04-12-2009, 09:16 AM
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Rookie
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Re: The career of Bryan Pfeffuh (NHL 09 BAP)
June 23rd (rounds 2-7):
And I thought yesterday was bad. My father came home from one of his periodical disappearances, and you could immediately tell he was drunk again. He came inside after five minutes of just trying to get the key to go in the door hinge. He reeked of alcohol when he walked, well actually more like stumbled, past, and when I heard my mom start to yell at him, his speech was very hard to understand. The conversation went something like this:
Mom: Where have you been?
Dad: What duz't matter ta you.
Mom: Well while you were out spending your son's & my hard earned money on your scotch, the landlord said we had to pay our four months that we owe in the next month or we're gone.
Dad: Maybe hiz hockey mona oughta pay fa it.
Mom: You won't touch a cent of that money, you hear me!?
Dad: I'm da man a dis family, i take what I wan.
Mom: You get your sorry act together or me and Bryan are gone. Let's see how manly you are then.
That's all I heard because I left to head over to my friend Thomas' house. I wanted to watch the draft but couldn't with all this going on. It seems by the time most guys are 19 they are hardened past caring about what happens, but these fights bothered me no matter what. Thomas, being the good friend that he was, had the draft on already when I entered his house without even knocking. His parents were out on business and whenever his car was there I could just go in. He got me a soda and himself a beer, and we watched the draft which was on round 4.
At pick 12 my phone rang and I couldn't help but be shocked, thinking I was drafted. It was Young, sending a text. It said: 'devils @ 142 + Kings @ 153 lookin @ u'. I knew he probably knew better than I did, but when the draft got to 142 I just knew inside I wasn't going. The devils decided to go with a defenseman instead. The Kings picked a center, and I play RW, but I felt pretty rejected still. It was like Young to get my hopes up. At pick 170 I got a phone call again, from a number I didn't recognize. This is it, I thought!
"Hello?"
"Hey Bryan, your on speaker with all of the Bruins draft committee." That was weird, they weren't picking, it was teh Avalanche's turn.
"If you aren't drafted, would you be interested in still pursuing a hockey career?" This wasn't what I was expecting...
"If every team has 7 higher prospects than me, I think I would have more success pursuing another profession."
"We're disappointed to hear that." Click. The Bruins just hung up on me.
At pick 173, the Bruins had a pick. I had an urge to throw something at the TV when it showed the draft committee talking in their office, and probably would've, but it was Thomas' house. "With the 173rd pick, the Boston Bruins draft Bryan Pfeffuh, off the Ottowa Junior National team." Wow.
Last edited by pfeffuh; 04-12-2009 at 02:39 PM.
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