1. Miller (+3 TPE)

7. Milestones (+3 TPE)

15. When looking at the layout for this seasons IIHF tournament, there is clearly one group that is better than the other. Group A contains the likes of Canada, the USA, and Sweden, as well as strong smaller nations in Japan and Czechia. Group B’s powerhouse is Finland, who has been on an incredible run the past couple of seasons, barring a shocking upset to Finland in round 1 las season, and they don’t look to be slowing down, with new young players such as Mikko Rashford and Jay O’Neil coming up. The other tough nation in Group B is Great Britain. They took a bit of a step back last season but with new addition Makrus The Tater Jager they should be back to being a force in the IIHF with a bronze medal game likely for them. Another nation to look out for is Switzerland. They made an incredible run last season winning the gold medal, and while they don’t have the strongest roster, look for them to make some noise in the weaker Group B. (+3 TPE)

18. I think the biggest surprise this season was Seattle. I know a lot of people, myself included, thought that Seattle was going to be eliminated by San Francisco in the first round, and not only did they beat us, but they also went on to beat Los Angeles and Chicago. Los Angeles and Chicago were the two favorites to make the cup finals out of the west and watching Miller stonewall two of the best teams in the league was for sure a huge surprise. I loved the engine switch, it has definitely made things more unpredictable and I think the new engine with the sim testing ban has the league in a much healthier state. (+2 TPE)

22. I think Slavakov would be absolutely thrilled to be able to help open an animal rescue. He has played for two different teams with animal logos, and one of his old GM’s owned an otter rescue, so this is the perfect opportunity for him to give back to the community. Ideally, Slavakov would like to open up a cat rescue. He wouldn’t look at discriminating against what type of cat it is, and he knows that different cats have different environments that would be needed, but he wants to do what he can to help all cats. As a member of the Pride, lions are of course one of the ones he wants to help the most, but tigers, leopards, jaguars, and even cats like bobcats would be ones he wants to help as well. He would even want to help stray cats and abandoned domestic cats, as he is a cat owner himself and would want to help them find a safe home. (+3 TPE)

23. I have a lot of goals for my life with a lot of big things coming in the next year. The big thing is that everything around my wedding goes well. I’m so grateful to be getting married to the love of my life in March and after all the planning that we’ve put into it so far and that we continue to put into it I hope it is everything the two of us hope for. The other thing is finding a good home for the two of us. We are ready to be homeowners and I hope that within the next year we can make that dream a reality. (+2 TPE)

+16 TPE