It is kinda wild the one year of difference makes but its really true.
Coppermine 27 which is a solid but not great team lost only by 1 to Coppermine 28.
Coppermine 27 is not solid. I'd argue the 28 team is better.
That's kinds the point, a solid/not solid 2027 team can beat the top 2028 team, just based on the one year advantage.