NHL Mega-Mock Draft Reboot - Discussion / Draft Thread – SUPER F***ING AMAZING PHASE TWENTY-FIVE!

[Rebels57]

FOG WWII Airplane

The Italian SM-79

Savoia-Marchetti SM.79

www.aviation-history.com

Italy may have been our enemy in WW2, but because of how much America liked Spaghetti, Pizza, Frank Sinatra, and Lamborghini's in the later half of the 20th Century, we made amends. This means im not a traitor for selecting the SM79.

 

[mja]

Deepest most sincere apologies for my bad behavior, Cap. I've been quite busy installing cabinets.

Two quick hits here:

Team Country / Century: 20th Century Finland

Finnish Independence, and more importantly the birth of Team Owner Sami Kapanen.

Team President of Hockey Ops: Jerry Garcia

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Nice #Lore pick there by mja, as usual, and perfect choice for Prez of Hock Ops. Because Jerry is HIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHh ...

We start the day with @Hollywood Cannon on the clock with a pair (phrasing), @Magua on deck, @BernieParent on the lido deck, Young Sando on the lido afterdeck, and various slackers hanging around with make-up picks to make.

Did you see that evil-looking doll that nerd had behind the bench at the WFC last night? It reminded me of my best comment on here ever, when I called Dan Hakstok a "ventriloquist's dummy made out of old corncob pipes." Hakstok was dull and lifeless and stupid and useless, and he smelled like the body odor of a virginal deer hunter from North Dakota, so that description fit him well, I thought. Now we have an evil doll behind f***ing Tortorella. It makes you wonder how ventriloquists can be so much more perceptive than an entire office full of hockey executives.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Alright we're ready for our two selections.

First we're going to make our selection for the WWII Plane...

The Messerschmitt Bf109 which looks to be a plane from the Luftwaff. Booo bad guys boooo.

Our next selection will be in the in the President of Hockey Operations category where we will select...

Paul Missthenet

Someone can tell me I can't because the podcast was taken but that man and that crew has ramped up the spite for them over the last few years.

@Magua Set us free.

 

[Magua]

The Ghibli may have thought the President of Hockey Operations was an earnest category. But we know better now! And we have just the schmuck for the job.

The Honolulu Ghibli roll out the brown carpet for our Spite (I request this word be added to the official record) President of Hockey Operations.....John Buccigross

Your thoughts, Bucci?

"Holy schnikes, what a top cheddar bar down twisted wristah of a pick!"

Indeed. I couldn't have said it any worse.

Buccigross enunciates with the clarity of someone speaking to their deaf grandmother from New England. He speaks entirely in grating garbled catchphrases. He'd sit in the corner eating chicken parm whenever serious business was being handled, and he'd probably smile and clap a lot. As we know, being a television hockey commentator is the perfect pathway to Spite President-ing. He will "tell the story." To whom, I don't know. Maybe my other spite picks, maybe inanimate objects, definitely himself. He'll just need to put his glasses back on because Presidents of Hockey Operations wear glasses.

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@BernieParent -- Mon ami, c'est à toi de choisir. Excusez mon mauvais français, j'ai utilisé Google Translate

 

[BernieParent]

Pick coming soon. @Young Sandwich, you are more than welcome to make your selection in the meantime.

 

[Young Sandwich]

Pick coming soon. @Young Sandwich, you are more than welcome to make your selection in the meantime.

I am both woefully unprepared and highly bogged down this evening, so I will graciously decline your offer. In fact, if my turn comes up in the next few hours, feel free to tag @BiggE in my place.

 

[BernieParent]

Oh, goodness, me again?! In the home stretch of a work deadline?!?!?! Hmm, still working on the perfect pet and I need time to complete my write-up for neighbour. So let's do the most-throw-away of the remaining categories.

"The owners of the Halifax Galleons are hurriedly pleased to select as Team Decade/Country the 1960s and England. Who could overlook the energy and excitement of the British Invasion? Imagine walking into the Cavern Club to take in a show from this fledgling band.



... or to be at the Railway Hotel to hear the High Numbers, otherwise known as ...



... okay, one more.



"Having access to the Wayback Machine to see these bands before they exploded would be spectacular! The first post-WWII generation were teenagers and young adults, and the music was a reflection of newfound freedom and self-expression."

