The Portland Twisters are 2 points ahead of the Bandits for the North West divison and 8 in front of the Samurai. Only 2 points behind the Chaos for a bye in the first round. Looking at my shecdule for the final 13 games for the Twisters, they only play a playoff team 5 times, which will be crucial to beat out the Bandits. In the Bandits final 13 games they play a playoff team 12 times. Those games will be some tough games for the Bandits to win and the Twisters should pull away with the division. The Bandits and Twisters play each other 3 times in the last 13. In the season series the Twister have the slight advantage of 3-1-1 outscoring them 19-16. This indicates that the Twisters should win at least 2 out of the 3 games.
Taking a look at the trades that the Twisters made. The first one was Osma Gullfors for Jake Corbin, Gullfors has 4 points in 4 games, Corbin has 2 points in 2 games. Gm Boston had this to say '' Gullfors is a good player but didn't fit the win now mode that we are trying to accomplish here in Portland.'' Here is his comments on accquring Corbin ''He felt the win now mode and has a good resume on the season''. The second trade that the Gm made was accquring Reed Chubak and the High Rollers fourth rounder for Zackary Nowry. The comments from the Gm on the trade '' Nowry had a great season but struggled a bit with us and looking into the future he is 35 and a free agent this year asking for 2 million for 3 years and we didnt want to lose him for nothing. So we traded him to the Bandits for a good prospect''. Taking a look on how Norwy is performing for the Bandits, he has 10 points in 4 games. Looking at Chubuk, Chubak is coming back for a leg injury and is set to suit up for the vipers in the next game. Here is what the Gm said '' Chubak is set to come back tomorrow and except him to perform well for us''.
Looking at the offseason for the Twisters, they have 3 important players to re-sign, and I can comfirm that they will try to sign all of them and we be very active in the free agent market. Looking at the draft picks the Twister traded their first and third round picks in trades and have a second, 2 fourth rounders, fifth rounder. Here is what the Gm said about the offseason '' The Twisters are very excited for the offseason and can't wait to draft, I have had some scouts looking for good prospects and they have found tons which is great news to hear. Talking about the free agents I hope we can come to a team friendly agreement with those players and think they will have a big impact on your future in Portland''. The Twisters have a very exciting team with having 3 of the top 6 scorers and have a should be very good team for years to come.
Reporter Patches O'Houlihan