The lord of the league

The league is changing.
I can feel it in the air.
I can feel it in the ice.
I can feel it in the rules.

Much that once was is lost…
For none now live who remember the first sim.

It began with the forging of the great teams.

Nine rosters were given to the stat nerds,
most knowledgeable of all,
masters of spreadsheets and Expected Goals,
who could conjure value from fourth-line grinders.

Eleven to the armchair GMs,
bold of heart and loud of opinion,
who scouted with vibes, and drafted with gut,

and Nine, Nine rosters were given to the chaos agents,
whose Discord messages are many,
and who live for waiver claims and broken sim mechanics.

For within these rosters was bound the strength and will to win the cup and brag in the group chat

But they were all of them deceived.
For another roster was created.

In the land of Florida, in the fires of Excel,
the Commissioner Dylan forged in secret a Master roster,
to control all others.

And into this roster he poured his corruption, illusion of fairness, and his will to rig every season
One roster to rule them all.

One by one the teams of the merf fell to the power of his roster...

But there were those who resisted..

A last alliance of Stats nerds and armchair GM's played against the power of florida, and on the last period of game seven, they played for the future of the merf.

Victory was near... but the corruption of the commish could not be undone..

IT was in this moment, when all hope had faded, that Rino, GM of Vancouver, inspired his team.

Dylan, the corrupt commish of the merf, was defeated.

The championship passed to Rino, who had this one chance to destroy corruption forever, but the hearts of GM's are easily corrupted.
And a championship roster has a will of it's own.

The cup will betray Rino, to his doom.

Some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. parades became legend, gloating became myth.

And for an entire summer the cup pass out of all thought, until chance comes, it will ensnare a new bearer

One roster to rule them all

One roster to fleece them

One roster to break the league

And in the sim, defeat them.