Agreed. It would make things a lot more interesting if more people were involved to give input on the league as its still (despite the internet) difficult to get a real sense of what other teams have and are doing.Wow this thread has just died, which is sad.
Giants beat the Winterhawks last night in a weird game.
giants score the first 6 goals then give up the next 5 in a 6-5 win,.
I can't recall ever seeing anything like that before.
I will say this - the first round is following the script. Edmonton and Winnipeg are destined to meet in the East (and have a pretty light path). In the West, it certainly looks as though Kamloops will be the last Canadian team standing but trying to pick who will advance to the Conference final out of the expected 2nd round match ups of Everett v. Seattle and Portland v. Kamloops is beyond my capacity. And, that will set up a delicious Western Final.
I think on paper that the four teams in the West can take the either Edmonton or Winnipeg... but that doesn't consider the consequences of what I expect are going to be 2 very hard-fought battles.
Also - Who gets the MemCup 2023?