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

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Like Bernie, I am praying right now. I am praying that this f***ing post doesn't automerge.

I also prayed that the above tag of @JojoTheWhale would work - that prayer wasn't answered, but he is on the clock. @Young Sandwich is on deck, Milord is on the lido deck picking tampon fibers out of his teeth, and pit FELL INTO THE PIT on the lido afterdeck. @DancingPanther has to make up two picks, and Cannon has to make up one.

Man, I had the best f***ing dream last night. I was pursuing my soulmate and actually making progress. I was telling her "You'll come around eventually, you'll see." She was denying me and resisting me, but you could tell that she wasn't as convinced as in previous dreams. I kept making her laugh, and at one point she laughed so hard that as we were walking she had to stop, bend over (phrasing) and grab her knees. I have no idea what I said that was so funny, but it must have been a cracker. It was some kind of mash-up between us being on a dating show and us being in college together, or some shit. There were scenes where we were in the "house," and I would come up to her and hug her from the side while she was talking to people. That kind of shit would never happen in Korea, obviously, but this dream blurred the lines of all social conventions, so she didn't flinch or run away. It was just a relentlessly positive and enjoyable and romantic dream. I wish I had a tape of it that I could watch over and over and over. It gave me a lot of hope that we may have an actual, REAL future.

You think I'm crazy, right? Well, here's the thing - if you don't believe, if you don't try, you will REALLY never have a chance.

 

[ajgoal]

Was that a makeup pick for Bernie?

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Was that a makeup pick for Bernie?

Looks like we skipped you two? Go for it. I’m not in a rush at all.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Was that a makeup pick for Bernie?

Ah, f***'s sake. Sorry. We'll leave Bernie's pick, at least for now.

@BigToe you are actually on the clock, @Magua you are actually on deck, ajgoal you are actually on the lido deck, and @JojoTheWhale you are actually on the lido afterdeck for all intents and purposes.

 

[BernieParent]

Ah, f***'s sake. Sorry. We'll leave Bernie's pick, at least for now.

@BigToe you are actually on the clock, @Magua you are actually on deck, ajgoal you are actually on the lido deck, and @JojoTheWhale you are actually on the lido afterdeck for all intents and purposes.

If any of you were going to pick the book I chose, please go ahead. I have several other options.

@Captain Dave Poulin, as long as I'm living, my Captain you'll be.

 

[BigToe]

Team Children’s Book - The Cat In The Hat

@Magua bloop blooooo

 

[Magua]

I've never played a round of golf in my life. But weirdly enough, due to my pop-pop, who was a regular player, I will background watch some majors on the telly each year. Given our Hawaiian franchise location, it would be flat out idiotic to not keep this pick on the islands.

The Hawaiian Ghibli schedule our tee time on: Nanea Golf Club

Links courses always do it for me, and while there are gorgeous ocean backdrop courses aplenty in Hawaii, Nanea stands out as entirely unique as a links course in Hawaii. Opened in 2003 on the Big Island and designed by one of the best course designers around in David McLay-Kidd, Nanea is as exclusive as it gets -- the Augusta of the Pacific. The club goes out of its way to not bring too much attention, and even driving to it requires navigating unmarked roads.

Nanea is built on a lava field, with tons of rocks having to be removed to make room for the fairways. Nanea follows the natural slopes and contours of the volcano Hualālai. There are no artificial features, no landscaping other than the native fountain grass, the clubhouse is more rustic than opulent. A truly unique course for the Ghiblets and friends.

*****

@ajgoal -- you can be my guest

 

[Lord Defect]

I've never played a round of golf in my life. But weirdly enough, due to my pop-pop, who was a regular player, I will background watch some majors on the telly each year. Given our Hawaiian franchise location, it would be flat out idiotic to not keep this pick on the islands.

