Pre-Game Talk: 2017-18 Avatar Draft: CHECK YOUR INBOXES

Lunatik

Normal is an illusion.
Oct 12, 2012
56,176
8,336
Padded Room
Skipped but can pick whenever: Tapu Debe
Still need to select their House Words: Ynnek, Mobiandi, Snazu, Connor McDaigle, HighLifeMan, Janks, Ferkland[/SIZE][/FONT]
Pick | Poster | --- --- --- Player --- --- --- | --- --- --- --- --- --- Slogan --- --- --- --- --- ---
1 | Lazar Beams | Matthew Tkachuk | We do not slew
2 | TheCelticTiger | Curtis Lazar | Fire & Blood
3 | Ynnek | Johnny Gaudreau |
4 | MonyontheMoney | Sean Monahan | The things I do for Toast
5 | King In The North | Tyler Parsons | The Net is Dark and Full of Terrors
6 | Mobiandi | Mark Giordano |
7 | Snazu | TJ Brodie |
8 | Rangediddy | Sam Bennett | I wish I was the monster you think I am
9 | Anglesmith | Michael Frolik | Ours is the fistpump
10 | FlamerForLife | Michael Smith | You win or you die
11 | tfong | Juuso Valimaki | I am the gift
12 | Flaming Satan | Dillion Dube | What is Dube may never die
13 | snipetype | Dougie Hamilton | It's not a dress, it's a tunic
14 | Connor McDaigle | Oliver Kylington |
15 | Kanye | Travis Hamonic | Traitor from Islanders landing
16 | Mitts | Scorch | Burn them all
17 | Calgareee | Michael Stone | Like a rock
18 | Janko Unchained | Mikael Backlund | Selke smooth
19 | HighLifeMan | Micheal Ferland |
20 | Signature | Mark Jankowski | the best player in the 2012 draft is coming
21 | Otzelor | Andrew Mangiapane | the taste of italian bread
22 | Method Man | Brian McGrattan | I fight and I know things
23 | Kahvi | Garnet Hathaway | I will hurt you
24 | JurassicTunga | Kris Versteeg | Audi's in Dust
25 | SmellOfVictory | Eddie Lack | For all tacos
26 | Janks | Matt Stajan |
27 | Johnny GODreau | Brian Burke | pugnacity, truculence, belligerence
28 | Boomstick | Spencer Foo | We have no pity
29 | Johnny Hoxville | Jarome Iginla | we remember
31 | Fantasy Billionaire | Matthew Phillips | a very small man, can cast a very large shadow
32 | Butanic | Brett Kulak | Too Kul for School
33 | Sean Monahan | Dennis Wideman | A Wideman always pays his debts
34 | Yarborough | David Rittich | The depth chart remembers
35 | Calculon | Rasmus Andersson | A taste of glory
36 | Vali Maki Sushi | Adam Ollas-Mattsson | With great size comes a great heart
37 | GAMO1992 | Miikka Kiprusoff | the elite we miss
38 | Unlimited Chequing | Sergei Makarov | addendum
39 | Flameshomer | Brad Treliving | Ours is the process
40 | OvermanKingGainer | Adam Fox | The wisdom of Lidstrom
41 | Gaudfather | Emile Poirier | There is a beast in every man
42 | WotherMySpoon | Jon Gillies | I am the future
43 | Savoie16 | Troy Brouwer | We're all in this together
44 | TooGoodreau | Morgan Klimchuk | to life, love and loot
45 | Taranis | Hunter Smith | May you all be prey
46 | L13 | Mitchell Mattson | The project pick that was promised
47 | SaintMorose | Harvey the Hound | Like regular hounds, but Harvey
48 | Ferkland | Jonas Hiller |
49 | Flames Fanatic | Freddie Hamilton | The nightmare is me
50 | tmurfin | Bob Hartley | Chocolate fumes for our enemies
51 | Sk8M8 | Tim Hunter | A Mother's Nose best
52 | Tapu Debe | |
53 | Skobel24 | Robyn Regehr | tread lightly
54 | InfinityIggy | Hakan Loob | Slippery as an eel
55 | Fig | Tod Button | we are proud to select
56 | Ponyboy Gold | Matt Bartkowski | the owski's send their regards
57 | Vkonroy | Craig Conroy | Burning bright

  • Select a "house" and your "house words"
  • Please PM the next poster on the list after you pick, it will help the draft go faster
  • After being on the clock for 24 hours, the next poster can pick. Skipped posters can select once they come online and see it is their pick
  • You can select a player and add the house words after. When you add your house words, please do so in a new post stating as such clearly as I won't be scouring the thread looking for edits and I'm not going to assume you want something just because you like someone's suggestion.
  • If you select a player that is already selected, it will be an invalid selection and you will need to pick again. The draft will not wait for you to correct your pick. When you fix your selection, please do so in a new post as I will not go back to old posts seeking out edits.
  • I will not make avatars putting down other organizations
  • Due to some players having the same last names, I will use House Dougie & Freddie for the Hamiltons. I will use House Smith for Mike Smith and House Hunter for Hunter Smith.
  • Posters can sign up for this at anytime, however those that did not post before the draft order was selected will be placed at the end of the line.
 
