NHL Mega-Mock Draft Reboot - Discussion / Draft Thread - PHASE TWENTY-THREE SKIDOO!

[mja]

I can take it from here, Cap'n.

"As our last draft selection for this round, the owners of the Tampa Bay FireSticks were at a loss to choose a previous pick for redrafting. The more we pondered, the greater our urge to change the franchise itself. We are, therefore, pleased to announce that this franchise will be moved from Tampa Bay to Halifax, Nova Scotia. At the same time, we will be rebranding ourselves the Halifax Galleons.

“We anxiously await our new logo and team colours from Master Designer @Captain Dave Poulin.”

Over to @BigToe.

 

[Lord Defect]

I can take it from here, Cap'n.

"As our last draft selection for this round, the owners of the Tampa Bay FireSticks were at a loss to choose a previous pick for redrafting. The more we pondered, the greater our urge to change the franchise itself. We are, therefore, pleased to announce that this franchise will be moved from Tampa Bay to Halifax, Nova Scotia. At the same time, we will be rebranding ourselves the Halifax Galleons.

“We anxiously await our new logo and team colours from Master Designer @Captain Dave Poulin.”

Over to @BigToe.

This is a defect tier spite cap move that I wish I thought of. Well done.

 

[BigToe]

Can I skip this pick @Captain Dave Poulin ? There's nothing I want to redraft.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Team Redraft - TV/Movie Character. Original selection: Mycroft Holmes from Sherlock. New selection: TOM BOMBADIL. @BernieParent graciously allowed me to pluck him from the Firesticks and I can show the receipts if need be! If this is not allowed, I'll just have to pick a new GM at some point, but that requires research and scouring T H E S P R E A D S H E E T. Even so, we all deserve a detailed, but not all-encompassing look at Tom, who many are unaware of since he did not appear in the movies, a polarizing topic of discussion for us Lord of The Ring nerds.

Tom Bombadil is a whimsical, ultra powerful enigma nestled in his own little corner of the Old Forest, never leaving his bounds in which he is the "Master of wood, water and hill" therein. Elrond calls him "The Oldest of the Old" while Tom refers to himself as "The Eldest". He was here before "the Dark Lord [Morgoth] came from the outside", it is said. Here are some things Tom does.

• He sings in 7 meter rhymes, wears goofy clothes, and doesn't really care about...anything? Or does he? He knows about The Ring, Sauron, Morgoth...but he just sings jolly songs about them. He's also strangely prophetic
• He's unaffected by The Ring - he takes it from Frodo, puts it on, doesn't turn invisible, then laughs, flips it in the air, and it vanishes. Frodo of course freaks out, but no matter - Tom just leans forward and hands it back to him, laughing some more. When Frodo checks to see if it's the One Ring by placing it on his own finger, Tom can still see Frodo as he turns invisible.
• He takes no sides, but still helps the Hobbits twice by just....telling things what to do? As Old Man Willow is crushing a few Hobbits to death, Tom appears, hits it with a stick, and sings that it shouldn't be doing this! It should be sleeping instead. And it stopped.
• Later on, the Hobbits were hopeless in facing a barrow-wight. Frodo sang a song taught to him by Tom, and he magically appeared, busting the door down, sang to the the wight, and banished it away.
• Similarly, Bombadil was sought after countless ages ago when he first traveled into the area he settles now, but each entity who tried to capture him submitted to Tom's songs which defeated their enchantments and commanded them to return to their natural existence
• During the Hobbits' recuperation in Tom's house, they have prophetic dreams and feel immediately refreshed, and not in a "I finally had a shower and good meal" type of refreshed. Refreshed on a holistic scale. It rains while they were there, and Tom returns completely dry.

Gandalf himself - a Maiar whose literal purpose of his arrival to Middle Earth has been fulfilled with the defeat of Sauron and the destruction of The Ring - decides the last thing he will do before retreating to the Undying Lands is have a long talk with Tom Bombadil.

What is the point of Tom? Tolkien, in a letter, referred to Tom as unimportant to the narrative, but an important "comment". In another letter, Tolkien writes "the story is good vs bad; beauty against ugliness; and so on. But both sides want a measure of control. But if you had renouced control and take delight in things for themselves without reference to yourself, then the questions of the rights and wrongs of power and control might become utterly meaningless to you, and the means of power quite valueless."

Tom is an expression of living in the moment, and the delight and wonder of life and things around us as they are. Tom represents a great lesson: don't take things too seriously. Tolkien cheekily plops Tom into his legendarium as a reminder to us all that fighting the good fight is obviously important, but they're not everything. Don't forget to decompress, and be like Tom by singing silly songs, collecting lilies, or whatever it is you do to enjoy life. Be like Tom.

I never want to see him in a movie or show because he can't be done justice in those formats.

 

[DancingPanther]

Can I skip this pick @Captain Dave Poulin ? There's nothing I want to redraft.

That's fine, GM Toe man

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Can I skip this pick @Captain Dave Poulin ? There's nothing I want to redraft.

Sure you can, Toe.

 

[Lord Defect]

Sure you can, Toe.

