The biggest weakness in the SHL, of any franchise, lies in the defense of the New Orleans Spectors. In what must go down as the silliest trade in the entire history of the SHL, they traded away up and coming defensemen Jakob Hamr to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and have never been the same since. Sure, they went on the win the Challenge Cup the season of that trade, but where is the thought about the future? They traded Hamr AND a future pick for one season of a player. A few seasons, Tampa Bay, still seen as one of the lower ranked teams went up against the Spectors. The result was simple, a win for Tampa. This may have been surprising to some, but not to Jakob. I would love to tell you a way to fix this, but it is an irreparable mistake by the NOLA management, and with Hamr bleeding Barracuda now, they’ll never be able to get him back. They could try to replace him but there is truly no prospect as mediocre at this point in his career, and that’s the kind of consistency you want on a team.