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I think that Baltimore has a lot more history at the top and won't hurt too bad if they don't see the cup this season. The pride have had a mostly down past punctuated with a few lightning seasons where they made the finals but they lost their one shot as the pride, and two back to back way back when they were the Portland Admirals. I think it would mean a lot to the pride to finally see something after their long time struggles and to bring this franchise out of the shadows and into the table where the big teams sit. One cup won't exactly put them in that A tier but its the only thing that's going to set them on that path. After that we could be talking about the pride as one of the premier teams in this league but until then they are just another speedbump in the western conference.



I chose Germany because I have german heritage and family from there. Even though Steve Harrington is decidedly American, I didn't really want to play for team USA because I heard that it was really tough to break into that team and they seemed like the easiest road because of the talent pool that they have. I wanted to go to more of an underdog and Germany had had some recent success so they had a shot at taking down the bigger teams. In the end it worked out even if it took a while because Germany is one of the strongest IIHF nations today and I have 3 gold medals to show for it.