Fantasy penalty shot: Will you live to see tomorrow?

[Rubi]

I won't. I'm dead as a doornail.
No way Stephen Weiss scores on Ken Dryden.

I'm assuming by born on your birthday he means the day but not the actual year too.... ie. April 3 of any year.

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[HanSolo]

Nice clickbait title mate.

Also Nels Stewart (500 something points in 600 something games in the 1930s) against Tim Thomas. I'm probably f***ed.

 

[Edelweiss]

Born 4th July. High school graduate 1992. Sure think Mike Knuble could score on Tom Barasso. But if not i still hope to live tomorrow.

 

[Treb]

Egil Kalns (I guess Latvian league+some KHL is better than Division I/II Sweden Kristian Frisk) vs Marc-André Fleury
or if we go just by the day
Michel Goulet/Vincent Lecavalier vs Marc-André Fleury

I'm either very dead or very alive.

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

I graduated high school in 2005, so I win unless Stefan is the one taking the shot

 

[kilowatt]

I’m pretty sure this is a phishing/social engineering attempt. Now “they” know your birthday. It’s like “What’s your stripper name? Take the street you grew up on plus your mother’s maiden name!”

 

[Josepho]

Jarome Iginla (if we wanna be more specific about the exact day, then Pierre-Olivier Joseph) vs. Matt Murray.

I'll be fine.

 

[POVERTY]

I hope I die in my sleep tbh

 

[HFBS]

Dreger, is that you?

 

[Teamplaya]

Corey Crawford vs. Rejean Houle, I feel pretty good. Question though: would Wendel Clark be considered better?

 

[Avsboy]

I got Jan Hrdina vs JS Giguere. Doesn't look good.

 

[krutovsdonut]

well, already answered for me in this thread.

 

[leafsfan5]

Mario Lemieux on Brayden Holtby

I'm rather confident in my chances lol

 

[Bergevillain]

[edit] Oops read it wrong.. Gordie Howe v. Patrick Roy!!! I think I'm a gonner, folks.

 

[DFC]

I graduated high school in 2005, so I win unless Stefan is the one taking the shot

Missed Stefan by 15 days. Nate MacKinnon vs. The Empty Net seems good to me.

 

[NoQuitInNewMexico]

The overall NHL shootout percentage is like 30-35%, so I don't think too many of us are in very good shape here

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

I have a choice between Gordie Howe and Pavel Bure. It's against Giguere.

Interesting choices, especially if it's Conn Smythe Giguere.

 

[valet]

Garry galley vs the dominator.... I think I'm dead, although galley does boast a 92% scoring rate on penalty shots. So maybe I do live

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

I’m pretty sure this is a phishing/social engineering attempt. Now “they” know your birthday. It’s like “What’s your stripper name? Take the street you grew up on plus your mother’s maiden name!”

"Send us your street address, house number, and a full list of your biggest fears and win $5 =D "

 

[puckpilot]

If I use the top points producer it would be Stan Smyl vs Tom Barrasso. So, IMHO, it'd be a bit of a dice roll. BUUUUTTT if I got to choose, it'd be Captain Clutch, Mr. 1972, Paul Henderson, things might swing in my favor a little more.

 

[Brodeur]

I graduated high school in 2005, so I win unless Stefan is the one taking the shot

I was sooooo excited circa 1998 to learn that Patrik Stefan and I had the same birthday. One year I decided to put his empty net gaffe on my birthday cake. (For those wondering, the other folks on the cake are my friend, Richard Marx, and Orel Hershiser.)

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Sadly it's pretty slim pickings with former players born on September 16th. The other oddity with my birthday is that it's a day after the draft cutoff. So if Patrik Stefan were a day older, he would have been in the 1998 Draft instead of 1999. Similarly if Patrick Marleau were a day younger, he would have had to wait another year. It's fun to think of the butterfly effect.

In recent years, I would have added Anthony Mantha and Brady Tkachuk as my potential shooters against Chris Osgood. I might have a decent chance at seeing tomorrow.

Edit - Small sample size but in terms of shootouts: Osgood (61%, 41/67), Mantha (0%, 0/1), Tkachuk (none, amazingly Ottawa only had one shootout last season)

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

Answering this question reveals your date of birth as well as the year you graduated high school.

Seems like a great way to get this data from a lot of people...

 

[MMMOOOWWW]

Brett Hull vs Mike Vernon

 

[Kairi Zaide]

David Krejci would have to score on his teammate Tim Thomas.

 

[SCampo98]

Maybe. David Backes or William Nylander shooting on Matt Murray. I think I have a chance