Continental Cup Finals: Storylines

[Alex 3,198]

Well, well, well, for the first time since S61 Davos has made the finals! After looking into things, there's a lot of really interesting story lines here:

 

1. The battle of the S83 draft class, both Davos and Calgary had a great S83 draft with Calgary selecting AirRig GoodBrandSun @Rhynex Entertainment 5th, Leandro Goncalves @leandrofg 9th, and Landon Wolanin @jacobcarson877 13th, whereas Davos selected Siyan Yasilievich @badcolethetitan 4th, Pete Mitchell @Crstats23 11th, and had the biggest steal of the draft with Jake Thunder @Thunder at 19th. All the players selected in this draft now play major roles for their respective teams.

 

2. The Alfred Champagne @Anthique and Adam Rage @MrMom trades, prior to each of the last two seasons, Davos acquired a rookie forward from Calgary for futures.

 

3. Both the GMs @Ricer13 previous players were drafted to the other team, and were traded by the current GM. 

 

4. S80 goalies, Xavier Booberry @CowboyinAmerica, and Oskar Lindbergh @Doomsday were drafted 1st and 4th respectively in the S80 draft and throughout their careers have had a decent battle for supremacy, including playing together on a Vasteras team in S80 that would win the Renaissance Cup. In a series that could very well come down to goaltending this could be very interesting.

 

5. Finals/Championship droughts, both Davos and Calgary have ended their finals droughts of 25 and 14 seasons, and one of them will be ending their championship drought which date back to Davos winning the Cup in S61, and Calgary winning in S62. The Davos and Calgary Cup droughts are 2 of the 3 longest active cup droughts in the VHL.

 

Best of luck to Calgary in what is sure to be a great series, Let's Go DAVID!

[Ricer13 2,796]

That S83 draft class is goated!

[Daniel Janser 2,164]

Let's not forget that when Ricer traded Alex Johnston to Helsinki, he got the S81 8th overall pick in exchange (amongst others). This pick turned into the now Captain of the Wranglers... And Alex was my GM in Philly back in S80...

[Doomsday 4,126]

Hopefully this series lives up to the historical significance behind it, as reporters would be having a field day with all the storylines behind this one!

[Daniel Janser 2,164]

1 hour ago, Doomsday said:

Hopefully this series lives up to the historical significance behind it, as reporters would be having a field day with all the storylines behind this one!