NHL Mega-Mock Draft Reboot - Discussion / Draft Thread – A WHOLE NOTHER PHASE TWENTY-ONE!

[Asnito]

The Toads are back in the game, sorry HC. For our music video we are going with Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

The Toads are back in the game, sorry HC. For our music video we are going with Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel.

You have one more to make up.

 

[pit]

For Team Cartoonist, I'm picking someone on my Christmas card list (no, seriously). So I'm not going for my favourite cartoon, but rather nabbing the opportunity to take a friend outside these boards to the Quackverse.

A high school friend of mine has had a successful career in animation alongside her husband RANCH, who created Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. In addition to working on those shows with him, she also created My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and DC Super Hero Girls.

Team Cartoonist: Lauren Faust

I also chose to represent this choice with a picture of a pony called Derpy for no particular reaso-oh, hey, @Lord Defect , you're up!

 

[Magua]

For Team Cartoonist, I'm picking someone on my Christmas card list (no, seriously). So I'm not going for my favourite cartoon, but rather nabbing the opportunity to take a friend outside these boards to the Quackverse.

A high school friend of mine has had a successful career in animation alongside her husband RANCH, who created Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. In addition to working on those shows with him, she also created My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and DC Super Hero Girls.

Team Cartoonist: Lauren Faust

I also chose to represent this choice with a picture of a pony called Derpy for no particular reaso-oh, hey, @Lord Defect , you're up!

At first I thought: is kidnapping a friend and forcing them to board our colony ship off Earth Prime, with no say in the matter, a nice thing? Then I instantly realized: it’s the nicest thing ever.

 

[Lord Defect]

The Stay Pufts will be selecting yet another sorcerer(ess), this time in the form of our Team Queen.
Queen Maeve of Ireland was a fierce warrior who led and ruled in her own right before marrying. Her husband had a prized bull that she wanted one capable of matching it. After negotiations fell through to purchase the bull a battle was brewing. To avoid the fight, Queen Maeve cursed the men defending the bull with the pangs of childbirth.
The people she stole the bull from weren’t all that good to begin with, what with having Queen Maeve race a goddess in chariots while QM was pregnant with twins.

Irish Folklore: Queen Maeve

In Irish folklore, Queen Maeve was a mighty warrior, a legendary queen, a feminist icon, and a personification of Mother Nature. Meet Maeve.

www.wildernessireland.com

@Young Sandwich the more I read about her the weirder it gets. How weird is your next pick going to be?

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

At first I thought: is kidnapping a friend and forcing them to board our colony ship off Earth Prime, with no say in the matter, a nice thing? Then I instantly realized: it’s the nicest thing ever.

Tell this to @Striiker. He’s still pretty ungrateful and he even gets to bring a ton of things that he enjoys with him.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

That stupid, stupid ad-blocker warning is making a real nuisance of itself again.

We start the day with @Young Sandwich on the clock, @JojoTheWhale on deck, @BernieParent on the lido deck, and ajgoal on the lido afterdeck.

Speaking of lyrics, you know another favorite of mine?

"Years gone by, I'd say we've kicked some ass
Something something something
Yada yada yada
And I'd say we're still kickin' ass"

It just f***ing slays me I have no idea why, but I just think it's hilarious. It's like when you are singing along, you can't help saying "And I'd say we're still kickin' ace." I love it.

"Yeah!"
"Choice!"
"This is where it all began!"
"AGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Yeah!"
"You want to check it out?"

 

[Striiker]

Tell this to @Striiker. He’s still pretty ungrateful and he even gets to bring a ton of things that he enjoys with him.

 

[ajgoal]

@Captain Dave Poulin

K-pop band Blackpink selected as Time Entertainer of the Year 2022 | CNN

Global pop sensation Blackpink have been chosen as Time magazine's 2022 Entertainer of the Year, making the four-woman band the second K-pop artists to earn the title, after BTS in 2020.

www.cnn.com

 

[BiggE]

Commenting on our next pick will be

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

@Captain Dave Poulin

K-pop band Blackpink selected as Time Entertainer of the Year 2022 | CNN

Global pop sensation Blackpink have been chosen as Time magazine's 2022 Entertainer of the Year, making the four-woman band the second K-pop artists to earn the title, after BTS in 2020.

www.cnn.com

YES! IT'S ABOUT TIME!

 

[Young Sandwich]

Big morning of meetings today, so here's a queen quickie.

Team Queen - Queen Kong

Glad to see they went the anatomically correct route here @JojoTheWhale

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Shit. @Captain Dave Poulin I was about to take a children's book, but someone else snagged a different book by the same author a few days ago. Does that still work or pick a new one?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Shit. @Captain Dave Poulin I was about to take a children's book, but someone else snagged a different book by the same author a few days ago. Does that still work or pick a new one?

You are good to go with that same author, bruv.

EDIT: Sorry it took so long - I was dicking around elsewhere.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Quick pick time here too. I read A LOT as a kid, but I was never very much into children's books. The one major exception I can recall was absolutely loving the absurdist short stories in the Wayside School series.

Wayside School is Falling Down

Let me tell you, lads, these books were weird. Due to a miscommunication error with a contstruction company, the classrooms of Wayside School were built vertically into a one classroom wide, 30 story building. The 19th floor didn't exist. It was Schrodinger's floor. A kid gets a tattoo of a potato. There was an invasion of cows.