The Hawaiian Ghibli schedule our tee time on: Nanea Golf Club

Links courses always do it for me, and while there are gorgeous ocean backdrop courses aplenty in Hawaii, Nanea stands out as entirely unique as a links course in Hawaii. Opened in 2003 on the Big Island and designed by one of the best course designers around in David McLay-Kidd, Nanea is as exclusive as it gets -- the Augusta of the Pacific. The club goes out of its way to not bring too much attention, and even driving to it requires navigating unmarked roads.

Nanea is built on a lava field, with tons of rocks having to be removed to make room for the fairways. Nanea follows the natural slopes and contours of the volcano Hualālai. There are no artificial features, no landscaping other than the native fountain grass, the clubhouse is more rustic than opulent. A truly unique course for the Ghiblets and friends.

*****

@ajgoal -- you can be my guest

That’s depressingly awesome somehow.

 

[ajgoal]

We figure we will need someone to figure out things from time to time. Hopefully people won't drop dead as often as they seemed to when he was around. At least he could figure out who caused it.

Team Queen: Ellery Queen

I'm guessing this is going right past @BernieParent to @JojoTheWhale ?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I'm guessing this is going right past @BernieParent to @JojoTheWhale ?

Yosh, that is correct.

 

[mja]

Here is Bernardo's choice:

"The owners of the Tampa Bay FireSticks are pleased to make, as our next selection, a children's book that has touched many readers worldwide as well as us personally: I Love You Forever by Robert Munsch.



"Few books capture the essence of parenthood throughout a child's life as this short and delightfully illustrated book. We dare you to try to read through it without tears coming to your eyes, @JojoTheWhale."

I love ya, Bern, but I thought you might be the one to take this abomination and I was indeed correct. My daughter made me read this book to her 100 times and I cringed every time.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

No time for a writeup this morning.

Team Sorcerer -- Raistlin Majere

Right. It helps if you tag someone. Hopefully automerged tags work @Young Sandwich

 

[BernieParent]

I love ya, Bern, but I thought you might be the one to take this abomination and I was indeed correct. My daughter made me read this book to her 100 times and I cringed every time.

Thanks, @mja. The fun of this whole drafting exercise is seeing our vast array of tastes in a variety of life topics beyond our obviously horrible taste in hockey teams. I am intrigued by the extreme responses, particularly negative, to selections I consider rather benign and that is what makes this enjoyable ("What? How can you not like such-and-such???"). I can see it with Robert Munsch, who (over)uses the repetitive narrative, which I find grating in some of his others.

I do like this book, which makes me tear up all the more now that I have adult children, but it hits all the harder because we received I Love Your Forever as a gift when our first child was born (which is a long and painful story on its own) from a close friend who subsequently died from cancer a couple of months after giving birth herself.

I hope in no way does this come across as an emotional waylay of your shared opinion.

No time for a writeup this morning.

Team Sorcerer -- Raistlin Majere

Right. It helps if you tag someone. Hopefully automerged tags work @Young Sandwich

Great pick, as always, @JojoTheWhale! I still have these books in my bedroom bookcase. Great series that my teenage self enjoyed immensely.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I'll tell you one thing, that aerial shot of MacGruber's golf course is amazing.

Let's see if I can manage to not f*** this up this time. We start the day with @Young Sandwich on the clock, @Lord Defect mumbling, drooling and picking his nose on deck, @pit falling into the pit on the lido deck, and mja on the lido afterdeck.

Member how I forgot that the Flyers were even playing last night until there were like three minutes left? Almost as soon as I turned it on, the Flyers f***ing scored, so I am a huge jinx - my bad. But that hardly matters. What matters is that I may have permanently lost the ability to root for them to win. I am super, duper cereal right now. We have all joked about how much we hate the Philadelphia Flyers and how they are our most hated team now, but you know how my blast furnace works - it gets a hold of something and doesn't let go. But then on top of that, you have my endless reservoir of sarcasm. On top of that you have my situational cynicism, which is growing and growing all the time. I am seriously worried that I may not be able to ever come back from this. Like what happens if the organization does eventually clean house and get on the right path - how am I going to be able to let go of all this and get back on board?

The hilarious good thing is that that will never happen ha ha ha.

