Who's Your Money On? - Part 4

By Andrew Birrell

The bottom four team the past 4 season have been virtually the same Hull, Fife, Dundee and Edinburgh will that happen again this year? Well, Hull are gone replaced by the Manchester Storm, many people will feel this is a learning year for them and I guess most think they will finish bottom who could really argue with that? However, hockey is mad and anything can happen. As for Dundee well their horrendous season last year will want to be forgotten by all at the club hence a new coach and only a few brit returnee’s. The rest of the squad are a mixture of youth and experience and I think coach Lefebvre has built a good team for the season how good no one knows, yet. Then we have the caps now under the guidance of player/ coach Riley Emmerson, tough hard - but fair - he looks to have also built what looks like the best caps squad in the Elite League for some time. His attitude towards the game will help the caps no end, Emmo’s caps are the tallest and heaviest in the Gardner conference will that help them will his style help them, who knows?

Finally our Fife Flyers, well we will playing against Bobby, Ned and Nicker this year all new imports apart from “Mr Reliable” Kyle Haines same Brits so far. Can make the jump to the 5^th or 6^th place, can we win the conference it’s gonna be a dog fight down the bottom of the league this year it’s all gonna come down to consistency and toughness who wants it the most could just sneak a place in the top 5.

For me I think Belfast or Nottingham or Coventry for the league, Clan for the Gardner conference unless they get injuries and suspensions and are tired due to CHL, then it’s up for grabs if Clan falter. I’ll say one of the 3 above for the other conference and I think the Panther or the Giants for the Playoffs, I will more than likely get this all wrong lol. Let’s just hope for another great season of hockey the ups and downs twists and turns are what keep up going keep us on the edge of our seats not long to go now folks are you ready for ice hockey.

So, who is your money on?

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