Beketov Agency eying first overall?

[Beketov 9,140]

It has been 60 seasons since the faithful summer day when Robert Sharpe was drafted first overall in the very first VHL draft. In those 60 seasons 8 other players have come through the Beketov Agency and none of them have been drafted first again. Perhaps it's a curse leftover from Sharpe's failures. Perhaps it's simply GM worries or better draft choices. Perhaps it's simply and luck. No one is certain but Matt Thompson is looking to potentially break that trend.

 

The winger wears number 10 as a tribute to his agency, being that he is the 10th player to come out of it. He hopes to pay tribute once more the the players that have come before him by once again ascending the summit of being first overall in the VHL. The only question now remains, can he do it? Thompson has been in talks with Seattle's head office and all parties agree that he would be a good fit with the team but competition is stiff in the Season 61 draft. Thompson may be a good fit with the Bears but that doesn't mean Samuel Gate or perhaps Podrick Cast wouldn't be. Seattle Management has expressed concerns over Thompson's interest in chasing a cup; something the last two Beketov agency players never managed to achieve. While true that Thompson wants a cup, he also wants to emphasize that he doesn't expect to get it in his first season.

 

"At the end of the day I do want a Continental Cup but that doesn't mean I expect immediate success or I would never re-sign with a team. I just don't want to get stuck in an endless rebuild, does that make sense? I don't have the 14 seasons Ovechkin took to get his Stanley Cup, things don't work that way here. I'm willing to stick with a team but I also want to have success. I don't think that's unreasonable."

 

Ultimately the tough decision comes down to the Bears in who they decide they want to help lead them into the future. No options are particularly bad choices this time around so it's just a matter of sitting back and waiting to see who's name shows up on that draft board first.