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Verification Word: Bonk

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a. Seeing the Philadelphia Forge up top has been a treat. They’ve really played good team hockey all season I think. Didn’t have any guys reach the top of the league leaderboards stats wise, but they still managed to finish high up in the season standings and power their way through to the finals.

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b. Definitely leaning towards the Philadelphia Forge on this one. They’ve been there before. They know what it takes. And I think that experience is going to be tough for the Blizzard’s youngsters to overcome.

However if they meet again in the finals, I can definitely see Edmonton taking it as their youngsters will be a little bit less young and the gap between them will be a little bit less.

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c. Again, I’m going to have to say the Philadelphia Forge. The New England Wolfpack with leading scorer Ivan Lacksamus and elite goalie Olof Karsikko, were really strong this season. So to knock off the top team in the league en route to the finals is going to help swing momentum their way, I believe.

On the flip side, the Winnipeg Aurora were tough. But not as tough. I think Edmonton was still the favourite to win that series.

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d. Well as I’m posting this just after the finals, I know the answer. But I’ll post who I initially thought would win. The Philadelphia Forge. I had thought their experience level would out play the dynamic offence of the Edmonton Blizzard. I had assumed they’d find a way to solve Justin Time and hold Edmonton’s offence off long enough to finish the job. Sadly, it was not the case.

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4. I think it definitely starts by scouting well. If you have an active locker room who is willing to put in the effort and stick around, everything else is secondary. Whether it’s through the draft, free agency, or by trade, you have to put in the work to find people who are active and updating regularly. They also managed to have a very young team so everyone coming together at the same time definitely widens their window in comparison to some other teams with aging vets.

For other teams, definitely start by scouting rookies. Have conversations with them. Have conversations with their teammates. Have conversations with their GMs. Have conversations with their moms. But do whatever you have to do to find good, active players for your squad. If you can start there, you’ve got a good foundation to build off of. After that, you can start plugging the holes with anything else you might need.

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