NHL Mega-Mock Draft Reboot - Discussion / Draft Thread - PHASE FOUR! Part Three!

[Young Sandwich]

Thank you gentlemen. @Hollywood Couturier @Captain Dave Poulin

If it ever becomes a further issue, I'll certainly oblige.

 

[BiggE]

@BiggE you owe me royalties for usage of a Pokemon GIF from your board poster.

 

[BiggE]

@BiggE you owe me royalties for usage of a Pokemon GIF from your board poster.

 

[Lord Defect]

Nice lakes & rivers you have up there in St. Paul. Would be ashamed if somebody accidentally froze the entire system up instantaneously with a melting point of over 100 degrees. Also, isn't your team transport a boat? Might be a challenge getting them to games.

A fleet. I have a fleet. With enough long range firepower to keep your ass in check.

Wait, you’re going to freeze water with a melting point? I’m confused now.

 

[Lord Defect]

After consulting with close Plats associates @Magua @landsbergfan and @TB87 the Plats would like to introduce everyone to our franchise attack vehicle:

Special recognition to @landsbergfan for this one

@CanadianFlyer88

Brrrrt.
Love the warthog. Great pick.

 

[Starat327]

I have Jojo's pick.


"All M.A.D. Cats season ticket holders will be eligible to purchase ultra exclusive memberships to the finest nightlife the world has to offer, the Dionysian Mysteries. Every aspect of these social gatherings will be designed by none other than the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking, wine, fertility, orchards, fruit, vegetation, pleasure, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, festivity, and theatre himself, Dionysus/Bacchus.

An excerpt from a description of his portrayals:

'God of the stranger, the Other and religious ecstasy, Dionysus travels the countryside with his* consort Ariadne, followed by a continuous rolling orgy of nymphs, satires and mortal women. Called Maenads, these women gave up their families and positions in order to follow him, surrendering themselves fully to that animal state the ancient Greeks believed all women possessed. Armed with thyrsi, giant fennel staves, these women were drunk, sexually aggressive and, when sufficiently roused, liable to rip apart and eat anything that crossed their paths, from lions to their own sons. Failure to offer him worship and appropriate respect would bring him to your town, at best to lure the women away as Maenads, at worst to turn them loose on the men.'


Going to a Flyers game would undoubtedly be safer, but going to a M.A.D. Cats game will never be boring.

@Hollywood Couturier I hope this one's a dinosaur."

Yet another one that will need to cut us a check, @Strawberry Fields.

 

[Chinatown88]

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[Lord Defect]

Eating only chain fast food in a foreign city is ridiculous but it is a nice change of pace. We ate McDonald's in Rome, amidst incredible meals of heavenly pasta and flat-dough pizza and remarkable dishes from amazing Asian restaurants. The contrast is what was neat, and we (who had never traveled outside of North America before this trip) were giggly about sitting in a McDonald's in Italy.

Yeah that’s fine, but it wouldn’t be my first meal

 

[Lord Defect]

Another sentimental pick for the Sentimental Seattle Sockeyes.

My grandfather was a pilot for the US Air Force (well, its equivalent) in WW2, stationed in the UK. He was late to join combat, originally serving as a training pilot in the Midwest. After two trainees (in separate incidents) almost killed him due to incompetence, he requested a transfer to a combat zone so that he could be killed by an enemy and not an ally.

The above anecdote was the only war story he ever told me. Like most WW2 vets, he was reluctant to talk about his actual service, so I also do not know which aircraft he piloted.

However, through my own research, I narrowed down some options and, with the help of @Beef Invictus, have chosen the P-51 Mustang as our team's single pilot attack vehicle. The fighter was used either by my grandfather or by those who served with him at the time and in the European region, so we're honoured to be associated with it.

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@Young Sandwich is back on the clock!

Great pick

 

[Striiker]

Well guys... it arrived so now that it’s in my hands I’ll post what I was alluding to the other day.

Peter Forsberg Third Set One from 2003/2004.

Based off of Meigray’s population reports the Avs wore these jerseys for twelve games (Six in Set One and Six in Set Two).

Forsberg played in three of the set one dates. 10/12/03 Vs. STL, 10/23/03 Vs. EDM, and 12/27/03 Vs. PHI. He recorded 3 goals and an assist in those games including his 7th career hat trick against Edmonton where he scored his 200th, 201st, and 202nd career goals.

I was able to likely photomatch the jersey to the 12/27 game against the Flyers due to the mark on the burgundy stripe on the sleeve. The jersey has a few more board burns and marks on it but nothing all that noticeable.

I have been waiting for a Flyers Forsberg to pop up for years as my priority but grew impatient and I couldn’t pass up one of my favorite jersey styles.

The style comes with a lot of nostalgia growing up for me. I remember when they came out I loved them immediately. As I was a young Avalanche fan in New Jersey at the beginning of the days of internet commerce, similar to with Zoids as I mentioned earlier, one wasn’t the easiest thing to come across but my mom was able to. I cherished that thing and still have it hanging in my closet.

