Getting tired of this same old song and dance

[Seabass 593]

Well we did it again. 

 

Once again I'm here trying to come up with words on what went wrong for the Moscow Menace after losing in the Continental Cup for the fourth time in as many years. Honestly I've pretty much run out of excuses, this should've been our year, after all we won the Victory Cup after having a franchise record setting regular season and a lot of us had more than 60+ games of playoff experience under their belts.

 

This one especially hurts as a lot of our veterans including some who have been successful with us for many years now are coming towards the end of their respective careers. Guys like myself, Hard Markinson and LeMassif have two years to go in our respective careers. Then you got Hlozek and Idaho who's only got the one year left. Even Emeritus is going to start regressing this offseason, everyone is getting older and our window to win is fast closing. Yes we do have a lot of great younger guys that will be able to take over our roles but it doesn't change the fact that this team will have to undergo some big changes in the coming years. Spartan has never been shy of making big trades either so I doubt he'll sit on his hands and do nothing as half his team retires in the next few years. 

 

It's too bad we came up short since both Papa Emeritus and Duncan Idaho were having a huge playoffs. Papa was standing on his head the whole playoffs and is the main reason why we got to the finals in the first place he finished off with a save percentage of .933% and a GAA of 2.33, if we would've won the cup he was a sure shot of winning Playoff MVP. Idaho, the face of our franchise and captain was his normal self tearing it up on the offence scoring 13 goals and 27 points which was both good for #1 in the playoff rounds. It's a real shame that both performances are all in vain.

 

This one finals loss for me stings the most. I hate to say it but part of the reason we lost I think was due to my player underperforming. Typically my player over his career would kick up his game to the next level come playoff time. Before this season he's scored an average of 1.5 Points a game in the playoffs, and was the Menace's top playoff point getter. This year he wasn't even a point per game player come playoff time while also getting to play top line minutes with Idaho this year. I'm dissapointed in my player's performance but I'm more embarassed about letting my team mates down. 

 

We can't let this loss affect us too much though as we have next year to focus on and it's the last one with Idaho and were going to have to let him close out his career on a strong note by finally winning him that coveted Continental Cup. He's done so much for this franchise that he deserves winning at least one cup in his career, we gotta do it for Idaho next year, we just gotta.

 

 

 

[FrostBeard 2,073]

Situation with Moscow is honestly heartbreaking - meeting 3 times Metawolves and even though fighting admirably still coming up short and now - after the META is somewhat changed you have to meet a truly strong team in Seattle that was equal when it comes to firepower. 

 

I know you can do, do it for my good friend Green - next season is the ONE! I know it!