- One (1), bad contract with more than one year left, and a minimum cap hit of $3,000,000. (A bad contract is a player with negative value.)
- Two (2), Entry Level Contracts, because most cup winners have at least two bargain players on ELCs.
- Two (2), Veterans that are above the age of 35. Again, most cup winners have experience in the league.
- Have a 22-man roster.
- GOOD LUCK
Those are your 2 best defenseman and they would be unstoppabe together
And even if you dont want to put those 2 together, put Hamilton with his regular d-partner in Slavin
Heiskanen needs an Oleksiak to be effective, he wont be as effective as he regularly is without a "safety blanket partner"
Rule 1 should also stipulate that the bad contract player has to actually be in the starting lineup. Otherwise, it doesn't really have much effect on the overall team.