San Diego Puts Ottawa on the Edge, Will the Powerhouse Fall?

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If it were ten days ago, I would have told you that the San Diego Marlins had no chance of winning the championship. As an underdog team against what was clearly the best team in the VHLM playoffs in the Ottawa Lynx, I could not imagine that they would be where they are today. That's right, the Marlins have put the utterly dominant Lynx on the precipice of defeat. Coming back from a 2-0 series deficit, the Marlins have stormed into the lead under the leadership of team stars Maxwell Mathias and Tavish DeGroot, and they are not looking back. Now, should this have been a massive surprise? To be frank, no. The Marlins have improved throughout the entire year, and have gone through a massive transition throughout the latter half of the year into a VHLM powerhouse in their own right. Most of this is as a result of shining new stars Scotty Sundin and Igor Molotov, but a vast majority of it has to do with the emergence of one specific player: Maxwell Mathias. Starting off as a role player, Mathias has grown into the centerpiece of this team, and has absolutely decimated the Ottawa defense all throughout this series. With his stunning play, we could be seeing a new superstar in the making. In general, we severely underestimated the offensive firepower of this Marlins team, and it could prove a fatal mistake for the Lynx, who now need to win the last two games of the series against Mathias and the Marlins to make it to the championships.