NHL Mega-Mock Draft Reboot - Discussion / Draft Thread - PHASE EIGHT! Part One!

[DancingPanther]

i'm just going to go the lazy route then...

Reported

 

[BernieParent]

This sounds really interesting.

http://www.preachershelp.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lewis-screwtape-letters.pdf

 

[mja]

Celebrity Chicken?

There’s only one chicken that fits the bill for the NJFZ: Mike the Headless Chicken.

This chicken is such a badass that he survived his own beheading, living for another 18 months. Being able to bounce back from that kind of catastrophe is exactly what Team Owner Sami Kapanen is looking for from every member of our organization, all the way down to celebrity chicken. As for the lookalike component of this pick, we humbly submit that he looks exactly like Mike the Headless Chicken, the most famous single chicken in all of history. If that is playing too fast and loose with the rules in a dimension where mayonnaise is an instrument and catfish a cat breed, then we’ll go ahead with Louis XVI.

@Striiker

 

[Lord Defect]

http://www.preachershelp.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lewis-screwtape-letters.pdf

Thank you kindly.

 

[Striiker]

Team Chicken and Celebrity Lookalike - McDonalds Chicken Nugget and The Rock

@JojoTheWhale

 

[DancingPanther]

Team Chicken and Celebrity Lookalike - McDonalds Chicken Nugget and The Rock

@JojoTheWhale

Quality shitpost

 

[Striiker]

Quality shitpost

Thank you, Mr. Handsome Mustachio.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Right, so now that I've read the list, I know I still need two hockey players. As with the other Defenseman we drafted for our 4th pair, we'll be taking a moonshot here. He's small and there's some risk, but the skills and Primary Point production are exactly the profile I want to bet on long-term.

D Lukas Cormier

@FlyTimmo Let's see if someone else can figure out a different way to draft The Rock.

 

[Striiker]

Right, so now that I've read the list I know I still need two hockey players. As with the other Defenseman we drafted for our 4th pair, we'll be taking a moonshot here. He's small and there's some risk, but the skills and Primary Point production are exactly the profile I want to bet on long-term.

D Lukas Cormier

@FlyTimmo Let's see if someone else can figure out a different way to draft The Rock.

I could literally do it with my next pick, if you'd like.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I could literally do it with my next pick, if you'd like.

I dare you.

 

[Striiker]

I dare you.

Done.

 

[DancingPanther]

Thank you, Mr. Handsome Mustachio.

 

[Striiker]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LOOK AT IT'S LITTLE FACEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[FlyTimmo]

Olli Juolevi, C

@Strawberry Fields

 

[pit]

Celebrity Chicken?

There’s only one chicken that fits the bill for the NJFZ: Mike the Headless Chicken.

This chicken is such a badass that he survived his own beheading, living for another 18 months. Being able to bounce back from that kind of catastrophe is exactly what Team Owner Sami Kapanen is looking for from every member of our organization, all the way down to celebrity chicken. As for the lookalike component of this pick, we humbly submit that he looks exactly like Mike the Headless Chicken, the most famous single chicken in all of history. If that is playing too fast and loose with the rules in a dimension where mayonnaise is an instrument and catfish a cat breed, then we’ll go ahead with Louis XVI.

@Striiker

You can't draft a headless chicken. Robert Hagg was already taken by @FlyTimmo. No duplicates.

 

[BernieParent]

The Las Vegas Desert Ducks will select Nikita Zadorov to round out our players. We will then select... "The Book of Love" by Peter Gabriel as our standalone book. Finally we will select as our Celebrity/Chicken Look alike... Jesus Christ.

No repicks.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Olli Juolevi, C

@Strawberry Fields

Centre?

 

[pit]

No repicks.

I wouldn't get too fusy there on the overlap Bern or you might lose your historical figure.

Round Eight

• Flytimmo - Chicken Jesus

Round Nine

• BernieParent - Jesus of Nazareth

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Right, so now that I've read the list, I know I still need two hockey players. As with the other Defenseman we drafted for our 4th pair, we'll be taking a moonshot here. He's small and there's some risk, but the skills and Primary Point production are exactly the profile I want to bet on long-term.

D Lukas Cormier

@FlyTimmo Let's see if someone else can figure out a different way to draft The Rock.

No duplicates.

 

[BernieParent]

I wouldn't get too fusy there on the overlap Bern or you might lose your historical figure.

