And that is the season folks, with the Everett Silvertips taking home their second in a row Anze Cup, after taking home their second in a row President’s Trophy. I hope everyone appreciates the dynasty happening before our eyes. This team made some tough decisions this year, and has even tougher decisions in the future. But, good teams make tough decisions well, and bad teams are run by Matt Meier.
Big ups to Sean Stock for leading Super Sperm to the finals; impressive for a first year manager and great proof for future managers that may acquire an existing team that great skill can turn around the worst of teams.
There will be some sort of drunk fest over the break to discuss potential changes for the upcoming season and the next season’s draft. Most likely, inflation will kick in, fees will go up, and that is about it.
Now on to one of my favorite parts of this blog; year end awards. Let’s take a look at the finalists for each award. Please take a moment to vote on each in the sidebar over on the right.
Jack Adams – awarded to the best general manager of the year, as voted on by his peers.
Court Watson, Everett Silvertips – Back to back President’s Trophies, Back to Back Anze Cups. Pretty much not more to say. Made a bold move dealing Ilya Kovalchuk at the start of the year but it didn’t seem to hurt the team, all while giving this team another early pick in the draft. Keepers on the team are pretty young, and this team could be a force for a while.
Sean Stock, Super Sperm – Led this team from near death in to the Anze Cup finals this year. Hats off to a great first year effort, identifying the right talent to get this team from the disaster whatever-his-name managed it to to make this team a serious contender.
Scott Freeland, Bizarrohawks – How many of you know that this team has been in the semifinals in back to back years? Like a ninja, Scott quietly does thoughtful analysis and puts his team in a position to win. Like Flowers In the Cage, I root for this team because the GM has passion for this league. Some of you jack fucks could take notes.
Eugene Adams – awarded to the worst general manager of the year, as voted on by his peers.
Steve McIntyre, Jesse Loves Paymon – Started the year by exclaiming he had a championship team. Then finished second last. The exclaimed that he had more keepers than the league allowed. WTF? Audacity of hope? More like audacity of nope.
Matt Meier, Me So Vyborny – Last by a mile and too hesitant to make any moves that would shake up his roster. Basically, if this team ever wants to get better, Matt needs to completely ignore his gut feeling.
Mike Gaunt, Dr. Hook – Believes that holding on to Stamkos and Luongo can make this team great, only problem is they have already peaked and this team is still awful. Good luck on this one.
Andy Kordyban – awarded to the biggest clown/idiot/douche/joker/homo/jew/circus act of the league.
Steve McIntyre – see above. Had to be joking, but in all seriousness, wasn’t.
Jesse Cook – As always, an active participant, instilling passion in the league trying to become the best, all the while making others laugh at him, not with him. Remember when he dropped Derek Stepan for Paul Bissonnette? One lead the New York Rangers in points, the other was a pylon for the Phoenix Coyotes.
Ryan Schauble – pretended he had any control whatsoever in this league and everyone played along and then talked about how little control he had when he wasn’t there. Good times.
Voting is open for the next week or so, and coming up: a eulogy for Super Sperm and a message from the Anze Cup Champion, the Everett Silvertips.
