The word “мир” (romanised mir) actually has a lot of meanings in the Russian language.

Peace, world, kingdom, quiet, and universe are all valid translations of the word, but we’re here to propose a new translation.

Paycheck stealing bum.

Seriously, this announcement had us fuming.

Not only did they slowly let their Major-winning roster die a slow and agonizing death - only putting them out of their misery in 2026 - the fans apparently haven’t had it bad enough. The once exciting, now disappointing kids from the academy will be sent back to the gulag, and in comes, unfortunately, a familiar face.

We can’t see any logic behind this move. mir is 30 years old, has never been an in-game leader, and has played a single official series - somehow a Katowice quarter-final - in the last 22 months.

What is the VP management smoking? We need a hit.

This move isn’t it, and it pains us to see such a storied organisation keep making generational fumbles. We’d be surprised if mir’s second stint in VP doesn’t end the same way as the space station did - crash and burn.