Lakehurst, NJ. A knock sounds on New Jersey Flaming Zeppelins Head of Non-Hockey Operations mja’s office door.
“Hey, Captain Kopi! Big fan! Come right in and sit down. How are you doing?”
“Hmmm, I get the sense that you are unhappy. Is everything ok, Kopi?”
“It’s about the redraft.”
“Redraft? It’s a dumb category. All of our selections have been absolutely perfect. I’m just going to loophole it and re-pick Z. Cavaricci’s again instead.”
“Yeah, about that, the guys have asked me to tell you to f*** off and get us real clothes or a real shoe. I mean, sabots? Come the hell on. We can’t walk around in those things.”
“Hey, if it was good enough for Industrial Age peasants, it’s good enough. Also, what do you mean real clothes, I totally rocked those Z. Cavs back in the day.”
“Those are awful and we hate you for picking them, but the sabots, we’re ready to kill you for picking those.”
“Well, fine. But I can only redraft one thing, so it’s apparel or shoes.”
“Allbirds.”
“Allgovernmentdrones, you mean?”
“Huh?”
“Never mind, there’s this brat in Allentown who thinks birds aren’t real.”
“Strange child.”
“You have no idea, he’s a real delinquent.”
“Very sad. Anyway. Allbirds. Most comfortable shoes in the world.”
“You mean those trendy yet affordable, practical and sustainably-resourced super comfortable shoes out of New Zealand? I’m typically not big on trendy, but I just picked up a pair of those myself on a friend’s recommendation. I’ve got bad feet and honestly it feels like walking on clouds. Walked all around Center City Philly the other day, even walked right past Claude Giroux, who seemed a bit stiff, I’m guessing from the broken foot. I don’t think he was wearing Allbirds though and maybe that would have helped. Also, could have just been the weight of the terrible knowledge that he was selected by the worst franchise in the Quackverse, but I digress…..Ok, Kopi, you sold me. For our Re-Draft, the NJFZ select
Allbirds (they even tie in with our flight theme!) as
Official Team Shoe.”
“We good, Kopi?”
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