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1. Looking back at the last season, I can say that it was a step into the right direction. After failing to reach the playoffs for several season, Texas finally made their way into it even when it was a very short series. After a short negative run in the middle of the season we turned things around and looked the spot a few games before the regular season ended. The future looks bright in Texas. On a personal note the season was also a positive one for Wachter. First time since joining the big league his +/- was on the positive end. With 14 goals and 17 assists for a total of 31 points he reached a career high in point totals. At the start of the season it doesn't looked like that he could reach the point totals of last season. But a strong finish on Texas 1st line helped a lot there. 154 words

2. Looking back at the last season, I can say that it was a step into the right direction. After failing to reach the playoffs for several season, Texas finally made their way into it even when it was a very short series. After a short negative run in the middle of the season we turned things around and looked the spot a few games before the regular season ended. The future looks bright in Texas. On a personal note the season was also a positive one for Wachter. First time since joining the big league his +/- was on the positive end. With 14 goals and 17 assists for a total of 31 points he reached a career high in point totals. At the start of the season it doesn't looked like that he could reach the point totals of last season. But a strong finish on Texas 1st line helped a lot there. 157 words

5. When you predict a IIHF winner you always have to go with one out of Canada or team USA. Both have stacked rosters and can role 4 lines on the same level of play. But there are always teams like Germany or Japan who could win it all on a good day. Big surprise could be the guys from her royalty Queen Elizabeth from Great Britain. The boys from the island aren't bad and they have a small little country next to them that had a phenomenal run a few years ago, Ireland is always a dark horse. I do hope that we will see an improvement from my own national team. Austria will need a little bit of luck to reach the medal rounds, some of their top guys are still developing and it could be a little bit to early before they get back into a position where they could battle for their 2nd gold medal.

4. The best SHL team that didn't made the finals this year are the Manhattan Rage on my opinion. When you look at their team, you can find everything you would need to go all the way to the Challenge Cup finals. But they aren't lucky when you look at whom they have to face to get there. With Buffalo and Hamilton there are two other big players in their division. The Steelhawks have been the team that kicked out Manhattan (even after they got back Wagstrom from suspension). If they want to win it again they should do it in the next seasons, because their window starts closing with a lot of their star players hitting regression.

3. It would be a great thing if the next expansion would bring some international flair to the league. We do have a lot of member from outside of the North American region and why not give them the chance of joining a team from Europe? I know this would lead to some massive changing in the divisions and a lot of thinking how to do it the best way but it would be great. Relocate some of the old teams and do a North America division and a rest of the world division. But I don't believe that this would happen in the SHL in any time.