It's a Bidding War, Folks

What we have here, this, this right here, is a war. Do you feel it? I do. Two nights ago Prestige Worldwide broke DSPRH rules and regulations by contacting Ryan Odell after the trade deadline of June 18. When we got wind of it, we of course fired back with a blog post alerting readers and Mr. Odell that we preferred if he stayed in the Motherland. Today, June 22, the Prestige Worldwide official website has fired back at us with offers that we can't match, but more importantly, they can't make.

As a news source, and not an official team website, our letter of contact was sanctioned. The same could not be said for PW, who haphazardly attempted to justify their communication with the defender with the pretentious line of "since no one quite understands what a Hogstachio Pistachio is, their opinion is irrelevant." I believe Hitler used an eerily similar line of, "Since no one quite understands why Poland matters..."

Still the league is doing nothing about this egregious behavior, and instead, looks to benefit from the bidding war that has erupted. Perhaps league commissioner Andrew Jenkins buys into the old adage that any press is good press.

But what can we do? How can we, fans of the Soviets, take up arms against PW? How can we stop their encroachment? The US of A began their quest to stop the Nazis on June 6, 1944 with what is commonly referred to as D-Day. Well today is D-Day part deux.

Sources close to the organization have revealed to me that Ryan Odell isn't the only player the Comrades are looking to bring back to the team. Apparently, and remember that this is all conjecture at this point in time, Brad Lotocki, Brian Lynch, and Tony Horton also all received offer sheets.

One thing that Red Army offers that Prestige Worldwide doesn't is comradery. We have the roster space to bring in four new players, four players who are old friends. And the drinking beers in the parking lot? That's fun, and we haven't done that. But we've taken shots of Georgian brewed vodka out of a ram's horn while wearing championship t-shirts.

I believe the term for that is, checkmate.

UPDATE: One more rumor to pass along. Sources have reported that Sean Hanley is upset with his current contract and is currently engaged in contract negotiations with the Shockers, Daggermouth, and the Mapleleafs.