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  • shinderhizzle84
    Banned
    • Nov 2008
    • 1836

    #451
    Re: The Career of Bryan Hurst (NHL 09: Be A Pro)

    Originally posted by Bolts_26
    Don't worry. They don't know what their missing out on. haha
    they should have put him in their new commercials.

    Would've been loads better than that "Ronald McDonald" douchebag...

    does anyone else have nightmares about him, or is that just me?

    I am NOT loving it!

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    • Bolts_26
      MVP
      • Jan 2009
      • 2663

      #452
      Re: The Career of Bryan Hurst (NHL 09: Be A Pro)

      Originally posted by shinderhizzle84
      they should have put him in their new commercials.

      Would've been loads better than that "Ronald McDonald" douchebag...

      does anyone else have nightmares about him, or is that just me?

      I am NOT loving it!
      Shindy, did i ever tell you that you make as much sense as Starking?

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      • bhurst99
        All Star
        • Aug 2003
        • 9163

        #453
        Re: The Career of Bryan Hurst (NHL 09: Be A Pro)



        I mixed up the columns. The first column should say Dec. 22; the second Oct. 1.
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        • bashbros30
          Pro
          • Mar 2009
          • 542

          #454
          Re: The Career of Bryan Hurst (NHL 09: Be A Pro)

          i think that 70 in your overall column is supposed to be an 80???
          When life gets me down, I get over it!

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          • Pink Mist
            Pro
            • Sep 2008
            • 921

            #455
            Re: The Career of Bryan Hurst (NHL 09: Be A Pro)

            Not that good defensively, eh?

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            • bhurst99
              All Star
              • Aug 2003
              • 9163

              #456
              Re: The Career of Bryan Hurst (NHL 09: Be A Pro)

              Originally posted by bashbros30
              i think that 70 in your overall column is supposed to be an 80???
              Overall I am 78.
              Career of Bryan Hurst: Year Six(MLB - PS4)
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              • Matt10
                Hall Of Fame
                • Apr 2006
                • 16504

                #457
                Re: The Career of Bryan Hurst (NHL 09: Be A Pro)

                shutup and update!
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                • muller11
                  Rookie
                  • Apr 2009
                  • 15

                  #458
                  Re: The Career of Bryan Hurst (NHL 09: Be A Pro)

                  WOW! I havent been here in a few weeks and did I miss ALOT!
                  Cant wait for the next update and tell JonathanToews I said "Hi".

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                  • wazzucoug02
                    Rookie
                    • Jul 2007
                    • 102

                    #459
                    Re: The Career of Bryan Hurst (NHL 09: Be A Pro)

                    So, just found this and got caught all the way up. Thanks for helping me get through a Saturday at work. I agree about the legend status. This is awesome.

                    Congrats on the call up. Now update!

                    Again, you've found another follower, looking forward to seeing you replace that winy G/F of yours as well.

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                    • Whitesox
                      Closet pyromaniac
                      • Mar 2009
                      • 5292

                      #460
                      Re: The Career of Bryan Hurst (NHL 09: Be A Pro)

                      Originally posted by bhurst99
                      Yep, the only sucky part about being promoted is that I have to come up with all new characters.
                      Well not all new. You still have Skille, who I would suggest you should use to introduce you to the pros? Just a suggestion, you are the writer.
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                      • bhurst99
                        All Star
                        • Aug 2003
                        • 9163

                        #461
                        Re: The Career of Bryan Hurst (NHL 09: Be A Pro)

                        Originally posted by whitesox
                        Well not all new. You still have Skille, who I would suggest you should use to introduce you to the pros? Just a suggestion, you are the writer.
                        Ah, but if only one player got sent down that must mean ...
                        Career of Bryan Hurst: Year Six(MLB - PS4)
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                        Career of Bryan Hurst: Year Two (NHL: Be A Pro - X360)
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                        • bhurst99
                          All Star
                          • Aug 2003
                          • 9163

                          #462
                          Re: The Career of Bryan Hurst (NHL 09: Be A Pro)

                          Dec. 22, 2008

                          Today should be the happiest day of my life but instead I am left with a deep feeling of guilt.

                          I arrived at the United Center and was ushered to the office of the Blackhawks general manager Dale Tallon. I can’t even tell you how nervous I felt. I’ve never been married but I imagine this is what it must feel like as you wait in the church for your marriage ceremony to begin. The prelude to the biggest event of your life.

                          The only other time I had talked to Tallon was the day I was drafted on June 21. I had insulted him on the phone because I thought he was Pete Satt, who I was angry at for some poor information. Now Satt was my agent and I was minutes away from meeting Tallon. The world works in mysterious ways.

                          Finally, Tallon opened the door to his office.