So to get a gamer of my favorite player of all time in a style that holds a special place for me was too much to pass up.

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That's so incredibly cool. Congrats!

Beautiful jersey too. Always loved that color.

 

[Striiker]

Which one is your pick? The girl or the plane?

@Captain Dave Poulin since he didn't clarify can you please put down "a girlfriend" as his pick?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

@Captain Dave Poulin since he didn't clarify can you please put down "a girlfriend" as his pick?

I think it's better if we wait five hours and ask him directly as he is making his pick.

 

[Striiker]

I think it's better if we wait five hours and ask him directly as he is making his pick.

I'd rather you didn't because then he's going to say the plane and that's less funny to me.

 

[Chuck Downie]

@BiggE

You need more Koko B. Ware

 

[Magua]

I'd rather you didn't because then he's going to say the plane and that's less funny to me.

I am actually mad he didn’t choose “Girlfriend” as his attack vehicle. MAD!

 

[Striiker]

I am actually mad he didn’t choose “Girlfriend” as his attack vehicle. MAD!

It's not too late for you to #yourguy and convince him to clarify the right choice.

We're counting on you.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I would like to select the Tyrannosaurus Rex

 

[Chinatown88]

I would like to select the Tyrannosaurus Rex

I'm still willing to waive that expansion fee if Lil Beef runs the team with you.

 

[Lord Defect]

I am actually mad he didn’t choose “Girlfriend” as his attack vehicle. MAD!

I thought that was for group transport

 

[DancingPanther]

All these goofballs picking these huge spaceships don't make sense. How can something as big as the solar system containing earth prime be a viable option for transporting players to away games across North America (and Wales)? How do you even get on the ship? Once you're there, how do you get from Wales to Las Vegas? Walk across the thing? Look out the window, say "yeah I think I'm directly over Las Vegas", then teleport down, realizing you're actually in Methgator country since the margin of error is immense from that height? Are they all hovering over Earth Prime? Surely there isn't enough room. Logistical nightmare. Shit's got me f***ed up.

Offering a competitive advantage by arriving to their away games at mach 2 (for example, a flight from Wales to the West Coast of the US would take 4 hrs), severely cutting down on travel time and offering more acclimation to elevation/weather/time zone, the Plats are proud to debut the CONCORDE JET as their transport vehicle. Not to mention its high end amenities, this plane will get the squad where it needs to go before you can f***ing remember Les Comiques de Saint-Louis-du-Ha!Ha!, recite it, and spell it.

True story: this was a featured plane in a learning game I used to play when I was little, so it was my favorite at a young age. In LegoLand, England, with our Brit friends, 7ish yr old DP happened to look up and there it was in the sky, flying overhead. I excitedly pointed it out, but everyone was like right yeah sure, until my dad said wait woah it actually is and everyone looked. I still remember it.

Here's the game btw. Humongous entertainment is the real OG

 

[DancingPanther]

I think it's better if we wait five hours and ask him directly as he is making his pick.

I won't answer just to keep stalling everyone until they die, their franchises fold, and the Plats are crowned champion every year by default

 

[DancingPanther]

I am actually mad he didn’t choose “Girlfriend” as his attack vehicle. MAD!

I'm sorry to continue to disappoint bb.

 

[Beef Invictus]

All these goofballs picking these huge spaceships don't make sense. How can something as big as the solar system containing earth prime be a viable option for transporting players to away games across North America (and Wales)? How do you even get on the ship? Once you're there, how do you get from Wales to Las Vegas? Walk across the thing? Look out the window, say "yeah I think I'm directly over Las Vegas", then teleport down, realizing you're actually in Methgator country since the margin of error is immense from that height? Are they all hovering over Earth Prime? Surely there isn't enough room. Logistical nightmare. Shit's got me f***ed up.

Offering a competitive advantage by arriving to their away games at mach 2 (for example, a flight from Wales to the West Coast of the US would take 4 hrs), severely cutting down on travel time and offering more acclimation to elevation/weather/time zone, the Plats are proud to debut the CONCORDE JET as their transport vehicle. Not to mention its high end amenities, this plane will get the squad where it needs to go before you can f***ing remember Les Comiques de Saint-Louis-du-Ha!Ha!, recite it, and spell it.

True story: this was a featured plane in a learning game I used to play when I was little, so it was my favorite at a young age. In LegoLand, England, with our Brit friends, 7ish yr old DP happened to look up and there it was in the sky, flying overhead. I excitedly pointed it out, but everyone was like right yeah sure, until my dad said wait woah it actually is and everyone looked. I still remember it.

Here's the game btw. Humongous entertainment is the real OG

There's a concorde in the museum 15 minutes from me. It's ok I guess.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

@Strawberry Fields you are up.

 

[Chinatown88]

Cardiff to Vegas is approximately 8240 kilometers. The Borg Cube is 28 cubic kilometers which means it is approximately 3000 meters long. This is why the Toilet Ducks continue to be the bottom of the barrel in the league. They can't math.