I have heard of Holes, but never read it. Now thanks to the Quackverse and @Magua , I know it's what Louis Sachar is most famous for these days.

@BernieParent .esrever ni nettirw koob siht ni retpahc eritne na s'erehT

 

[Beef Invictus]

I'm positive I've read that

 

[Young Sandwich]

Quick pick time here too. I read A LOT as a kid, but I was never very much into children's books. The one major exception I can recall was absolutely loving the absurdist short stories in the Wayside School series.

Wayside School is Falling Down

Let me tell you, lads, these books were weird. Due to a miscommunication error with a contstruction company, the classrooms of Wayside School were built vertically into a one classroom wide, 30 story building. The 19th floor didn't exist. It was Schrodinger's floor. A kid gets a tattoo of a potato. There was an invasion of cows.

I have heard of Holes, but never read it. Now thanks to the Quackverse and @Magua , I know it's what Louis Sachar is most famous for these days.

@BernieParent .esrever ni nettirw koob siht ni retpahc eritne na s'erehT

Oh shit, I totally forgot about those books. You've awoken a sleeping nostalgia in me and I thank you for that Jojo.

 

[Magua]

Quick pick time here too. I read A LOT as a kid, but I was never very much into children's books. The one major exception I can recall was absolutely loving the absurdist short stories in the Wayside School series.

Wayside School is Falling Down

Let me tell you, lads, these books were weird. Due to a miscommunication error with a contstruction company, the classrooms of Wayside School were built vertically into a one classroom wide, 30 story building. The 19th floor didn't exist. It was Schrodinger's floor. A kid gets a tattoo of a potato. There was an invasion of cows.

I have heard of Holes, but never read it. Now thanks to the Quackverse and @Magua , I know it's what Louis Sachar is most famous for these days.

@BernieParent .esrever ni nettirw koob siht ni retpahc eritne na s'erehT

I still have this book! And the original. I’ve got quite the collection of children/YA books honestly because I refuse to part with them.

But now I’m wondering what a young child would read that’s not a children’s book…..

 

[Young Sandwich]

I still have this book too!

I meant to ask you this after your Holes selection, but how do you think Shia TheBeef did in the big screen role of Stanley Yelnats? I've never read the book, but I saw the movie (recently for the first time actually) with some younger family members.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I still have this book! And the original. I’ve got quite the collection of children/YA books honestly because I refuse to part with them.

But now I’m wondering what a young child would read that’s not a children’s book…..

Sports, fantasy, and detective series. I read things like this literally cover to cover:

We won't speak of James anymore. I made the mistake of following him on Twitter and it turns out he's really a prick. Total Baseball was better than his books anyway.

 

[Asnito]

You have one more to make up.

Ancient Civilization is the Mongol Horde.

Mongols - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[BernieParent]

Quick pick time here too. I read A LOT as a kid, but I was never very much into children's books. The one major exception I can recall was absolutely loving the absurdist short stories in the Wayside School series.

Wayside School is Falling Down

Let me tell you, lads, these books were weird. Due to a miscommunication error with a contstruction company, the classrooms of Wayside School were built vertically into a one classroom wide, 30 story building. The 19th floor didn't exist. It was Schrodinger's floor. A kid gets a tattoo of a potato. There was an invasion of cows.

I have heard of Holes, but never read it. Now thanks to the Quackverse and @Magua , I know it's what Louis Sachar is most famous for these days.

@BernieParent .esrever ni nettirw koob siht ni retpahc eritne na s'erehT

!looC I will have to ask Mrs. Parent (the elementary schoolteacher) if she has heard of this series.

As it is the middle of a loaded workday, I'll unceremoniously kick one out with minimal write-up. Team Talk Show Host: Stephen Colbert. He can do talk show in character or as himself, he is funny but can still do serious and poignant, and he is very open about his faith.

Caution: politics ... it cannot be helped!

Spoiler

Over to you, @ajgoal.

 

[Magua]

I meant to ask you this after your Holes selection, but how do you think Shia TheBeef did in the big screen role of Stanley Yelnats? I've never read the book, but I saw the movie (recently for the first time actually) with some younger family members.

Well, it's been 15 year since I probably saw it.

Fine? He wasn't what I had in my head when reading; I think Stanley was supposed to be overweight. They didn't skimp on the supporting cast though: Henry Winkler, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Patricia Arquette, Tim Blake Nelson, Dulé Hill. Holy mackerel.

It's a Disney movie; it certainly is a bit artistically and thematically sanitized. I do remember thinking it was a watchable, good movie though for kids and adults alike. It got good reviews looking at it now. Louis Sachar actually wrote the screenplay, so that helps.

Sports, fantasy, and detective series. I read things like this literally cover to cover:

We won't speak of James anymore. I made the mistake of following him on Twitter and it turns out he's really a prick. Total Baseball was better than his books anyway.

Oh good. I thought you were reading The Necronomicon or something worse, like Dan Brown. I read multiple Dan Brown books in elementary school. I was never the same.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Dan Brown makes me irreparably angry

 

[Magua]

Dan Brown makes me irreparably angry

Beat up symbology.