Captain Dave Poulin
Imaginary Cat
his never ending Funko Pop collection.
I have one of those, and if I ever get back to the point where I have actual money, it is probably going to balloon out of control.
his never ending Funko Pop collection.
You’ve drafted a lot of guys who I had ranked higher than they went. Almost everyone I had on short lists for my own picks.
Booo“… for the third and last time, Pittsburgh Seng … I mean, Penguins are up for the 98th overall pick. If no pick is made in the next 5 minutes …” (hand over mic) “Please, please, let that **** Lemieux be far, far away” “… then the pick will …”
“WAIT!!”
All eyes turn to the south entrance, where GM Jim Rutherford is running up the aisle, shirt tails flapping over his pants and his tie and suit jacket in his hands.
“Jim, where have you been? And where’s Mario?”
Rutherford stops at the bottom of the stage stairs, hands on his knees as he sucks air into his lungs. “Goldurn it, when we got here, Mr. Lemieux …
“MASTER!! Where’s the Master?!” squeals Dorion.
“What the …? Get away from me! What in tarnation are you?”
Dorion scrabbles back under the Senguin table.
“Yeah, uh, Mr. Lemieux told me to stay out of his way, and since he has been so focused on the Senators, we were just left to wait for our actual next pick. Well, come 2 hours and still about 40 picks left to go, I couldn’t keep my eyes open. It was way past my afternoon nap time, so I tells Mr. Lemieux that I’m gonna grab a quick nap. He hardly even looked at me, just swished me away with his hand. Next thing I know, I gets a call from Sid sayin’ our pick is comin’ up. Ya think I know how to work this cellular telephone, dagnabbit?!
“Anyway, here I am for the pick. So … umm, we sure wouldn’t be disappointed if somebody had a decent defenseman to trade us for it. Nope, sure wouldn’t.”
“How about Nikita Zaitsev?” yells out a despondent-looking Kyle Dubas.
“That’s a GREAT idea! Let’s just draw up the …”
“NO!!!!” comes a chorus from the Penguins table.
“Why not?” Rutherford shoots back. “A good, young defenseman, with offensive and defensive ability.”
A young intern leaps up on stage and whispers a long string of advanced metrics into Rutherford’s ear.
“Mmm hmmm, okay. And those numbers are important?"
The intern nods.
"Sorry Kyle.”
Dubas pops a small handful of antidepressants and pulls his hoodie closer around his ears.
“Anyone else? Come on, I am VERY ready to make a deal for …”
The same intern says, “Sir, I was told to speak for the whole Penguins contingent, and …”
“Even Sid?”
“Yes, sir, even Mr. Crosby. We believe the best course of action is to actually select a prospect.”
“What fun is that?”
“Well, sir, our prospect list is rather barren from years of pursuing Stanley Cups.”
Rutherford exhales loudly. “Fine, if we have to! But I don’t even know any of the young’uns available.”
The intern passes Rutherford a sheet of paper.
“Oh, okay. Fine. How about …. Umm, this guy? His name looks like a foreigner. They’re good hockey players, right?”
The intern nods awkwardly.
“All right, so the Pittsburgh Penguins are pleased to select with the …”
“98th pick, sir.”
"… the 98th pick – wow, I didn’t know there were so many picks – from Jukurit of the Finnish Elite League, centre Henri Nikkanen.”
@ajw12 has been summoned.
Damn. He was tops on my list for 112.
He was one of the two players I nearly took at 96 before deciding on Lacombe at the literal last second.Damn. He was tops on my list for 112.
I figured it would be touch & go with Lundmark making it to 112; same with Lacombe as another option. Not surprised both didn’t make it to me.He was one of the two players I nearly took at 96 before deciding on Lacombe at the literal last second.
Agreed, I went with the expectations that I'm not getting either with my next pick.I figured it would be touch & go with Lundmark making it to 112; same with Lacombe as another option. Not surprised both didn’t make it to me.
Damnit!! And there goes the guy I had neck & neck with Lundmark. Fully expected this, though.Edmonton selects from Tolpar in the MHL, Left Hand Defenseman СЕМЕН ЧИСТЯКОВ (Seymon Chistyakov)
@johum7 is up
11 | Victor Soderstrom | D |
41 | Nathan Legare | RW |
65 | Jamieson Rees | C |
72 | Marshall Warren | D |
103 | Karl Henriksson | C |
King of the Panthers, Dale Tallon is super cross after many players on his draft board have been chosen. He consults with longtime friend and ruler of Habs Nation, Marc Bergevin.
"You have to get younger" says Bergevin. Tallon takes this to heart and drafts a baby:
"Didn't mean and actual baby...but I will draft the youngest player in the draft" says Tallon.
Selects Martin Lang from Kamloops.
Martin Lang at eliteprospects.com
Bergevin interrupts - "Lang was born on a leap year so he's not eligible until next year!!!!".
"Forget it, Marc, we tried that in 2003 with Ovechkin. Won't work."
https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/washington-capitals/how-florida-tried-draft-ovechkin-year-early
@Flyerfan13 is up!
No.Well...I do love Swedes and Soderstrom needs friends. Do you guys remembered Henrik Karlsson? Not him, but it's close.
Karl Henriksson
We, the Flyers absolutely love this stat/award and expect big things:
He did some other cool stuff too, but nothing like that +/- statistic.
- J20 SuperElit (South) Best Plus/Minus (+25)
- J20 SuperElit (Overall) Best Plus/Minus (+35)
- J18 Allsvenskan (South) Best Plus/Minus (+17)
@Chuck Downie I see you are ready to go! Get em!
That Bacon and Egg thing you got going on is a Beauty! Not sure I ever said that so I wanted it to get some recognition.King of the Panthers, Dale Tallon is super cross after many players on his draft board have been chosen. He consults with longtime friend and ruler of Habs Nation, Marc Bergevin.
"You have to get younger" says Bergevin. Tallon takes this to heart and drafts the baby:
"Didn't mean an actual baby...but I will draft the youngest player in the draft" says Tallon.
Selects Martin Lang from Kamloops.
Martin Lang at eliteprospects.com
Bergevin interrupts - "Lang was born on a leap year so he's not eligible until next year!!!!".
"Forget it, Marc, we tried something like that in 2003 with Ovechkin. Won't work."
https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/washington-capitals/how-florida-tried-draft-ovechkin-year-early
@Flyerfan13 is up!
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That Bacon and Egg thing you got going on is a Beauty! Not sure I ever said that so I wanted it to get some recognition.