NHL Mega-Mock Draft Reboot - Discussion / Draft Thread - PHASE SEVEN! Part One!

[Magua]

I should have known better than to hope I could do any kind of themed picks with you around.

The important thing is Babe Siebert’s memory lives on. Hockey History for the win.

 

[pit]

Patrick Roy: Doug doug doug doug dougiedougiedoug.
GM Doug: At least you're using my first name now.
PR: I'm using Doug because it sounds like dung because you're sh*t at your job.
GM Doug: Because I didn't draft a defenseman when there was an ace 3C on the board? It can't just be on defensemen to defend you know.
PR: By your own admittance, you value individual achievements. I just heard that. So why are you leaving a Norris winner on the board?
GM Doug: I drafted the last available one with Howell.
PR:

GM Doug: Are you sure they're available? Did you check the sheet?
PR: Shut your gob and listen to me. They. are. available.
GM Doug: Well by all means. I love me a Norris trophy winner. Pick them Saint Patrick!

PR: The Chimpanzees are pleased to select D Randy Carlyle.

GM Doug:

Well, I see why you haven't made it as an NHL GM yet.

PR:

Two more words: Norris. Trophy.

GM Doug: *sigh* @Captain Dave Poulin , save me by picking.

 

[BiggE]

Patrick Roy: Doug doug doug doug dougiedougiedoug.
GM Doug: At least you're using my first name now.
PR: I'm using Doug because it sounds like dung because you're sh*t at your job.
GM Doug: Because I didn't draft a defenseman when there was an ace 3C on the board? It can't just be on defensemen to defend you know.
PR: By your own admittance, you value individual achievements. I just heard that. So why are you leaving a Norris winner on the board?
GM Doug: I drafted the last available one with Howell.
PR:

GM Doug: Are you sure they're available? Did you check the sheet?
PR: Shut your gob and listen to me. They. are. available.
GM Doug: Well by all means. I love me a Norris trophy winner. Pick them Saint Patrick!

PR: The Chimpanzees are pleased to select D Randy Carlyle.

GM Doug:

Well, I see why you haven't made it as an NHL GM yet.

PR:

Two more words: Norris. Trophy.

GM Doug: *sigh* @Captain Dave Poulin , save me by picking.

Oh stop your bitching. I have to deal with McMahon, a bunch of steroid infused morons, methheads, Brockmire, and Beavis and Butthead.

Compared to that Roy is a piece of cake.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

This server is F***ED.

I don't need to explain this next pick - you either know or you don't, and God rest your soul if you don't.



Team D - J.J. Daigneault

@DancingPanther

 

[Striiker]

This server is F***ED.

I don't need to explain this next pick - you either know or you don't, and God rest your soul if you don't.



Team D - J.J. Daigneault

@DancingPanther

Never heard of him

 

[mja]

This server is F***ED.

I don't need to explain this next pick - you either know or you don't, and God rest your soul if you don't.



Team D - J.J. Daigneault

@DancingPanther

Legit considered taking him. Core childhood memory.

 

[DancingPanther]

Last meal and restaurant are harder categories than I thought.

I think I'm going to go with GUSTAPIZZA for my team last meal. It is the best pizza I ever had and is considered a must by locals. A hole in the wall down the street from the Pitti Palace and right next to a pretty fun club which you could bring the pizza into, they keep every single one of their receipts and put them in their tables under the clear table top. Plus, in order to eat there, you'd have to bring me to Firenze again, which may or may not be the ulterior motive here.

Also a factor here is the additional nostalgia of having this for dinner when our family met up with our friend who happened to be there too on a studying abroad trip (based in germany) where his class took a trip to Florence. Legendary meet up and timing.

@Magua <3

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Last meal and restaurant are harder categories than I thought.

I think I'm going to go with GUSTAPIZZA for my team last meal. It is the best pizza I ever had to and is considered a must by locals. A hole in the wall down the street from the Pitti Palace and right next to a pretty fun club which you could bring the pizza into, they keep every single one of their receipts and put them in their tables under the clear table top. Plus, in order to eat there, you'd have to bring me to Firenze again, which may or may not be the ulterior motive here.

@Magua <3

I love this pick, because it fits neatly in the box. Great post.

 

[BiggE]

This server is F***ED.

I don't need to explain this next pick - you either know or you don't, and God rest your soul if you don't.



Team D - J.J. Daigneault

@DancingPanther

I never heard a louder roar than when he scored that goal in game 6. Great pick!

And, as an added bonus, his last name sounds like dog nuts.

 

[mja]

I love this pick, because it fits neatly in the box. Great post.

You are really not going to like my pick in this category.

 

[Striiker]

I watched that clip and my takeaway is that it's impossible to compare present day players to players back then because it might as well be two different sports. The visual difference in athleticism and goalie technique/size/padding is just insane.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

You are really not going to like my pick in this category.

I already know that.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I watched that clip and my takeaway is that it's impossible to compare present day players to players back then because it might as well be two different sports. The visual difference in athleticism and goalie technique/size/padding is just insane.

