Derek has had the chance to play with a lot of amazing players, from early in his career with Los Angeles Legends such as Long John Donair or Jimmy Fraser. That said, he's been even luckier to evolve with such a strong core of players within one or two years of age of him. From the moment he stepped foot on the ice for the first time in Season 71, Reed Kobo, Pass Forfeit, Adam Prpich and Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz have always been around, and have been staples and crucial parts of the team's success. Between the all-time points leader in Kobo, perennial MVP in Prpich, defensive rock and mainstay on the blueline in Forfeit and crease warrior (and occasional sieve), the two time McBride winning Greg. What a cast! There's one player who's been on Derek's side through all of it, sharing a line, locker room neighbor, best friend and partner in crime through the up years and the down years, the ying to Derek's yang, and that's Axel Kirby (@Otrebor13). Kirby is a year younger than Derek, was drafted by Calgary but traded for by LA, started his career a season earlier but since they've been paired together, they've been unstoppable, and will go down as one of the deadliest combination of complete 200 feet hockey the team and the league have seen.