london's very weird off-season

[hylands 842]

it is a bit of a strange time here in london. this off-season can be looked at as very bittersweet i think. on one hand, mcwolf was able to draft his own player which is an extremely valuable asset to have for your franchise. but on the other hand, free agency was an absolute disaster. we went in, not with high hopes, but hopes nonetheless. boy, were we misguided. we had known for a while that reikkinen would be testing free agency, and while we were very much prepared for him to leave, it is still a huge loss that will take some effort to fill. we sent our fair share of pitches to the big free agents, but ultimately came up short in that department as well. this leaves the team with almost bare bones going in to the season. we have some good forwards coming up through the pipeline, and some defencemen that look to pan out well in the future, but it's looking like a time to transition for london.