With Young Sandwich otherwise occupied, I'm chuffed to invite @BiggE's groovy self to quit your kip and make a pick.

 

[BiggE]

Oh, goodness, me again?! In the home stretch of a work deadline?!?!?! Hmm, still working on the perfect pet and I need time to complete my write-up for neighbour. So let's do the most-throw-away of the remaining categories.

"The owners of the Halifax Galleons are hurriedly pleased to select as Team Decade/Country the 1960s and England. Who could overlook the energy and excitement of the British Invasion? Imagine walking into the Cavern Club to take in a show from this fledgling band.



... or to be at the Railway Hotel to hear the High Numbers, otherwise known as ...



... okay, one more.



"Having access to the Wayback Machine to see these bands before they exploded would be spectacular! The first post-WWII generation were teenagers and young adults, and the music was a reflection of newfound freedom and self-expression."

With Young Sandwich otherwise occupied, I'm chuffed to invite @BiggE's groovy self to quit your kip and make a pick.

Huh? This? Already?
f***, um, ok, give me a few minutes

 

[BiggE]

You boys good with this?

Beauty Lerxst, ok with you Pratt?

Yup, Dirk, and, since I wrote the damn lyric, I’ll announce it. The official decade and country of the Jacksonville Methgators is, the second decade of the 22nd century in the land of Syrinx in the Red Star Solar Federation!

@Captain Dave Poulin , have you ever traveled the passage to Bangkok?

 

[Lord Defect]

Can we do WW2 naval vessels since we did WW2 planes?

 

[BernieParent]

Huh? This? Already?
f***, um, ok, give me a few minutes

My thoughts (almost) exactly.

 

[Young Sandwich]

The Sexpos video game boss is one tough cookie. She's the 9th and final Valkyrie from what is essentially a side quest in God of War. As the Queen of the Valkyries, she has all of the skills and moves of the previous 8 badass ladies combined. She is a masterpiece.

Team Video Game Boss - Sigrun

Looks like Cap is up.

 

[DancingPanther]

The Sexpos video game boss is one tough cookie. She's the 9th and final Valkyrie from what is essentially a side quest in God of War. As the Queen of the Valkyries, she has all of the skills and moves of the previous 8 badass ladies combined. She is a masterpiece.

Team Video Game Boss - Sigrun

Looks like Cap is up.

Is this legal? Ya boi chose the God of War franchise

 

[Young Sandwich]

Is this legal? Ya boi chose the God of War franchise

It is legal per the "SUPER F***ING AMAZING PHASE TWENTY-FIVE!" bylaws.

 

[Lord Defect]

It is legal per the "SUPER F***ING AMAZING PHASE TWENTY-FIVE!" bylaws.

If I read the rules I definitely would have poached from someone. Damn.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Like you can read.

I'll pick in a minute. Then we will start the day with @Asnito on the clock with a pair (phrasing), @ajgoal on deck, @pit on the lido deck, and DancingPanther on the lido afterdeck.

Yosh. I am playing right into the hands of that c*** automerge, but what can you do.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I love flappers. LOVE them. Love everything about them. I'm going to select one who lives in Berlin in the first third of the 20th century, fighting to survive under the pure black shroud of terror which hangs over her entire doomed society.

"Determined and resourceful, poor but sexy. Stenotypist for murder investigations, over the course of the story becomes more than just Rath’s assistant.

"The only woman among a host of crusty officials. Few take her seriously – but she can defend herself: by talking a lot, and quickly. By knowing a lot. By learning a lot. By partying a lot…

"Charlotte knows everyone in the city. Everyone, everything, without exception. Charlotte is fast. With her head, with her legs, and in bed. Her adventures often seamlessly morph into ugly scenes that she just manages to escape by the skin of her teeth."

Team Detective - Charlotte Ritter

@Asnito

 

[Beef Invictus]

FOG WWII Airplane

The Italian SM-79

Savoia-Marchetti SM.79

www.aviation-history.com

Italy may have been our enemy in WW2, but because of how much America liked Spaghetti, Pizza, Frank Sinatra, and Lamborghini's in the later half of the 20th Century, we made amends. This means im not a traitor for selecting the SM79.

