Yukon Rush - S78 Champs

[Juice 641]

Wow. Just wow. Going into that last Game 6 sim, I was biting my nails and all but expecting us to head to a Game 7 after the previous few sims, mostly due to the talks of "Oh yeah, STHS loves an upset after going up 3-1". But when Devise hit the simulation button and the Rush came out on top, I don't doubt that my neighbors probably heard me scream in surprise.

 

After a rough S77 season where the writing was on the wall pretty much after the first 15-30 games and we had to have the hard discussion of rebuilding or just riding it out, and ending up opting for the former (which also helped led me to getting pied, cheers @thadthrasher), going into this season it felt like the world was on my shoulders to make sure it didn't happen again. And looking back on all the management decisions both myself and @fromtheinside pulled, it just makes me proud of how everything turned out. Grabbing guys like @JB123 and @hockeyis66super late into the S77 draft and eventually both becoming top 20 picks in the VHL draft, making moves like bringing in @diamond_ace and @dart who both became top contributers, and overall most of our draft moves and picks ended up working in our favour by getting big time players like @Zetterberg and @Beketov who were amazing in the locker-room as well.

 

I'm just so proud of all the players that really made this an entire team effort to go for the cup this season, as it wasn't just the win that was important to me, but to have a fun team atmosphere in the locker-room as well (the tight race between Z and Bek for the leaderboard of game pick was hilarious). I think that it helped make the win in the end all that much more sweet, and in a way bittersweet knowing that we won't have most of the players on the team back for next season as they're mostly going up to the VHL.

 

I just wanted to give my huge gratitude to my squad, as each and every one of you deserves this cup

[fromtheinside 1,290]

Well said my dude. It was quite the group we assembled, it's gonna be tough next season not having them all around