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Johnny Hoxville

The Return of a Legend
Jul 15, 2006
37,549
9,343
Calgary
Something there's no tomorrow.

Something Treliving with a bag throwing away magic beans.

Something we're copying the Oilers.

Something we've have 4 Norris Dman, Swedish assassin better than Bergeron, a Gretzky 2.0 (aka he's a whiner), a 18 year old Sam Bennett > Leon today, a AHL Centre that only scores winger goals,
 

OvermanKingGainer

#BennettFreed #CurseofTheSpulll #FreeOliver
Feb 3, 2015
16,133
7,107
2022 Cup to Calgary
One Piece

Mike Smith as Whitebeard
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Travis Hamonic as Zoro
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Gio as Luffy
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BigRangy

Get well soon oliver
Mar 17, 2015
3,407
1,110
Villains would fit the main board's general feeling about the team

Tkachuk would need to be selected carefully to maximize salt potential
 

Janks

Pope Janks
Jan 7, 2010
7,728
1,700
Calgary
Flame of thrones sounds pretty good - even though I don't watch GoT.
Villains or Xmen sounds pretty solid as well.
 

Anglesmith

Setting up the play?
Sep 17, 2012
46,441
14,715
Victoria
Just to expand on my idea, I was thinking of a villain idea of sorts with the players cursing the other team. I was thinking of the idea during the playoffs given all that was going on. Maybe better a playoff avatar theme.

Curse of Gaudreau - your legs turn to jelly
Curse of Monahan - forget to cover the slot

Etc.
 

Lunatik

Normal is an illusion.
Oct 12, 2012
56,176
8,336
Padded Room
That's awesome! Reminds me of those tapestry pics I made during 2014-2015

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I immediately thought of banners for some reason, maybe because I love the ones from GoT. My thought was we could make them look like this banner but with the players name as the house, with a made up slogan

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Fig

Absolute Horse Shirt
Dec 15, 2014
12,955
8,449
Hard to top Flame of Thrones...

For the poker idea, I think it might feel a little more clever to be card counters, or numbers on the roulette wheel. Maybe a cheaters/hussle vibe going along with it.

A sea (C) theme might work... but not as cool as your other ideas.


I'll also contribute an awful, useless pun. Pickles.s
 

Volica

Papa Shango
May 15, 2012
21,390
11,074
I don't really do much in regards to off-topic board related except the healthy living thread; but Flame of Thrones is really clever.

Clearly Tkachuk = Ramsay Bolton; emblem is the flayed man with a Doughty Jersey on.
Hodor = Mike Smith (Hold the door)
Johnny = The Dink himself (come on, he's a little person!)
Mony = John Snow (Mon Snow, the hair)
Ferland = The Hound (speaks for itself)
Brouwer = Sansa (Overall useless, character most people didn't care about outside of the actress growing into a babe)
Backlund = Bronn (just a useful guy, everyone ****ing loves)

:laugh:
 

Mobiandi

Registered User
Jan 17, 2015
20,840
17,194
Something something cleanest team in the league. Gaudreau lady byng, Tkachuk elbow, Backlund slash on Kesler. There's potential to rustle jimmies there
 

L13

Registered User
Oct 1, 2015
1,226
93
I don't really do much in regards to off-topic board related except the healthy living thread; but Flame of Thrones is really clever.

Clearly Tkachuk = Ramsay Bolton; emblem is the flayed man with a Doughty Jersey on.
Hodor = Mike Smith (Hold the door)
Johnny = The Dink himself (come on, he's a little person!)
Mony = John Snow (Mon Snow, the hair)
Ferland = The Hound (speaks for itself)
Brouwer = Sansa (Overall useless, character most people didn't care about outside of the actress growing into a babe)
Backlund = Bronn (just a useful guy, everyone ****ing loves)

:laugh:

I see Brouwer as more of a Stannis and think Janko is more suited to the Sansa treatment because she's a polarising character (people who don't hate her love her!) and has had the most character development. I'm basing this on the books, though, as I don't watch the show.

Wideman should be Robert Baratheon and Gio is Ned Stark.

Dougie is our Daenerys.

Matthew Phillips should be Arya.
 

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