It is my favorite post of the year, a post from the League Champion and Anze Cup winner. We have had some great renditions in the past. I now present this year’s Anze Cup champion, Court Watson of the Everett Silvertips:
First, I would like to commend Cole Ballard on a tremendous season and postseason run. He should be proud of the way he actively managed his team to the Anze Cup finals. Cole cares about winning the Anze Cup, and it is great to have a GM like him in our league. I am glad he finally was able to see the Everett Silvertips win anything.
When I first found out I won the Anze Cup, I was thrilled, and I didn’t know how I should celebrate. Do I get my excitement out by planking somewhere?
Or maybe Landeskoging?
I felt like neither of those were the right fit. How do I celebrate such a monumental, yet often reoccurring event?
I took a break after for a bit and did some soul searching , as I knew I wasn’t going to do something as stupid as joining a Crossfit gym and paying $200/month to workout on $110 worth of gym equipment next to topless men:
The year was a crazy year, in the sense that I wasn’t first the entire year, just most of it. I don’t really remember what anyone else did, nor do I really care. I was supposed to win, and I won, and all is right in the world.
Does anyone remember when I offered Tyler Seguin and my first round pick to Flowers in the Cage for Logan Couture and a third rounder at the start of the season? I do. It was turned down, and somewhere Cole is banging his head on his desk, but even Logan wishes things had been different:
He knows a winner when he sees one. And he saw me.
As we head into next year, some of you may be thinking, “Court, it was so great to see you win, but oh no! now that you won you might have a late draft pick and we won’t be able to bask in your what seems like half-dozenth championship. What are we to do?”
Well one, it would be my fifth title, but who is counting? And B, luckily, I traded Thomas Vanek to Crosby’s Concussions at the end of last year for his first round pick this coming year. That means I have a 24%, or second best, chance of having the first overall pick. I know. You can breathe easy now.
And so with that, I hope all of you have a great summer, recounting my championship and the valor with which it was won. A break over the summer from Jesse’s fantastic instruction and guidance on how to manage a fantasy team to be eliminated in the first round will be missed during the offseason, but I am looking forward to it once again this coming fall.
As I sign off, I realize exactly how this championship should be celebrated. Not by imitating or copying another pose, but by creating my own pose. I call it the Watson, and I leave you with this lasting image to motivate all of you, my fans, and give you something to look forward to next season.
I thank you all, and god bless.
Court
And with that, another year is in the books. Looking forward to another great season next year.
JM
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