                          “Hey, Hurst, welcome to the NHL. Come on in,” Tallon brightly smiled.

                          I walked into the office and I felt like I was walking into a palace. It was the polar opposite of coach Bill Peters office. It was bright, tidy and impeccably furnished. You could eat your dinner off the floor it was so clean. I sat down in a leather mahogany chair that was probably more expensive than all the furnishings combined in the apartment I had shared with Bryan Bickell in Rockford.

                          “I just had this strange telephone conversation with the taxi company. They said you gave one of their drivers a tough time. Do you know anything about that?” asked Tallon.

                          “Well, you see, I --- Mr. Tallon, this is hard to explain. For one, well. I didn’t know where I was going,” I stammered. “No one told me I had been called up. I was in this cab and I didn’t know where I was going so I started to get mad at the driver.”

                          “In the future, try to treat everyone with respect. You’re representing the Chicago Blackhawks now and we want our players to be pillars of the community. We don’t need any bad apples,” said Tallon.

                          I was hoping a trap door would open and I could just fall through.

                          “I’m sorry Mr. Tallon, it won’t happen again,” I said.

                          “Great. I want to let you know what we expect from you. As you know the team has been struggling this year. We have a lot of great young talent but things haven’t gone according to plan. Not that they ever do. But with such a young group, the guys our getting frustrated and angry with each other. The positive attitude of September is gone.”

                          “We weren’t even looking at calling you up this season. Frankly, I thought it would be nuts to promote our last round pick in the same season he was drafted but, Hurst, here we our sitting together,” Tallon said.

                          “When we decided to send down Kris Versteeg we had planned to promote Jack Skille but then I got this phone call last night from Peters saying that Skille had developed a negative attitude. That he tried to fight you at a practise. Peters said you had this great attitude about the whole episode. That you thought it was important to move forward as a team together. That’s the kind of team togetherness we need here in Chicago.”

                          This was madness. This was misperception on top of misperception: A fake fight I had suggested to get out of practise, Skille’s rough upbringing that made it difficult for him to apologize and a bad meeting in Peters office where I should have set the record straight. It had all ledi to me getting promoted ahead of Skille.

                          I was speechless. I wanted to tell Tallon the whole story but how?

                          “We also like that you can hit and mix it up. We need that here. We don’t need you to score, Kane and Toews can do that. Just make sure you aren’t a defensive liability,” Tallon said.

                          “Skille’s actually a really good guy, Mr. Tallon. He’s just misunderstood,” I said.

                          “That’s the kind of attitude we want out of you. Step up for your teammates. Make sure they don’t get pushed around,” Tallon’s eyes lit up, obviously happy at my attempt to defend Skille.

                          “Treat this as a once in a lifetime opportunity. A lot of guys get a big break -- someone gets injured and they get called up. But they don’t do enough to seize the opportunity. They let it slip through their hands when they should be treating it like gold. Don’t be one of those players who plays a handful games, is never heard from again and then lives the rest of his life regretting that he didn’t give more of an effort.”

                          Tallon’s speech slapped me out of my stupor. It didn’t matter why I was here now even though I felt guilty and rotten to the core. I had to do the most I could with this opportunity.
                          Career of Bryan Hurst: Year Six(MLB - PS4)
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                          Career of Bryan Hurst: Year Two (NHL: Be A Pro - X360)
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                          • Whitesox
                            Closet pyromaniac
                            • Mar 2009
                            • 5292

                            #463
                            Re: The Career of Bryan Hurst (NHL 09: Be A Pro)

                            FIRST UPDATE:

                            Originally posted by bhurst99
                            We've been told Captain Jack Skille was promoted to the Blackhawks after the game which leaves us without a captain.

                            SECOND UPDATE:
                            Originally posted by bhurst99
                            It had all ledi to me getting promoted ahead of Skille.
                            Sorry I'm just really confused. What happened to Skille?
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                            • GoldenJet
                              MVP
                              • Jul 2008
                              • 4618

                              #464
                              Re: The Career of Bryan Hurst (NHL 09: Be A Pro)

                              I believe he's still down in Rockford with the Ice hogs.
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                              • bhurst99
                                All Star
                                • Aug 2003
                                • 9163

                                #465
                                Re: The Career of Bryan Hurst (NHL 09: Be A Pro)

                                Originally posted by whitesox

                                Sorry I'm just really confused. What happened to Skille?
                                My fault. I should have been more clear. Skille was going to get promoted. At the last minute the Hawks changed their mind and promoted Hurst instead because of Skille's attitude.
                                Career of Bryan Hurst: Year Six(MLB - PS4)
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                                Career of Bryan Hurst: Year Two (NHL: Be A Pro - X360)
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