ATD 2023 Draft Thread I

[The Macho King]

Thanks @RustyRazor

 

[Claude The Fraud]

The Peterborough Petes are proud to select, from Drummondville, Québec, winner of three Stanley Cup as a coach, the Silver Fox, Lester Patrick.

 

[ResilientBeast]

The Peterborough Petes are proud to select, from Drummondville, Québec, winner of two Stanley Cup as a coach, the Silver Fox, Lester Patrick.

Small correction, it was three

1 with Victoria in 1925
2 with New York in 1928 & 1933

 

[ImporterExporter]

The coaching run is officially underway!

Also, FYI, we're on an 8 hour clock through the end of round 14 now.

Thanks everyone!

 

[Claude The Fraud]

Small correction, it was three

1 with Victoria in 1925
2 with New York in 1928 & 1933

Thanks!

 

[ResilientBeast]

Random though experiment on a sleepy friday morning.

If Lester Patrick counted as both a skater and a coach how much higher would he go?

Both a 3/4D and a top 5 coach in one pick

 

[Sturminator]

Random though experiment on a sleepy friday morning.

If Lester Patrick counted as both a skater and a coach how much higher would he go?

Both a 3/4D and a top 5 coach in one pick

In no way is Lester a #3 at 19 teams, mon frere.

 

[ResilientBeast]

In no way is Lester a #3 at 19 teams, mon frere.

I didn't include the caveat of "depending on draft size" mon ami

A 3D at 19 teams would mean he was a top 57 D all time. I think there's an argument for it, how willing people are to buy it is a different discussion.

Heck, he's the 58th "true" defeneseman on the HOH top 200 list, depending on your personal valuation you could see him as a low-end 3, high end 4.

 

[Dreakmur]

In no way is Lester a #3 at 19 teams, mon frere.

Did you just assume his gender?

Edit: who can spot the joke? Lol

 

[ImporterExporter]

Did you just assume his gender?

Edit: who can spot the joke? Lol

We're all just brothers from another mother!

Glad to see you lurking around Dreak!

 

[Sturminator]

Yeah...we're doing you proud this year Dreak!

Look at all those utility left wings whose draft stock has risen! And they were all the right ones, too! Nobody reached, at all. I'm glad you were here for it.

 

[Sturminator]

I didn't include the caveat of "depending on draft size" mon ami

I am not your boyfriend!

[you like that, Dreak?]

 

[VanIslander]

Under 3 hours remaining for @Hawkey Town 18

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

Chicago selects Herbie Lewis, LW

 

[VanIslander]

For the record...

"Mon ami" is more like saying "hey buddy", insincere and cliche unless couched in a phrase about a good friend equivalent to "my best bud".... not at all romantic boyfriend/girlfriend stuff.

My French teacher from Quebec made this clear to us in high school back in 1986. Of course, maybe it has changed...?

 

[Sturminator]

We in Mets management know how to take yes for an answer.

The Seattle Metropolitans are very pleased to select goaltender Bill Durnan.

 

[Elvis P]

A coach and a goalie, you're takin care of business. BTO

 

[Sturminator]

A coach and a goalie, you're takin care of business.

Merci.

 

[VanIslander]

C'est incroyable!

The Icebreakers run in their card for one of the quickest players ever, the 10-time Stanley Cup champion Conn Smythe right winger known as "The Road Runner".

*beep, beep*

 

[Sturminator]

C'est incroyable!

The Icebreakers run in their card for one of the quickest players ever, the 10-time Stanley Cup champion Conn Smythe right winger known as "The Road Runner".

*beep, beep*

C'est trés bon.

I've been watching some old Habs games and Cournoyer really stands out. Much better checker in the neutral zone than I'd thought, for starters. Almost played like a Russian.

 

[VanIslander]

Exactly.

He was all heart, excited with and without the puck. He never looked bored. He played like a kid happy to be on the ice, had a motor that earned him the captaincy. He put smiles on our faces. He loved the game.

 

[Sturminator]

Exactly.

He was all heart, excited with and without the puck. He never looked bored. He played like a kid happy to be on the ice, had a motor that earned him the captaincy. He put smiles on our faces. He loved the game.

Big money player, as well.

 

[overpass]

The Ottawa 67s select Al Arbour, coach.

Arbour formed and led a great team built on the foundation of a great two-way defenceman. We plan to see him do the same for the 67s.

 

[Sturminator]

I've got a theory that there are only two true Mary Sue protagonists in the ATD: Doug Harvey, and Jean Beliveau, with Beliveau being by far the better citizen (the true hallmark of a tiresome Mary Sue).

It's actually a bit frustrating researching Jean Beliveau...a little like with Nighbor. People's descriptions of icons of that status frequently drift quickly into an indecipherable mass of hyperbole and hagiography, with occasional hints of a dark envy thrown in for flavor.

People say Mr. Beast is the anti-Christ, and I almost catch a whiff of that vibe with Beliveau. And then I watch him in the playoffs. I watch him cross-check Allen Stanley in the face wearing a grim expression, and I watch him take a run at Tim Horton (and miss...lol). And I realize that Beliveau wasn't a fake Mary Sue, but a true one. A specimen you'd draw up in the lab in a video game while creating a center and name it Shooter McShootface, or some shit.

edit: I should include Gordie on the list of Mary Sues, as well.

 

[tinyzombies]

I've got a theory that there are only two true Mary Sue protagonists in the ATD: Doug Harvey, and Jean Beliveau, with Beliveau being by far the better citizen (the true hallmark of a tiresome Mary Sue).

It's actually a bit frustrating researching Jean Beliveau...a little like with Nighbor. People's descriptions of icons of that status frequently drift quickly into an indecipherable mass of hyperbole and hagiography, with occasional hints of a dark envy thrown in for flavor.

People say Mr. Beast is the anti-Christ, and I almost catch a whiff of that vibe with Beliveau. And then I watch him in the playoffs. I watch him cross-check Allen Stanley in the face wearing a grim expression, and I watch him take a run at Tim Horton (and miss...lol). And I realize that Beliveau wasn't a fake Mary Sue, but a true one. A specimen you'd draw up in the lab in a video game while creating a center and name it Shooter McShootface, or some shit.

edit: I should include Gordie on the list of Mary Sues, as well.

I kept picturing Nick Cage in Peggy Sue Got Married and read your post in his character’s voice.