There really is a massive difference. When that series was going on, it felt like Hexy was Spider-Man, just saving shit at supersonic speed. You watch it now and you can't believe how slow everyone looks, including that drunk bitch Wayne.

 

[Striiker]

There really is a massive difference. When that series was going on, it felt like Hexy was Spider-Man, just saving shit at supersonic speed. You watch it now and you can't believe how slow everyone looks, including that drunk bitch Wayne.

Makes me wonder if people will be saying the same thing again in 30 years when looking back at the league today. Or are we about maxed out as far as physical ability goes?

Kinda hard to watch guys like McDavid, Hayes, and MacKinnon and think players can get much more quick and skilled...

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Makes me wonder if people will be saying the same thing again in 30 years when looking back at the league today. Or are we about maxed out as far as physical ability goes?

Kinda hard to watch guys like McDavid, Hayes, and MacKinnon and think players can get much more quick and skilled...

 

[mja]

Makes me wonder if people will be saying the same thing again in 30 years when looking back at the league today. Or are we about maxed out as far as physical ability goes?

Kinda hard to watch guys like McDavid, Hayes, and MacKinnon and think players can get much more quick and skilled...

The game was just slower then, too, not necessarily all of the players, though the average skater today is head and shoulders above the average skater back then, at least in technique. Plays had more time to breathe and it was a "heavier" game, while now every decision needs to happen almost instantaneously all over the ice.

Funny thing is that when I have been going back and looking at old film from the 40's, 50's, etc. I'm struck by fast guys look in those old skates.

 

[pit]

Oh stop your bitching. I have to deal with McMahon, a bunch of steroid infused morons, methheads, Brockmire, and Beavis and Butthead.

Compared to that Roy is a piece of cake.

You based your franchise in Florida. What do you expect?

 

[BiggE]

I watched that clip and my takeaway is that it's impossible to compare present day players to players back then because it might as well be two different sports. The visual difference in athleticism and goalie technique/size/padding is just insane.

Once a few decades go by, comparisons become pointless.

Even a guy like Orr, who was amazing, would be good, but not dominant in this era. The players are just that much bigger, faster and stronger. Hell, Gordie Howe was considered massive in his prime at 6’1 205.

Going back to the earliest days of the NHL, many of the star players were under 5’8 and weighed under 160. They would be lucky to make an AHL squad today.

 

[BiggE]

You based your franchise in Florida. What do you expect?

Yup, that’s fair. OTOH, I can enjoy the beach in December so it’s all good.

 

[BernieParent]

I watched that clip and my takeaway is that it's impossible to compare present day players to players back then because it might as well be two different sports. The visual difference in athleticism and goalie technique/size/padding is just insane.

Definitely, Guy Lafleur (for example) may never have scored a goal if the opposing goaltenders could do a decent butterfly, much less the splits. His trademark slapper from way out would be a routine save nowadays. The fun of it, though, is extrapolating the standouts from one era to another with all of the benefits of training regimens through juniors, the absence of players smoking in the dressing rooms, to more than enough money to live on so they didn't have to work a regular job in the summer. That would be quite the neat simulator that could take a Gordie Howe or Jacques Plante and run a parallel preparatory trajectory to the NHL as most any top-5 draft prospect.

 

[DancingPanther]

Definitely, Guy Lafleur (for example) may never have scored a goal if the opposing goaltenders could do a decent butterfly, much less the splits. His trademark slapper from way out would be a routine save nowadays. The fun of it, though, is extrapolating the standouts from one era to another with all of the benefits of training regimens through juniors, the absence of players smoking in the dressing rooms, to more than enough money to live on so they didn't have to work a regular job in the summer. That would be quite the neat simulator that could take a Gordie Howe or Jacques Plante and run a parallel preparatory trajectory to the NHL as most any top-5 draft prospect.

And also give them a pair of 2X Pros and a CCM Jetspeed

 

[mja]

Definitely, Guy Lafleur (for example) may never have scored a goal if the opposing goaltenders could do a decent butterfly, much less the splits. His trademark slapper from way out would be a routine save nowadays. The fun of it, though, is extrapolating the standouts from one era to another with all of the benefits of training regimens through juniors, the absence of players smoking in the dressing rooms, to more than enough money to live on so they didn't have to work a regular job in the summer. That would be quite the neat simulator that could take a Gordie Howe or Jacques Plante and run a parallel preparatory trajectory to the NHL as most any top-5 draft prospect.

Anyone who watched Mario's career should know that talent is just talent, no matter the era. He was a freaking shell of himself and yet outpaced peak Jagr in the middle of the DPE.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Anyone who watched Mario's career should know that talent is just talent, no matter the era. He was a freaking shell of himself and yet outpaced peak Jagr in the middle of the DPE.

Also, both Mario and Jagr were peak assdicks.

 

[mja]

And also give them a pair of 2X Pros and a CCM Jetspeed

There's a video out there somewhere of OEL trying out old equipment and it looks like he's about to break his ankles with those old skates at any minute.

 

[mja]

Also, both Mario and Jagr were peak assdicks.

I'm guessing Jagr's Flyers tenure didn't make any impact on your level of spite.

Never change.