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Piastri Welcomes Alekss Ivanova to Nevada
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(This post was last modified: 01-18-2023, 08:35 PM by vbottas17. Edited 5 times in total.)

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I really need to change that fucking alarm tone! Alexi Piastri thinks to himself. It's 7:30 a.m., doesn't seem like that would be too early, but it's the off-season, and there's definitely a fog that will take some time to lift from his brain today. Scoring 60 goals in a season has its perks, former SHL players Jean-Luc Reflieux & Valterri Bottas had been in town, the pair of former all-stars had vowed to show Alexi how SHL players used to party back in the day and they certainly didn't disappoint. There's a ton of notifications on Alexi's phone. Who the fuck would do that! Piastri's lock screen background seems to have been changed to a picture of Tony Danza with very glittery writing which reads hold me closer. Piastri unlocks his phone and can hardly believe his eyes. The first thing he sees is a bar tab for $4,800. This is pretty standard when you hang out with old SHL vets so he's not too surprised about that. It's the headline that he reads on his SHL App that makes his jaw drop.

"Battleborn Aquire Foward Alekss Ivanova From Grizzlies For Future Second Round Pick"

Wait what?? The headline takes a second to register with Piastri. No fucking way, that kid I used to play hockey with before I even joined the SMJHL? Growing up in Australia, Alexi had done a lot of traveling while playing for club teams around Europe. One of those teams was based out of Latvia. Ivanova was clearly better than the rest of his peers, despite being a couple of years younger than pretty much everybody else on the team. Piastri had played for almost a year on that team and knew that Ivanova would eventually go on to play at a higher level. Piastri and Ivanova had carried the team to multiple tournament wins against much deeper squads.

Next he sees multiple text messages from GM Gunnar Soberberg.

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Piastri calls Soderberg..

"Gunnar you crazy something somethin you, how in the fuck did you pull that one off??" Piastri yells into the phone, he can't contain his excitement, honestly he may be kinda drunk still.

"Alexi! First off, I'm glad that you're alive and not strapped to the top of the stratosphere or something." Gunnar seems genuinely relieved that his player is not in jail, "Yeah, I may have had to call in a favor or two to make this happen.. lets not talk about that.. I was watching this kids scouting report and I kept seeing you in the videos! I figured what the hell, you're coming back for another season, we could use another forward for the roster.. why not! So I called up the Grizzlies and Alekss is heading to Las Vegas. Speaking of which, we had to put him on a redeye. Also I told him that he could stay in your office until we find a place for him, hope you don't mind! Can you go get him from the airport?"

"First off Gunnar, usually I would want you to ask me before you say somebody can just crash at my place, but I'm going to let this one slide because I know Alekss." Piastri tries to focus and shake out the cobwebs as he speaks, "Give me a sec to wake up, when's his plane due to land?"

"Ohh, in about 17 minutes, I almost had to go myself and miss my yoga class, you were about to get demoted to the third line, good thing you woke up!" Piastri can't tell if Soderbeeg is being serious or just messing with him, "I know it's the off-season and you're probably excited to catch-up, but please Alexi, don't do anything stupid. I don't want another repeat of when we had to rescue you in the middle of the ocean. You're a veteran around here now and we need you to set a positive example."

Piastri nods his head to appease his teams General Manager but doesn't say a word. Piastri needs to get going, "I'm on my way," says Piastri and the conversation ends abruptly.

Realizing that he probably shouldn't drive yet, Piastri knocks on his neighbors door. "Hey Froste, wake up you lazy, big time, primetime, sona a bitch! I need you to drive me to the airport to go pick up a new player"

"Why don't you drive your damn self you asshole!" Replies Dominik Froste, cracking open his door while people scurry in the background. "First you make me pass you the puck all of last season and now you want me to run your errands? I'm not even on the team next season. I'm playing for Minnesota now!" It's about then that Froste can smell what seems like at least 80 proof alcohol in the hallway. "Oh that's why, alright let me go get my keys you fuckin lush!"

