the thunderdome of the Great Lakes division, and once again a top team in the league will miss the playoffs because of it.

2. The Quebec City Citadelles will be promoted to the SHL. After their sixth consecutive Four-Star Cup, head office will step in and decide that it just isn't fair to keep the Citadelles in the juniors. They will join the ranks of the pros with a roster full of 425-caps, 350-caps, and some rookies, and still somehow dominate, with Elizabeth Doyle and Alexander Roach leading them to their first Challenge Cup in franchise history.

3. Mat Smith will win all the awards. Not just the ones goalies are eligible for, ALL the awards. FHM 7 will come along with the added feature that goalies can score goals, and so Smith will have several 50-goal, 100-point, .950 save percent seasons.