OPTION 1:

Excelsior

+3 TPE

OPTION 2:

Despite being on San Francisco Pride, it is clear Tampa Bay has experienced the more difficult path to the finals. And it kind of hurts to say that, but...

In the first round the Pride played Winnipeg Aurora.  A team up and coming and looking like they will become a juggernaut in a few seasons, but this season they are still building.  In the East the Barracuda played Philadelphia Forge a top tier team and a cup hopeful. 

In the second round it was a quality team in Seattle Argonauts that the Pride squared up against, despite being a quality team, the Pride are built with more depth and overall a stronger roster.  The Barracuda faced off against The Atlanta Inferno a championship level match and arguably a favourite to win the cup.

In the third round you would think New Orleans Specters would be a tougher opponent for the Pride over the New England Wolfpack who played thr Barracuda.  Through most of this season you would be right, but Lily Jin Morrow has gone on GOD MODE these playoffs and they alone make this a harder series.

There you have it.  Tampa has faced the tougher opponents all the way through the playoffs.  There could be a counter argument that San Francisco out played their tougher opponents better, but realistically it's Tampa.

220ish words

+4 TPE

OPTION 3

I truly believe this is a reflection of San Francisco Prides team philosophy. There are no individuals that make up this winning roster (Justin Time may feel differently as we can leave him on his own little island stopping pucks, but that is a story for another day). These two Webb and Winters have grown together in the SHL, always playing on one anothers line and they have become compliment pieces to one another. They both try and push the other to find success and put the team's needs before their own. I can say this with whole honesty Webb would rather see Winters and the rest of the team achieve success rather than his own, and in turn the team feels the same way to Webb. It is more than a duo that creates this success it is a full buy in. If for some reason the two were to be separated Winters would continue to flourish, it is the nature of centers. Webb could struggle to find the same level of success without Winter on his side.

180 words

+3 TPE

TOTAL 11 TPE (+8 TPE)