1. Very happy - have wanted to play for Riga for a while being my actual home town (or birthplace I guess more than home town). Great franchise, good GM, past success and set up well for the future both with S61 and looking forward. Should be a fun ride.
2. No, I was open to all teams but Riga was my #1 destination the whole way through.
3. I like to aim high so Rookie of the Year, but that often comes down to the level of competition, so just a season which won't hurt my HOF aspirations in the long run will be good enough.
4. I think New York are still the strongest roster and will make up for last year's heartache. Helsinki are worse, Calgary and Davos aren't there yet in my mind.
5. Generally the contenders require the most effort due to more updates to go through - I think Helsinki might have been the worst because I needed to wait for their whole squad to be depreciated in the portal and then check their updates. That said, finding some of the random FAs that Seattle or Toronto sign is also a bit annoying.