Can I have his pick?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Can I have his pick?

No. Go eat some vegetables.

 

[ajgoal]

No. Go eat some vegetables.

He thinks those are green crayons.

 

[Lord Defect]

He thinks those are green crayons.

Everyone knows the green crayons are starch. Yellows vegetables.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I'm not ready

 

[ajgoal]

I'm not ready

It's a good thing that we're done until probably sometime next week.

 

[Beef Invictus]

It's a good thing that we're done until probably sometime next week.

I'm not ready for that either.

 

[ajgoal]

I'm not ready for that either.

Spoiler: One of the categories is "Team Malt Vinegar"

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

You know what would be good for hockey? The Hurricanes winning it all. Go Canes, go!

I mean, if things had gone exactly the opposite way they have gone, that could be us. The coach? Et cetera. Instead, we are ... this.

Anyway, we are chilling. Keep your powder dry for a while and relax. @Lord Defect eat some f***ing vegetables.

 

[Beef Invictus]

You know what would be good for hockey? The Hurricanes winning it all. Go Canes, go!

I mean, if things had gone exactly the opposite way they have gone, that could be us. The coach? Et cetera. Instead, we are ... this.

Anyway, we are chilling. Keep your powder dry for a while and relax. @Lord Defect eat some f***ing vegetables.

Vegetables are bullshit. People who eat them are bullshit.

 

[pit]

I can take it from here, Cap'n.

"As our last draft selection for this round, the owners of the Tampa Bay FireSticks were at a loss to choose a previous pick for redrafting. The more we pondered, the greater our urge to change the franchise itself. We are, therefore, pleased to announce that this franchise will be moved from Tampa Bay to Halifax, Nova Scotia. At the same time, we will be rebranding ourselves the Halifax Galleons.

“We anxiously await our new logo and team colours from Master Designer @Captain Dave Poulin.”

Over to @BigToe.

I would make a choice like this, but the Chimpanzees are the only respectable hockey club left in Chicago.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I would make a choice like this, but the Chimpanzees are the only respectable hockey club left in Chicago.

It's always available to change if you change your mind. Though your point is spot on.

 

[Lord Defect]

We’re not even getting a teaser for the next phase before the weekend is up are we?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

We’re not even getting a teaser for the next phase before the weekend is up are we?

Go eat shit, you vegetable.

 

[Lord Defect]

Go eat shit, you vegetable.

Well that was mean

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Nothing to do, nothing to worry about. Chilling. And yet I woke up at 5:40 again ffs.

I watched the first part of "Batman: The Long Halloween" last night. I'd already read it in the comics, but it was an infinity ago. Anyway, it was really good, as the animated Batman tends to be. I'll watch Part 2 tonight.

If any of you have VERY SPECIAL IDEAS for categories for the VERY SPECIAL PHASE coming up after the next one, let me know. Like if you look at all the categories we have done, can you find something that we definitely should have but are missing? That kind of thing. I have plenty of options already, but I am sure there are more things we can think of. Let me know.

 

[DancingPanther]

Nothing to do, nothing to worry about. Chilling. And yet I woke up at 5:40 again ffs.

I watched the first part of "Batman: The Long Halloween" last night. I'd already read it in the comics, but it was an infinity ago. Anyway, it was really good, as the animated Batman tends to be. I'll watch Part 2 tonight.

If any of you have VERY SPECIAL IDEAS for categories for the VERY SPECIAL PHASE coming up after the next one, let me know. Like if you look at all the categories we have done, can you find something that we definitely should have but are missing? That kind of thing. I have plenty of options already, but I am sure there are more things we can think of. Let me know.

Team song lyric

Team celebration: like when MLB teams do the salt shaker thing on second after hitting a double, or crown a home run hitter with a funny hat in the dugout

 

[mja]

Nothing to do, nothing to worry about. Chilling. And yet I woke up at 5:40 again ffs.

I watched the first part of "Batman: The Long Halloween" last night. I'd already read it in the comics, but it was an infinity ago. Anyway, it was really good, as the animated Batman tends to be. I'll watch Part 2 tonight.

If any of you have VERY SPECIAL IDEAS for categories for the VERY SPECIAL PHASE coming up after the next one, let me know. Like if you look at all the categories we have done, can you find something that we definitely should have but are missing? That kind of thing. I have plenty of options already, but I am sure there are more things we can think of. Let me know.

We could always cut some players and do call-ups. I know, I know, hockey is stupid.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Nothing to do, nothing to worry about. Chilling. And yet I woke up at 5:40 again ffs.

I watched the first part of "Batman: The Long Halloween" last night. I'd already read it in the comics, but it was an infinity ago. Anyway, it was really good, as the animated Batman tends to be. I'll watch Part 2 tonight.

If any of you have VERY SPECIAL IDEAS for categories for the VERY SPECIAL PHASE coming up after the next one, let me know. Like if you look at all the categories we have done, can you find something that we definitely should have but are missing? That kind of thing. I have plenty of options already, but I am sure there are more things we can think of. Let me know.

Try sleeping later