Kirby Rambles: Offseason Shenanigans, Vol. 3

[kirbithan 1,858]

 

A new season will be upon us soon and I am excited as always. The S98 VHL draft was just this past Friday and Davos managed to snag Gingy and Sidney Sheppard, who were at the top of our board for reasons that need not be explained. Our other pick this draft was a 4th and given how weakly this draft class was ranked, you can assume how things went on from the first round. Either way, the draft went just about as good as it could for Alex and myself, and I’m happy, considering we are rather lacking in the prospects department. 

 

In other news, a flurry of trades happened over the past few days, some more notable than others, but of course the one trade I wanted to bring up with one between Seattle and Warsaw, with Warsaw sending Slava Kovalenko to the Bears in exchange for a S99 HSK 1st, S100 SEA 1st and 2nd. I wanted to briefly discuss this trade in particular because @OblivionWalker is both my friend and recruit! So a few members were calling this an overpay on Kovalenko, but I disagree and say both teams got exactly what they needed out of this trade. Lee had been wanting to move and Warsaw got some great pieces in return while the Bears received a great player and person, so there’s upside for everybody involved. GM, player, and all. I will say that it seemed like everyone wanted in on the Kovalenko sweepstakes to the surprise of nobody, including Davos. Overall, I hope Lee is happy with where she ended up and that Slava has a lot of success with his new team. 

 

I also brought this up before, but while I was happy with River’s rookie season and understand that he arrived at the bottom of the totem pole because of how competitive and strong Moscow’s roster is, I hope he can go for the Dustin Funk trophy this upcoming season. I’ve opted to bank all of my TPE until I can dump it all at once to truly make a difference in my sophomore year. I’ve just crossed 810 TPE (before this media spot and .com get approved) and have 56 TPE banked which should be a decent amount to play around with for an offensive defenseman build now that I’ve gotten the hang of hybrid attributes. 

 

On a personal note to end this Kirby Rambles, my dog has to get two vaccines tomorrow as well as a blood panel to see if he’ll be able to go under anesthesia for a surgery scheduled for Tuesday two weeks from now to remove a lump from his leg that had initially come back as an inconclusive tumor, as I had brought up a media spot ago. I am extremely anxious and nervous, because as a pet owner, you always fear the worst, and I had a family member try to give me unwarranted and unwanted “advice,” who thought she knew more about my dog than me, which frustrated me even more. I just hope things will turn out alright for my boy and that the surgery will be the end of it. 

 

That’s all I have for you this time, folks. Thank you for reading and see you in the next one!

Edited March 3 by kirbithan

[Spartan 4,704]

Harrington will definitely have a bigger role this season

[Thunder 1,283]

Keep us posted on your dog.