I’m not happy with my performance this year. I thought we could have made it to the playoffs this year. We have made some changes last offseason. The teams have brought many good players like Nathan Explosion, Yoshimitsu McCloud, Magnus Liljestrom, Reid Sutherland and Strom Chamberlain. Also teams like San Francisco Pride and Los Angeles Panthers have gotten worse so we had a good chance to finish at least fourth place. Unfortunately we finished in fifth, ten points behind the Texas Renegades. I take responsibility from our season results. When I signed the big deal with Winnipeg, I thought I could bring this team to the top but I haven’t played much better in Winnipeg. I don’t think I played better than last year. It’s really frustrating because I want to improve but i had the same production on offense and defense. Hopefully I will do better next year in Seattle. I’m looking forward to play with my new teammates.


This is going to be a really fun draft. You have a bunch of unprotected players that are superstars level but most of them are free agents or have one year left on their contract. Obviously Cassius Darrow will go first. He’s the best player in the draft and has another year left on his contract. If they can extend him that would be great or they can trade him in the trade deadline for picks. It would be nice to see teams take Theo Morgan and Micheal Scarn. They are the best forwards in the league and if those two ends up on the same team, they could be contenders. Teams can go with a different approach and pick younger players. There’s many players from 3-4 shl draft ago and in 5 seasons they are going to great players. The team will struggle now but they have a better chance to compete in the longer run.


I think the USA and Canada are the favorites to win the IIHF tournament. They have been the best in the past few years and their rosters look the same. Japan made a surprising run last year. They lost in overtime in the bronze match and no one expected them to be at least top 8. I think they are going to repeat or do even better this year. They have a bunch of players from Chicago Syndicate and Buffalo Stampede, two of the best teams in the SHL. Switzerland has a good team but not much experience. This could be their breakout tournament. Czechia will try to win the gold medal. I don’t know if they got better this year. Lots of players are old on this team. Great Britain is another team who is really strong but they might fall out of the top four. I don’t think they have gotten better. Japan and Switzerland might have pass them.


The Stampede has the better defense. They have two of the best defensemans in the league with Cassius Darrow and Poopity Scoop. Alexander Selich is a superstar too and Augustus Wang had a breakout season, and could be nominated for the Scott Stevens award. Nicholas Grum had a great year and Eric Vanderberg won Bojo Biscuit trophy two years ago.

I do because home advantage is important in hockey and that’s why they both won their games at home. This will happen in the playoffs final too. If the New Orleans Specters can win a game in Buffalo that would give them a huge confident boost and Buffalo will struggle in New Orleans.

No because the Stampede has a better offense and defense. I don’t think those three attributes will help you score goals. You look at the steelhawks, they had players with size and toughness but they couldn’t score against buffalo. If you want to beat the Stampede you will need puck possession and keep shooting in the net.

The coolest animal is kirby because he’s not real and he’s animated. Real animals aren’t even cool. Kirby has a special ability he can absorb everything and transform. He has a big sword and he can be a masterchef. He's the cutest animal on earth even if he doesn’t exist in real life.


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