The last chapter of Baby Bob's life (Recap of his career)

[Baby Boomer 753]

Hello everyone,

 

Welcome to the last chapter of Baby Bob's life story. In this life story we talked about the life of Baby, when he was young, his thoughts and his impressions before the drafts, during the seasons and during the playoffs. Baby Bob also answered to questions from the fans, from the GMs and from the leaders of the VHL, the VHLE and the VHLM. I know, I know, and I am very sorry guys. A lot happened in my life in the last couple of months and making media spot was not in my priorities. I stayed active in the VHL and with Baby Bob, but I lowered my earnings. However, we are not here to talk about me, but we are here to talk about the incredible career of Baby Bob.

 

S77 

 

Everything started in S77, when Baby Bob first joined the league and joined the Mexico City Kings. The Kings were not a really good team, and they did not make the playoffs, so Baby only played two games with them, but did not get any point. However, he still got a shot and finished the two games with a differential of +1.

 

S78 

 

After the playoffs ended and the winners were determined, it was now draft time. Indeed, it was time for Baby Bob’s first draft ever in the league. As his draft, Baby did not know what to expected and where he would get drafted. Bob joined the league a little late, so the teams did not know his potential, so therefore he only got drafted in the third round, 28^th overall by the Mississauga Hounds. In S78, when he joined the team, the Hounds were entering a rebuild and the expectation were vey low. Indeed, Mississauga finished with only 15 wins and third last in the league. Baby Bob still scored 32 goals and added 43 assists for a total of 75 points in his first full season. He shot 322 pucks on the net this season and he had a differential plus/minus of -72. You can explain this atrocious differential with a lot of reasons, but mainly because the team in general was really bad and because he was still a young naïve little boy.

 

VHL draft 

 

At the beginning of S79 was Baby Bob’s first VHL draft and it was time for him to get drafted in the big league. Again, Baby did not know what to expect, but he was ranked in the top 10 on the prospects ranking list and his chance of being drafted in the 10 first picks were pretty high. Baby Bob was finally drafted 9^th overall by the Prague Phantoms and right after the draft he also signed his first professional contract. The contract was 3,000,000$ in S79, 1,500,000$ in S80 and 2,500,000$ in S81.

 

S79 

 

S79 was a completely different story. Indeed, the Mississauga Hounds had a lot of draft picks in this draft, and the management team did a really good job drafting the players. The Hounds finished the S79 alone in first place with 11 points more than the team in second place. When you look at Baby Bob’s stats, you can clearly see that he improved his game during the off-season. Indeed, Baby finished the season with 30 goals and 67 assists for a total of 97 points in 72 games. The number of points he scored is really impressive, but what is really impressive is how he improved his defensive side of the game. He went from a differential of -72 to a +56 one. In the playoffs, the Mississauga Hounds won their first series against the San Diego Marlins 4-1 and their second against the Mexico City Kings 4-3. It was now time for the final of the Founder’s Cup between the Miami Marauders and the Mississauga Hounds. The series was not long and in only five little games the Marauders upset the Prime Minister’s Cup champion to take home the Founder’s Cup. Even though Baby Bob did not win the Cup, he had pretty good series scoring 8 goals and adding 12 assists in 17 games. The loss in the fifth game of the Founder’s Cup final against the Miami Marauders was at the same thing ending Baby’s VHLM career. In 146 games, he scored 62 goals and a total of 172 points. These stats are allowing him to be in the Mississauga’s record book. In fact, he is currently 6^th in the number of assists and points in all the history of the Mississauga Hounds.

 

S80 

 

S80 was an historical season in the history of the VHL and Baby Bob was part of it. In S80, it was the birth of the VHLE, and Baby Bob took part in the first ever VHLE entry draft. Baby really improved his game in the S79 and the off-season of S80, so he was almost ready to make the jump and play in the VHL in S80, but he did not make his decision before the draft, so the VHLE’s team did not know if it was a good idea to draft him. Therefore, Baby Bob only got drafted in the third round, 17^th overall by the Rome Gladiators. When the season started, no one knew what to expect and which team would be good and which team would be bad. The Rome Gladiators finished second in the standings with 36 wins, 28 losses and 8 overtime losses for a total of 80 points in 72 games. Baby Bob had an incredible season in this first one. He scored 46 goals and 104 points in the first VHLE season. These incredible stats helped him finish 5^th in the number of points in the entire league and 3^rd in the number of goals. The Rome Gladiators made the playoffs, and they made it to the final by defeating the Bratislava Watchmen in four little games. They faced in the Vasteras Iron Eagles in the final and after taking the lead 3-1 in the series, the Gladiators saw the Iron Eagles come back in the series and win it 4-3 and take home the first ever Renaissance Cup. The lost in the final marked the end of the short, but successful career of Baby in the VHLE. This lost meant that Baby Bob just lost his second final in a row against the underdog team.

