michael scarn had a decent season with the buffalo stampede, tallying 20 goals to go along with 40 assists for the team this season. while scarn had some frustrations with his role on the team throughout the season, you cannot really argue with the production that he put up, ending up with solid production off of the right wing and center. buoyed by the performance of his linemate monkey d. luffy, who was an electric goalscorer, scarn was able to record many assists and had several outstanding performances including a 3 goal and 3 assist game very early on in the season. while scarn had a somewhat disappointing season last season to fall off of the fantasy radar a bit, he was able to reward those who remained faithful to him this season by providing a large number of hits as a forward with the stampede to go with his 60 points.

the expansion draft is always an interesting time in these leagues. while the draft pools can look quite strong at first glance, you have to bear in mind that there are two teams that are going to split any value that there is in the pool 50/50 so the level of talent available to each team is going to dilute massively compared to if you just looked at the pool from a whole. there are quite a few outstanding players in the pool, including pending free agents theo morgan, bo kane, and michael scarn. these three forwards have potentially 5,000 tpe between the 3 of them so if an expansion team were to be able to secure a commitment from any of these forwards to sign after being selected in expansion, it'd be a massive coup. that said, drafting a free agent is always a risky proposition and therefore teams may be more inclined to select players with contracts like cassius darrow.

it would be very cool if the shl expanded its franchises internationally across europe. we already have the international federation of something i forgot what iihf stands for exactly but the point is that we already have an existing international segment of the shl, so the actual franchises in the day to day regular season expanding overseas and out of north america would be quite exciting. i think that a russian team based out of moscow would instantly be very attractive to many players, most notably any player of russian nationality. i could in fact see this being the case for many international teams, as players representing that country in iihf could take pride in becoming the star man to lead the nation's franchise counterpart in the shl regular season.

the edmonton blizzard will feel disappointed to not have made the challenge cup finals this season. after winning the president's trophy in dramatic fashion, tying on points with the buffalo stampede but coming out on top, the blizzard entered the playoffs as the large favorite in the Western conference. However, when their long awaited matchup with the new orleans specters came to fruition at last in the western conference finals, they were beaten handily. with such a strong and deep roster, featuring young sniping forwards like newcomers bo kane and theo morgan as forwards alongside league veterans tony pepperoni and julio tokolosh, the blizzard boasted some of the best forward depth in the league.

the czechians have had a decent stretch over the past two seasons, winning a silver medal two seasons ago in the IIHF tournament and then winning the bronze medal as of last season. the czechian team, however, will not be satisfied with these consolation prizes as they still have their eyes on the main prize, the gold medal. the team has gone through quite the golden age of players, featuring stars like Luke thomason, alex winters, brady mcintyre, demaricus smythe, and piotr czerkawski leading the team throughout the later half of the Season 40s and into this first half of the Season 50s. Those players are now beginning to age, but still have some fight left in their legs as young guns like michael scarn and aron hernadivic look to make a name for themselves and provide much needed youthful energy to the czechian team. let's hope the czechian team can finally overcome the final hurdles this time and win gold.

the buffalo stampede and the new orleans pelicans have come together to hold a fundraiser for charity. what a noble cause! for this charity, the stampede and pelicans have agreed to hold the michael scarn charity rabies awareness 5k marathon for the cure rabies awareness fundraiser event. this fundraiser will consist of a 5,000 mile jog alongside the coast of buffalo all the way down to new orleans, where the race will finally end. this is going to be a really arduous journey for some people, as 5,000 miles is a really long distance. moreover, no water will be allowed to be given to any of the participants in the fun run because rabies causes an irrational fear of water. michael scarn is really going to make sure that he loads up on carbohydrates before the event, ordering pasta from his favorite pizzeria in buffalo, alfredo's pizza kitchen. he is very fast. the teams will mesh well as they try to survive.