A completely unexpected surprise for Rex Kirkby was when he got a phone call from the Atlanta Inferno general manager hottus dogus to say that he was being traded to all round league villain the buffalo stampede. Kirkby had been an integral member of the team for the last few seasons and had thought that he might finish out his career there. However with a probable move to Philadelphia at the end of the season the Atlanta Inferno decided to cash in while they could still get some value out of him. Buffalo was a surprise because I seemed like they already had a fully stacked defense core and would not have need for a relatively old defenseman in their push to unseat Hamilton at the top of the simulation hockey League. The move has turned out quite good for Kirkby though as he managed to get close to 50 points for the third season in a row and moved closer to the top 10 in defensive scoring all round.