Strange Things

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This season has been, something to say the least. Nothing followed expectations, and honestly I have no idea what to think at this point. Perhaps the playoffs show the true colours of teams, or maybe we get some more shenanigans than we have even seen at this point. Today we will go through some of the incredibly strange things that Simon has put us through.

Toronto is bad? Actually, no they were just waiting to go on a 14 game winning streak. One of the worst starts that I’ve ever seen from a team that was so obviously the second best in their conference. They turned in a stellar defensive effort, one that we expected from the start, with top goaltender Joel Castle leading the charge. Their offense became one of the better ones in the league, although a more balanced effort than perhaps some of us would have expected.

Riga was the best team in the universe, and now they’re pretty good, but honestly most of us expected them to be a wild-card team, and not even their GM expected this level of performance. They aren’t the best scoring team, nor the best defensive team but they just win games. They have a killer instinct that other teams simply don’t have.

 

Davos is mid? Actually, they’re also great! They waited until the end of the season to turn on the jets with a Lachlan Summers type of Lachlan Summers performance. They also decided that a 14 game winning streak would suit them well, and with opportunity to extend that, a team that was on the brink of elimination, would then become the conferences top squad, at least for now. There is lots of competition in these finals games however, so who knows what will happen.

 

Chicago is great? They’re also bad? They’re actually the best team ever in extra time? That’s probably more like it. This team simply wants to play the most hockey and really tire themselves out. However this strategy is working better than those of teams like the Dragons and Wranglers, who have far more talent on their rosters.

 

Prague is great? No actuallyn they’re mid. And so is Helsinki? Two of the teams that should have been at the top of the table, and yet they’ll be fighting each other to stay in the play-in round. Prague can’t score, and Helsinki can’t win games, despite scoring plenty. Seems to be a lot of scoring in wins, but not in games that become losses. Both teams could have been 100 point teams in another season, but EU is brutal, and losing key conference matchups has cost each of them dearly.

 

The final team that seems confusing is that New York has one of the strongest scoring duos, and picked up a serviceable goaltender, and yet still find themselves far outside of a playoff spot. I obviously never expected them to be a top team, but wasting a season of offensive production like this, even if they made investments to try, is strange indeed.

Edited December 3, 2023 by jacobcarson877