 

S81 

 

After two full seasons in the VHLM and one full season in the VHLE, it was time for Baby Bob to make his debut in the VHL with the Prague Phantoms. In S80, the Phantoms finished 5^th in their Conference and won the wild card game 3-2 against HC Davos but lost in four to Moscow. In S81, in Bob’s rookie season, the objectives were the same, making the playoffs and going as far as possible. Prague finished the season in 3^rd place in the European Conference with 43 wins and 88 points in 72 games. During his rookie season, Baby Bob scored 33 goals, 59 assists and 92 points in 72 games and that makes him the 10^th player with the most point in his rookie season and the 9^th with the most assists in all the history of the VHL.  Even though, with the arrival of the VHLE the players are coming in the VHL a little bit later, so they are better and more prepared to play with and against the biggest star of the league, these records are still very impressive. Again, in the playoffs, the Prague Phantoms faced the Moscow Menace in the first round and this time they lost in five games. In five games, Baby Bob only scored a goal and finished -4.

 

S82 and S83 

 

In the end of the S81, Baby Bob signed an extension contract with the Prague Phantoms of 3,500,000$ and 5,000,000$ for the seasons S82 and S83. S82 and S83 were pretty similar seasons, Baby scored 38 and 39 goals and did 96 and 83 points. Prague finished second and fourth in their division with each time 95 points. They both time ended up losing in the first round again and Baby Bob finished the playoffs with 5 points in 5 games in S82 and 11 points in 10 games in S83 and each time with a differential of 0. In the middle of the last season of his contract, the management team of the Phantoms offered him a contract, but the team was starting to be old, and Bob did not want to be part of a rebuild, so he agreed to a one-year contract for the maximum amount of 5,500,000$. However, during the following off-season, the direction decided to take another turn and to enter a rebuild, so they decided in a common agreement to trade Baby Bob. So, in three seasons with the Prague Phantoms, Baby Bob scored 110 goals, added 161 assists for a total of 271 points in 216 games and an incredible cumulative differential of +120.

 

S84 and S85 

 

The only condition of Baby Bob was that, if possible, the Phantoms could trade him to a contender. They finally traded him to the Chicago Phoenix for the CHI 1^st in S85. Fun fact, in the following days, Chicago and Prague did trade two more times. After, a couple of seasons of misery, Chicago was finally ready to compete and go for the Cup. It was a new beginning with a new team for Baby Bob and he wanted to impress the fans and the team management, and he did just that. Indeed, he beat his personal record of goals (49) and points (100) and he was even named on the second team of the season. However, the team made the playoffs, but they were not much different than the ones with Prague, because Chicago also lost in the first round and Baby Bob had 8 points in 7 games. Even after the poor performance of the team in the playoffs, Baby Bob saw the potential of the team and decided to extend his contract with Chicago for two more seasons at 5,500,000$ per season. As much as the first season with the Phoenix was incredible, the second was disastrous. Baby Bob only had 71 points in 72 games, his first season without a point per game, and the Chicago Phoenix finished in 5^th place of their Conference. The playoffs were a little different because Baby Bob passed the first round for the first time in his career, but the Phoenix still lost in the second round.

 

S86 

 

Baby Bob is currently playing his ninth season in the league and during the off-season he had a big talk about his future in the VHL with his wife and his family. Yesterday, he finally made a press conference, and he announced that S86 would be his last season. As of now, Baby scored 46 goals and added 52 assists 98 points in 56 games. He his only at two points of his personal record and he still has 16 games to play and if he continues like that, he is on pace to score 59 goals and 126 points. He is currently leading the league in goals, in points and he is 8^th in assists and 4^th in the plus/minus category (+37). Baby is doing incredible, but we know that the regular season never was the difficult part for him. Indeed, is Baby Bob going to be able to lead his team to the promised land? Baby Bob also never won a trophy, is it the year where he takes home everything and finish his career with the best season he ever had? And finally, is the career he had enough to earn a place in the hall of fame of the league or maybe in the best player the league has seen?

 

Finally, this is Baby Boomer talking, I wanted to thank everyone who makes this league possible, because I really enjoy it and I hope it will never die. Now that Baby Bob is retired, it is time for his brother, Bobby Bob the 6’0” offensive defensemen, to show what he his capable of.

 

Thank you for reading and Viva Bobby Bob!

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