Round Eight

• Flytimmo - Chicken Jesus

Round Nine

• BernieParent - Jesus of Nazareth

Jesus is a common name, especially in Latin American countries.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Team book- our author's first novel.

@Captain Dave Poulin

 

[pit]

Jesus is a common name, especially in Latin American countries.

Oh, it seems strange that you would call it a repick then. I think you owe an apology to someone who was clearly referencing a common name.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

This is one of my heroes.

Team Historical Figure - Violette Szabo

"Violette Szabo (1921-1945) worked for 'F' Section in Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. During a mission in France she was captured and imprisoned by the Nazis. She was executed in Ravensbrück concentration camp and posthumously awarded the George Cross, the highest honour given to civilians.

"Violette initially joined the Women’s Land Army when war broke out and then the Auxiliary Territorial Services (ATS) in 1941.

"In July 1940, she had met Etienne Szabo, an officer in the French Foreign Legion. They were married after just five weeks and Violette gave birth to their daughter Tania on 8 June 1942. Four months later Etienne was killed in action in North Africa.

"Shortly after Etienne’s death, Violette was recruited to ‘F’ Section in SOE, whose agents went to occupied France to work against German forces.

"On her first mission to France in April 1944, she acted as courier to Philippe Liewer, whose resistance network in the Rouen area of France had been uncovered by the Gestapo. Violette’s job was to try to and re-establish contact with members of the network and gather vital intelligence.

"Her second mission began on 7 June 1944, the day after D-Day. She, Liewer and another agent parachuted into south-west France, near Limoges, to set up a new network with local resistance groups.

"Three days later Violette was on a courier trip with a resistance leader known as ‘Anastasie’ when they encountered German forces. Their car was stopped at a road block and a gun battle took place. Violette was captured but helped ensure that Anastasie was able to escape.

"After capture, Violette was brutally interrogated in Fresnes prison in Paris before being deported by train to Germany. During the journey the train was attacked by British aircraft and Violette and another female prisoner took the opportunity - at great personal risk - to take water to the male prisoners.

"Violette was executed at Ravensbrück concentration camp in early 1945."

The film "Carve Her Name with Pride" was made to celebrate her bravery.


On the left is a photo of Violette. On the right is a photo of Violette's daughter, Tania, receiving the George Cross for Bravery on January 28, 1947 on her late mother's behalf.

@Lord Defect

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

This is one of my heroes.

Team Historical Figure - Violette Szabo

"Violette Szabo (1921-1945) worked for 'F' Section in Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. During a mission in France she was captured and imprisoned by the Nazis. She was executed in Ravensbrück concentration camp and posthumously awarded the George Cross, the highest honour given to civilians.

"Violette initially joined the Women’s Land Army when war broke out and then the Auxiliary Territorial Services (ATS) in 1941.

"In July 1940, she had met Etienne Szabo, an officer in the French Foreign Legion. They were married after just five weeks and Violette gave birth to their daughter Tania on 8 June 1942. Four months later Etienne was killed in action in North Africa.

"Shortly after Etienne’s death, Violette was recruited to ‘F’ Section in SOE, whose agents went to occupied France to work against German forces.

"On her first mission to France in April 1944, she acted as courier to Philippe Liewer, whose resistance network in the Rouen area of France had been uncovered by the Gestapo. Violette’s job was to try to and re-establish contact with members of the network and gather vital intelligence.

"Her second mission began on 7 June 1944, the day after D-Day. She, Liewer and another agent parachuted into south-west France, near Limoges, to set up a new network with local resistance groups.

"Three days later Violette was on a courier trip with a resistance leader known as ‘Anastasie’ when they encountered German forces. Their car was stopped at a road block and a gun battle took place. Violette was captured but helped ensure that Anastasie was able to escape.

"After capture, Violette was brutally interrogated in Fresnes prison in Paris before being deported by train to Germany. During the journey the train was attacked by British aircraft and Violette and another female prisoner took the opportunity - at great personal risk - to take water to the male prisoners.

"Violette was executed at Ravensbrück concentration camp in early 1945."


On the left is a photo of Violette. On the right is a photo of Violette's daughter, Tania, receiving the George Cross for Bravery on January 28, 1947 on her late mother's behalf.

@Lord Defect

Under what circumstances did you learn about her? Incredible story.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Under what circumstances did you learn about her? Incredible story.

I saw it on a history program - I don't remember when or where.