1: My player really did not live up to the expectations I had for him. Season 57 was a sad year for Newfoundland at least in the regular season. We saw the departure of Liam Slate to Qubec City. It only made sense since Liam was getting called up to Toronto. But after losing so many quality forwards to the SHL or trades Bas didn’t have the play makers around him to enable him to be the player that he was when he was rookie. When Bas was a rookie he had plenty of those types of players around him. When it was just Bas unfortunately the point production was just not there. Bas scored just 28 points in 66 games. Last season Bas scored 22 in 50 with 5 minutes less average time on ice per game. It’s just sad to see one of the league’s top rookies fall so far behind in the 2nd season. Hoping year three will be better.

3: Bas O’Bigbers decided to spend the offseason helping autism charities. Autism certainly has a wide spectrum underneath it but supporting charities that support parents and children with severe forms of autism is near and dear to the heart of Bas O’Bigbers. In addition to this helping with any charities involving LGBTQ+ support is also very important for Bas O’Bigbers. Having a family member in the LGBTQ+ community makes it especially important to help this community. Especially since they live in a part of the world where it is far less accepting. These charity organization provide support to people who feel incredibly isolated and it helps so many lives across the world. As an organization the Newfoundland Beserkers got involved with St. Jude’s since it is an organization that helps to combat childhood cancer. The fight against cancer is always important, but especially when it regards children. The fact that so many children must face things like this is heartbreaking.

6: I think that team United States makes a big splash and dominates the tournament. In their last year with Aleister Cain they are going to make it count by leading the tournament in positive gold differential and taking home the gold. Bobby Lane has a massive tournament leading the league in points and scores a ton of goals. Teams will be afraid to let the United States have a power play. Switzerland has a particularly surprising tournament in nearly tying the United States in points. Canada wins their group obviously. Canada lead by Jean-Paul Bolvin and Dick Clapper have a level of depth that other teams cannot compete with. Canada wins their group and while team Czechia tried their best, no team stands a chance in the face of Canada. In the end Canada and The United States face off in the Gold Medal final and the United States takes home the gold.

7: Martin Westrbroek reminds me a lot of Patrice Begereron. An incredible offensive ability paired with a solid defensive game for a forward. Westbroek utilizes their strength and physicality on both sides of the puck. When on offense Westbroek uses this ability to bully goaltenders and prevent them from being able to get a good read on the play. An incredible offensive touch allows them to be a deadly goal scoring threat and playmaker. The thing that makes them so special is that they can stop the best of them on defense. Westbroek is a more than capable Center on defense. Westbroek can absolutely embarrass forwards in the corners and takes away passing lanes and he strangles power plays. Simply put Westbroek and Begeron are so similar for their abilities to be both elite offensive forwards at the center position while also having the capacity to be far more than just competent on defense, but great on defense. Allowing their teams to be able to operate on a higher level than their competition.
5: The Hamilton Steelhawks still have a great chance of being in the finals again in S58. They have players like Theo Morgan and Aaron Wilson. It’s one of the most well run organizations in all of the SHL. While they may not quite be the same team next year as they were this year since players like Aaron Wilson should continue to regress. Don’t forget how elite Hamilton was in this season. They were nothing short of fantastic. So yes it will never quite be what it was, they will still be among the elites of the east and teams will be hard pressed to get beyond them.

13: For me Martin Wesbroek deserves series MVP because Westbroek was getting it done on both sides of the puck for Chicago in the biggest games in the history of the franchise and that should not go unrecognized. In just five games Chicago dismantled Hamilton. After game one it was over as Chicago won four straight largely thanks Westbroek. For me he’s the series MVP and that’s how I feel. Also Westbroek is played by JNH and JNH is the best. JNH drafted me in the J and he built up Newfoundland into what it is today. So even though I do genuinely believe that according to all of the statistics, Westrbroek should be the MVP of the whole series, I can’t pick anybody but Westbroek. Because no matter what JNH will always be my MVP.