NHL Mega-Mock Draft Reboot - Discussion / Draft Thread – THANK YOU, HELLO PHASE TWENTY-SEVEN!

Captain Dave Poulin

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Apr 30, 2015
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Strawberry's pick is especially awesome. So is Magua's - I've never heard a Tiny Desk show that I liked, but the process behind that pick is great.

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We start the day with @JojoTheWhale on the clock with two picks, @pit on deck, @Magua on the lido deck, and Toe on the lido afterdeck.

Do you know how it feels to be deathly afraid of snakes, to be constantly thinking about them and worrying about them, and then see one in the wild? That happened again yesterday. It was halfway in and halfway out of the chicken coop when I went to check on something. The chickens were out and about, and the head half of the snake was inside the coop, bent around the door, with the ass end lying there and not moving - at first. It's so f***ing unsettling to look down and suddenly realize "That's a f***ing snake." It was just a black snake, so it wasn't "dangerous." You wouldn't think someone who is so constantly wary of them to be startled by the sight of it, but f***ing hell. They are so gross and slimy and obscene. I haven't been comfortable ever since.
 

JojoTheWhale

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May 22, 2008
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109,960
Look at the head on this man. Plenty of room for great things.

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Lefty Rosenthal may not be as immediately recognizable as some other Gangsters, but that's because they changed his name in the movie. You know him as Sam "Ace" Rothstein.

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Many of the plot elements of Casino did in fact happen. His life was saved from a car bomb by a metal stabilization plate. He was a Jewish gangster in the Italian mob. He even did run casinos in secret while among other duties, hosting a talk show:

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But most importantly for our purposes, Rosenthal is the father of modern sports betting. He rose to prominence in the Chicago mob by simply outworking the other bookies. He'd read 40+ out of town newspapers every morning to gather the information to set his lines. When setting the best odds wasn't enough, he'd just fix the games he needed. This culminated in Rosenthal opening the first book in a casino:

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Second pick coming soon. I have a question in for Cap. @pit you can start writing if your schedule prefers to go now. We won't overlap.
 
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DancingPanther

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Jun 19, 2018
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Look at the head on this man. Plenty of room for great things.

081015-Rosenthal-hmed-320p.jpg.jpg


Lefty Rosenthal may not be as immediately recognizable as some other Gangsters, but that's because they changed his name in the movie. You know him as Sam "Ace" Rothstein.

14415160_web1_casino-movie-9.jpg


Many of the plot elements of Casino did in fact happen. His life was saved from a car bomb by a metal stabilization plate. He was a Jewish gangster in the Italian mob. He even did run casinos in secret while among other duties, hosting a talk show:

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But most importantly for our purposes, Rosenthal is the father of modern sports betting. He rose to prominence in the Chicago mob by simply outworking the other bookies. He'd read 40+ out of town newspapers every morning to gather the information to set his lines. When setting the best odds wasn't enough, he'd just fix the games he needed. This culminated in Rosenthal opening the first book in a casino:

208516481_352666966260103_3047491025303776391_n.jpg


Second pick coming soon. I have a question in for Cap. @pit you can start writing if your schedule prefers to go now. We won't overlap.
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Magua

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Apr 25, 2016
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I was all set to pick Grave of the Fireflies as my War Movie, but I discovered I already picked it! Something something eternal recurrence. Masterpiece -- do watch!

Must pivot.

The Honolulu Ghibli name as our Team Local Icon: Victoria Pedretti

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In the immortal words of David Mamet by way of @Young Sandwich: "A-B-S. A-always, B-be, S-simping. Always be simping!"

Victoria of Hill House, Bly Manor, and You fame grew up and went to school 10 minutes from me. Local indeed. We're only 2 years apart. It could happen.

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@BigToe -- you ever simp for the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe?
 

Hollywood Cannon

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Jul 17, 2007
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159,847
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Look at the head on this man. Plenty of room for great things.

081015-Rosenthal-hmed-320p.jpg.jpg


Lefty Rosenthal may not be as immediately recognizable as some other Gangsters, but that's because they changed his name in the movie. You know him as Sam "Ace" Rothstein.

14415160_web1_casino-movie-9.jpg


Many of the plot elements of Casino did in fact happen. His life was saved from a car bomb by a metal stabilization plate. He was a Jewish gangster in the Italian mob. He even did run casinos in secret while among other duties, hosting a talk show:

MV5BODk2OWRiNGEtNzU1ZC00NTY0LWE4MzEtYjUyMWE4ODI4OGE3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTYyOTYxNjQ4._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg


But most importantly for our purposes, Rosenthal is the father of modern sports betting. He rose to prominence in the Chicago mob by simply outworking the other bookies. He'd read 40+ out of town newspapers every morning to gather the information to set his lines. When setting the best odds wasn't enough, he'd just fix the games he needed. This culminated in Rosenthal opening the first book in a casino:

208516481_352666966260103_3047491025303776391_n.jpg


Second pick coming soon. I have a question in for Cap. @pit you can start writing if your schedule prefers to go now. We won't overlap.

I got some bad news for you, my friend.
 

ajgoal

Almost always never serious
Jun 29, 2015
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One of the most important knights in the early Arthurian tradition, he was eventually overshadowed by Lancelot and Galahad. He was identified as a great warrior, then later became an icon of the ideal of courtly love. He aided Lancelot in rescuing Galahad from Castle Anthrax. He is the subject of possibly the most important piece of Middle English literature, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Depending on the source, he was killed by his brother Mordred, Lancelot, or a vicious white rabbit.

Team Knight of the Round Table: Sir Gawain
 
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ajgoal

Almost always never serious
Jun 29, 2015
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A member of the Lucchese crime family he was alleged to have masterminded the largest (at the time) cash robbery on American soil but was never convicted. He was eventually convicted in the Boston College Point Shaving Scandal, then for murder, and died of cancer a few years later.

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Team Mobster: James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke

@DancingPanther
 

mja

Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt
Jan 7, 2005
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Team Card Game: 7 Card Stud

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After my grandfather retired, he bought a little place down the shore for his family to get together. Each summer when I was a teenager, we'd all go down and most nights the menfolk would come together for some friendly poker. We played a few different variations with the dealer calling out the chosen game, but 7 card stud was always the clear favorite.

@CanadianFlyer88
 

BernieParent

In misery of redwings of suckage for a long time
Mar 13, 2009
25,101
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One of the most important knights in the early Arthurian tradition, he was eventually overshadowed by Lancelot and [LIVERWURST]. He was identified as a great warrior, then later became an icon of the ideal of courtly love. He aided Lancelot in rescuing [LIVERWURST] from Castle Anthrax. He is the subject of possibly the most important piece of Middle English literature, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Depending on the source, he was killed by his brother Mordred, Lancelot, or a vicious white rabbit.

Team Knight of the Round Table: Sir Gawain
I think I selected [LIVERWURST] if you want to use his name.
 

Magua

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Since we're never going to see new championship banners in this place during any of our Earth Prime lifetimes, the Seattle Sockeyes are resigned to selecting the Wells Fargo Center as our haunted house.

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@Lord Defect, look at that ominous piece of shit.

I did mull over choosing the Flyers locker room as my haunted location. Ghosts and ghouls aplenty.

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