Having been signed instead of drafted, I missed the initial locker room bonding events, but was welcomed with open arms after signing with the Carolina Kraken. Despite my late entry into the team, I was quickly informed of the "Rookie Fight Club" that takes place within the Carolina locker room. I was definitely not expected to be in a fight club as soon as I joined a team, but I wound up getting ready to fight fellow free agent signing Harald Malmquist while everybody else cheered us on. He's a power forward and I haven't ever been much of a fighter but you gotta do what you gotta do in Rookie Fight Club. It was not pretty and I got destroyed pretty handily. At first I didn't think it was really important for rookies to fight in order to become a closer team but the whole team morale seemed to be boosted by it and I do feel a little closer to everybody else after that.