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Italy is lowkey incredible at designing weapons. Unfortunately, those weapons are then built by Italians, so it has been common for some shoddy batch of workmanship to hamper the whole thing.

 

[Rebels57]

I love flappers. LOVE them. Love everything about them. I'm going to select one who lives in Berlin in the first third of the 20th century, fighting to survive under the pure black shroud of terror which hangs over her entire doomed society.

"Determined and resourceful, poor but sexy. Stenotypist for murder investigations, over the course of the story becomes more than just Rath’s assistant.

"The only woman among a host of crusty officials. Few take her seriously – but she can defend herself: by talking a lot, and quickly. By knowing a lot. By learning a lot. By partying a lot…

"Charlotte knows everyone in the city. Everyone, everything, without exception. Charlotte is fast. With her head, with her legs, and in bed. Her adventures often seamlessly morph into ugly scenes that she just manages to escape by the skin of her teeth."

Team Detective - Charlotte Ritter

@Asnito

What show is she from? I'm intrigued.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

What show is she from? I'm intrigued.

"Babylon Berlin." It is a MUST watch. On par with "Boardwalk Empire," though different.

 

[Rebels57]

"Babylon Berlin." It is a MUST watch. On par with "Boardwalk Empire," though different.

Say less

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

It's cold and cloudy, and I f***ing love it.

We start the day with @ajgoal on the clock, pit on deck, DancingPanther on the lido deck, and CF69 on the lido afterdeck. I am sure @Asnito and @GKJ will eventually make a pick.

The f***heads at NBC are at it again, putting the Manchester derby on Peacock only. Don't get me wrong - I have Peacock, and both teams suck dirty hippo ass, so who cares. But NBC assumes the job of winning hearts and eyeballs to football is over, and they can now go for the grubby cash grab. They suck everything.

 

[ajgoal]

Probably some recency bias here.

When we moved into our house, we had one cat, my girl Rain that I adopted when I was living in my apartment by myself. My wife had always had a cat, but had lost hers several years before. I stopped into PetSmart and called her to ask her to come out to meet me there. Her response was, "Why? We don't need anything from PetSmart." Well we did.

We brought home a big tortoiseshell cat a few days later. She was very sweet but also fairly standoffish. She would lay on your lap and get angry if you paid attention to anything, including her, other than being her seat cushion. She loved to steal food off my plate when I was eating in front of the TV or working through lunch at home. She was known to take macaroni and cheese (Our team pasta) off my fork. Once she hid behind my laptop and reached a paw out to knock a chicken tender onto the floor for herself.

When I had surgery a couple years ago and couldn't sleep in bed because the stomach muscles were still healing, she would sleep on my lap in the recliner all night. There were nights when I got up and she would squeak at me and then run to the spare bedroom because she wanted me to herself.

Back in March of 2018 she developed lymphoma. She beat it and went into remission for five and a half years until it finally came back and we had to say goodbye last month. And the house has felt so empty since.

Team Pet: Sonja

@pit

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Probably some recency bias here.

When we moved into our house, we had one cat, my girl Rain that I adopted when I was living in my apartment by myself. My wife had always had a cat, but had lost hers several years before. I stopped into PetSmart and called her to ask her to come out to meet me there. Her response was, "Why? We don't need anything from PetSmart." Well we did.

We brought home a big tortoiseshell cat a few days later. She was very sweet but also fairly standoffish. She would lay on your lap and get angry if you paid attention to anything, including her, other than being her seat cushion. She loved to steal food off my plate when I was eating in front of the TV or working through lunch at home. She was known to take macaroni and cheese (Our team pasta) off my fork. Once she hid behind my laptop and reached a paw out to knock a chicken tender onto the floor for herself.

When I had surgery a couple years ago and couldn't sleep in bed because the stomach muscles were still healing, she would sleep on my lap in the recliner all night. There were nights when I got up and she would squeak at me and then run to the spare bedroom because she wanted me to herself.

Back in March of 2018 she developed lymphoma. She beat it and went into remission for five and a half years until it finally came back and we had to say goodbye last month. And the house has felt so empty since.

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Team Pet: Sonja

@pit

That is a DAMNED good kitty.