Randy Bobandy is a Nighthawk

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RANDY BOBANDY IS LEAVING NORTH AMERICA

 

That's right folks, since playing in the VHLE for Oslo in S86, the veteran Canadian cheeseburger-lar Randy Bobandy is leaving North America and making his return to Europe! With recent news of Calgary undergoing a rebuild, Randy Bobandy's player rights were put up to the market only for the Malmo Nighthawks to be the highest bidders. Randy has never heard of a place called Malmo before, he didn't even know it was in Sweden, but it sounded like his old team the "Sunnyvale Shithawks" so he was pumped!

 

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For back story, Randy Bobandy had accepted a player option extension to the Calgary Wranglers in S93 and was interested in some success before his retirement in S95. Calgary GM @leandrofg came to Randy this past off-season with disappointing news, the Wranglers organization would look to enter a rebuild era. This was disappointing to me in two ways:

 

1. My all time playoff appearance streak of 12 seasons straight since entering the league just ended after Calgary placed behind Chicago's wildcard spot in S93. So I mean cry me a river it was bound to happen one day, but the bigger point being:
2.  Nobody loves getting traded after making a home. A rebuild was best for this team's situation so all is understood of course.

 

I enjoyed my time in Calgary with Bobandy and I was ready to play the next two seasons there. Even though the success factor didn't come for Bobandy in Calgary, I am really hoping for a veteran bounce back in Malmo. @SlapshotWrangler we'll find each other again with our next players don't worry  

 

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Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus

"I hop off the plane at LAX with a dream and my cardigan"

 

Party in the Swēorīċe - Randy Bobandy

"I hop off the plane at MMX with a Freedom 35 and my pack of smokes"

 

 

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Randy Bobandy lands in Malmo! After a long flight over Eastern Canada and then the Atlantic Ocean, Randy finds himself on European soil standing in front of Malmo GM @KaleebtheMighty. A quick mingle lead to an SUV ride to the Malmo Nighthawks arena. Randy and Kaleeb toured the beautiful stadium and took some extra time to look at the recent history of back-to-back Victory Cups from Malmo's dominant S92/S93 campaign. Kaleeb expressed Malmo's drive for success and this caught Bobandy's attention, he has not seen a cup finals since the S88 Seattle Bears, he has not held a trophy since the S86 Oslo Storm, Randy Bobandy may be old but he is still extremely hungry. Randy and Kaleeb finished the touring with Randy feeling much more warm hearted for his new team, even making it clear to Malmo's GM that he is determined to finish out his last two remaining seasons in Malmo. Kaleeb seemed thrilled and quickly introduced Randy to some of his new teammates. There were some talks about tacos to be had?

 

3 season Captain, back to back Victory Cup winner, goaltender and former teammate of Randy's for the S87/S88 Seattle Bears, Ash Sparks @DarkSpyro was the first to reach out to Bobandy for a handshake. Sparks and Bobandy entered the VHL together in S87, playing two seasons together as young studs on a talented Bears roster. Bobandy was so pleased to see an old friend lacing the skates up again. Sparks filled the new guy in on how Malmo's team budget consists of a sponsorship from Taco Bell... and to say the least, Randy is seriously considering changing his diet from cheeseburgers to tacos for the next two seasons. The word tacos spawned another teammate into conversation, as a young Philip Rave @tcookie introduced himself to Randy. Philip Rave has completed two seasons in Malmo already with back to back Victory Cups, an 80 point season, and even so much more potential to reach for. Bobandy and Rave will need to drink a beer together sometime so that the Canadian can teach, but also learn some beer drinking techniques from the only currently active VHL player born in Liechtenstein. Randy is ecstatic with this recent move to a new home and ready for the new season to start after a fun training camp with the Nighthawks.

 

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I'm also pumped to be playing with @Advantage @comrade cat and @Dom! I got to know ADV and comrade a lot better in S88 when Jensen and Tsevar played for Houston, and I've known Dom since I joined in on this forum. So this almost feels like Sparks and Bobandy in the sense that I always love connecting with old friends. @scoop @Spaz and @RJMW are all members I'm excited to play with as well. All active members that I've just never gotten the chance to actually hangout with yet! Malmo seems like a really fun spot for myself and my player, cheers to you all for making my entrance to the Nighthawks a good one already.

Edited May 21 by AJW

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