 

[mja]

A children’s book, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is, according to Wikipedia, is one of two books, ever, to sell 200 million copies. Also once had to translate it to Spanish in high school.

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@CanadianFlyer88

First the Maya and now Le Petit Prince? The hell did I ever do to you?

Haven't you ever heard of #lore? I'm a flight and disaster-themed franchise! The narrator is a pilot who survives a plane crash! Antoine de Saint-Exupéry died in a plane crash during WWII! Also, I live in a francophone household and read Le Petit Prince to my kids all of the time! This is a total disaster. Your villainy truly knows no bounds.

 

[BernieParent]

First the Maya and now Le Petit Prince? The hell did I ever do to you?

Haven't you ever heard of #lore? I'm a flight and disaster-themed franchise! The narrator is a pilot who survives a plane crash! Antoine de Saint-Exupéry died in a plane crash during WWII! Also, I live in a francophone household and read Le Petit Prince to my kids all of the time! This is a total disaster. Your villainy truly knows no bounds.

Please purchase your copy of mja's I Hate You Forever at all fine bookstores.

 

[mja]

Thanks, @mja. The fun of this whole drafting exercise is seeing our vast array of tastes in a variety of life topics beyond our obviously horrible taste in hockey teams. I am intrigued by the extreme responses, particularly negative, to selections I consider rather benign and that is what makes this enjoyable ("What? How can you not like such-and-such???"). I can see it with Robert Munsch, who (over)uses the repetitive narrative, which I find grating in some of his others.

I do like this book, which makes me tear up all the more now that I have adult children, but it hits all the harder because we received I Love Your Forever as a gift when our first child was born (which is a long and painful story on its own) from a close friend who subsequently died from cancer a couple of months after giving birth herself.

I hope in no way does this come across as an emotional waylay of your shared opinion.

See, now i feel bad, but I can't help but wonder if you aren't climbing into your adult children's windows to spy on them as they sleep a la the mother in the book.

 

[Young Sandwich]

Not only is this a song by one half of The Official Band of The Sexpos, the video is filled to the tits with lore. Have a look.





Team Music Video - 48 Roses by Mariachi El Bronx

That's a lot of roses @Lord Defect

 

[BernieParent]

See, now i feel bad, but I can't help but wonder if you aren't climbing into your adult children's windows to spy on them as they sleep a la the mother in the book.

First, I absolutely did not want you to feel badly about this. This book, like all other draft picks, should be judged on its own merit.

The only reason I would climb into my adult children's window is to play a prank on them. I have a Grim Reaper mask from several Halloweens ago and I would sit in the corner until they woke up in the middle of the night.

 

[Lord Defect]

I’m so glad we are doing childrens books this round, so we get to select a book that I spent countless hours reading.

Where’s Waldo.

@pit someday I hope to find him in all of the pictures.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I’m so glad we are doing childrens books this round, so we get to select a book that I spent countless hours reading.
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Where’s Waldo.

@pit someday I hope to find him in all of the pictures.

Red and Yellow were supreme

 

[Lord Defect]

Red and Yellow were supreme

I wanted the red but couldn’t find a decent picture to put here.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

They should subtitle the Flyers season video for this year "A Series of Unfortunate Events," amirite?

Then Jamey Baskow can get his DVD copy of it signed by Lemony Nick Deslauriers, amirite?

I really can't stand Jim Carrey. He might be the worst non-hockey, non-music living Canadian. Blech. Anyf***, we start the day with @mja on the clock. Then we have @Beef Invictus on deck with two picks. Then we have @pit on the lido deck with a regular pick and a make-up pick. Then we have ... ugh. Nevermind.

Rest in peace, Mike Leach.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I should start thinking of one or two picks

 

[mja]

After much hand-wringing, we're going to go with the ultimate chalk pick for Team Civilization: Ancient Greece.

No time for a write-up, but do you really need one? It's the cradle of Western civilization.

@Beef Invictus Mythical Beef! Philosophical Beef! Greasy Beef!