Funny to see my Team (Kölner EC) doing everything which is been written in the Textbook how to win a Championship
1 Add Talent: Check (Ohmann, Zerressen, Riefers, Krupp jun.)
2 Add excellent Goaltending : Check (Aus den Birken)
3 Add Experience: Check (Ludemann, Sturm the last Year, Tripp, Tjarnqvist)
4 Add winning mentality : Check (Holmqvist, Tjarnqvist, Hannula, Krupp, Ruotselainen ...)
5 Add a solid Coaching Stuff: Check (Krupp, Ruotselainen)
6 Add Frame: Check (Marcel Müller, Tripp, Stephens, Ankert, Mo Müller)
7 Add secondary Scoring : Check (Weiss, Ticar, Ohmann, Falk)
8 Add pure Scorers : Check (Minard, Müller, Sturm the last Year, maybe Hannula this Year)
9 Add Special Team: Check (Holmqvist)
10 Add Role Players : Check (Ankert, Kranjc, Hagos ...)
11 Add Faceoff Talent: Check (Falk)
12 Add funny guys: Check (a few)
And still it seems this doesn't get the Job done
I think like 4-5 years back from now they'd crushed the DEL