The pair arrive at the airport and Ivanova is already at the baggage claim. "About fucking time Alex!" Exclaims the new Battleborn rookie. "You busy eating cheesecake and playing chel like you used to in Europe or something? What the fuck is that smell, is that, tequila and bubble gum?"

"Sure is, don't worry about it." Smiles Piastri as he gives Ivanova a fist bump and grabs one of his bags. "Looks like you're staying with me for a while, luckily for you, I don't think anybody popped the air mattress in my office yet. So you won't have to sleep on the floor because you're sure as hell not sleeping on my couch!" The trio head back to Piastri & Froste's apartment complex.

"You score 60 goals and you stay in this small ass apartment? What the fuck are they going to find me, a closet in the back of one of the casinos?" Ivanova doesn't seem too impressed with Piastri's dwelling.

"Location, location, location my friend." Replies Piastri,
"You have a lot to learn rook, this isn't like your hometown back in Latvia, this is Las Vegas! I barely have any reason to be here when there's so much to do in the city, let me show you my office, I mean your room."

"You call this an office? This is a room full of vintage tequila and posters of yourself! Wow, really staying humble after your lucky season last year eh?" It's apparent early that Ivanova has no problem joking around with his new veteran teammate.

"Put your trash away and let's walk down to the rink." Smirks Piastri.

The pair heads towards the rink, just a few minute walk from where Piastri lives. They pass Top Golf, the MGM, and multiple strip clubs. While walking past a male strip club, something catches Alekss' eye. "Holy shit that's Patrick Brumm and Randy Randleman! My agent, Shane Gagner has pictures of all of them together all over his office. It looks like they work there? What the hell happened!?!""

"You see rook, the SHL is a crazy place, and cocaine is a crazy fucking drug. Those two are the perfect example of what happens if you think you're a fucking rockstar and make some bad decisions. They've done more cocaine than anybody in history and have pissed off a lot of people along the way. Rumor has it that they'll have to work there for years to pay off their debt. You dont want to end up like them, keep in mind that Las Vegas can turn your life upside down in a second." Piastri actually gives some decent advise for once.

"Prince Kyle's, funny name" says Ivanova.

The pair arrives at the arena and enters the locker room.
"What the fuck is this?" Remarks Ivanova, "In Latvia I hear for years about how great the SMJHL is. Kegs that are always flowing ice cold beer, disco lights and edm music that puts any normal club to shame. Movie stars and models partying with the team, doing massive amounts of illegal substances, and even some activities that they refuse to speak about in Latvia for fear of repercussions. This looks like I just walked into the regional headquarters of Bank of America or something!"

"Times have changed Alekss. The SHL has cleaned up its act. Gone are the days of players believing that they are above the law and not having to face consequences for their actions. This isn't the wild wild west anymore. Now we must go to the Vegas strip to have fun.. well and my locker room." Alexi points at a door in the back corner of the Battleborn locker room with an unimpossing sign on it.

"The fucking mechanical room?" Exclaims Ivanova, "Fuck this I'm going back to Latvia. This shit is bunk as hell."

Piastri proceeds to open the door, Bright lights are flashing and the music is bumping. There's a haze in the air and people look like they've been partying since the night before. There's a host of Hollywood's elite mixed in with SHL stars. Reflieux, Bottas, Felix Herzog, Chester Cunningham, Toivo Kosonen, Isaac Kaiser, Jimmy Slothface, Kaspars Tsizling, Jackson Cartier and Chris Crutchfield to name a few.

"You think I was going to put up with that bullshit? Welcome to my locker room and welcome to the SHL rook!"

We'll see how this turns out for the Battleborn's latest addition.

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Latvia superiority
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“Lush” means “I love you” in the Battleborn native tongue.

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Hot stuff

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Wow Ahh Battleborn I’m hoping there’s a part two to this one!

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Imagine you get your sleep disturbed only to play Taxi smh

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01-18-2023, 08:32 PMCopenhagen Wrote: Wow  Ahh  Battleborn I’m hoping there’s a part two to this one!
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Didn't even tip us bro.
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02-17-2023, 09:14 PMtweedlebrumm Wrote: Didn't even tip us bro.

I fucked up! Wink

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