NHL Mega-Mock Draft Reboot - Discussion / Draft Thread - PHASE ELEVEN! Part ONE!

[ajgoal]

We did team beat writer, which is basically the same thing.

Also fits some of the team message board poster picks.

 

[Magua]

I’ve seen the show, but I don’t get this at all.

My memes are layered.

 

[Young Sandwich]

Or maybe he just wants a reason to wear a Stetson and chaps, and drink whiskey in a saloon while spitting in a spatoon.

Spoken like someone with the deepest of hidden fetishes. Let it out buddy, it'll be worth it in the end.

 

[Lord Defect]

Spoken like someone with the deepest of hidden fetishes. Let it out buddy, it'll be worth it in the end.

I’ll buy the Stetson as soon as the park opens.

Wait, who’s end?

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I’ll buy the Stetson as soon as the park opens.

Wait, who’s end?

Violent ones.

 

[Magua]

I just realized what amusement park @FlyTimmo should take.

Must. Not. Tip.

 

[GKJ]

When I saw there would be a team cheese, it spoke to me. Because I love cheese. Some people don’t like cheese and those people are bad and should feel bad.

it is also already my second cheese since I took provolone cheese as a previous dealers choice.

I used to work at a supermarket years ago and for a time we were trying to be upscale like wegman’s who had just opened up in like 2006 or something.

they commissioned some dude to come in once a week to make fresh mozzarella cheese, and we took like half the samples each week and then we’d take it home fresh. I’d eat it like it was an apple.

so I now need mozzarella cheese

@Rebels57

 

[FlyTimmo]

I just realized what amusement park @FlyTimmo should take.

Must. Not. Tip.

Do tell. My DMs are open.

 

[BiggE]

Went to a friend’s 60th birthday party tonight, a tasting of 7 bourbons was included. So uh, I’ll see y’all in the morning

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if Hagg hogged all the haggis?

We start the day with @Rebels57 on the clock, @mja on deck, and @Chuck Downie on the lido deck with a pair of picks and a pair of scissors sticking out of the chest of Isaac the Bartender, who had the audacity to ask our clown what he would like to drink. Rest in peace in pieces. Right on.

Like a sophomore who failed to study for his Mythology midterm, today is all about the Forgotten Gods for me. Yesterday I nuked the end of the Ashes of Malmouth campaign, and it wore me the f*** out. I crashed for like an hour in the late morning. Then I went in to do bounties, trying to raise my rep with the Coven of Ugdenbog, obviously, but they kept sending me into the Ashen f***ing Waste and that other one, then the Immolation, for f***'s sake. You guys know what I'm talking about. Pure stress and fear. It wore me right out, and I crashed again for an hour in the evening. But I soldier on, or rather blademaster on.

If you have some sort of emergency and need me for something, Venmo me the details along with a cashier's check in the amount you would deem fair and, more importantly, I would deem fair, along with a self-addressed stamped envelope. Don't worry, I'll recycle that bitch.

 

[mja]

Right after I post this, @Rebels57 is going to make his pick, which I won't see because I'll be sitting on a beach for the next few hours.

 

[DancingPanther]

As if this needs to be said.

Team spite: antivaxxers. That includes the Phillies. Especially the Phillies. f*** everybody. Vaccines cause adults.

@Strawberry Fields

Tonight, a day shifter covered my partner who is on vacation. So I got to hear all about how there's tons of evidence of neurological symptoms from the covid vaccine if you look on "uncensored" (he literally said that word...like, what? So...bullshit disinformation blogs??) google searches and how Dr. Doctor apparently vetoed one of our pharmacist's medical exemption requests by saying "you can't trust NEJM because it isn't peer reviewed" after presenting I guess some "evidence" from some shitty study that says if you got covid you antibodies are good enough. Which 1) I don't think there are studies that show that and 2) Dr. Doctor didn't say that because of course he knows NEJM is peer reviewed. That's whisper down the lane shit. You wanna know what he probably said to him? "Your study is horseshit", which probably turned into, during the he said she said he said game, "Dr. Doctor doesn't trust the NEJM". I do, however, know of a study of 6000+ people showing vax+booster is more robust than infection. Oh, and there's the whole delta variant ordeal, where the vax protects against that too.

Going back to the neurological evidence nonsense, this guy thinks he got Gillian Barre Syndrome from the vaccine even though he had a stomach infection the week prior, which campylobacter is commonly associated with, which oh by the way, is commonly linked to GBS. Common in that when you see the uncommon spontaneous GBS, campy is usually on the differential as the culprit. True story, he actually was recently admitted with what most believe to be GBS.

One time I almost got into it. He was like "well (pharmacist who got vetoed) is young and heathy and has a zero percent chance of dying but definitely has some chance of dying from pericarditis from the vaccine" I was like homie? Really? A zero percent chance? No chance at all? And he just kept going nope no no nope. And I said what about the otherwise healthy 27 year old who died on ECMO? She was in our ICU for 7 weeks?

He literally said this. He said:

"He is more healthy than she was."

I literally can't do this.

That was just about when his supervisor, who was in the pharmacy while he was ranting, took him away. "you at a good spot to take a break for a sec?" and kept him til 7:05. Which left me alone for 30 mins, but honestly? I didn't even f***ing mind. f*** everybody. I hope he got his ass handed to him

 

[Lord Defect]

Tonight, a day shifter covered my partner who is on vacation. So I got to hear all about how there's tons of evidence of neurological symptoms from the covid vaccine if you look on "uncensored" (he literally said that word...like, what? So...bullshit disinformation blogs??) google searches and how Dr. Doctor apparently vetoed one of our pharmacist's medical exemption requests by saying "you can't trust NEJM because it isn't peer reviewed" after presenting I guess some "evidence" from some shitty study that says if you got covid you antibodies are good enough. Which 1) I don't think there are studies that show that and 2) Dr. Doctor didn't say that because of course he knows NEJM is peer reviewed. That's whisper down the lane shit. You wanna know what he probably said to him? "Your study is horseshit", which probably turned into, during the he said she said he said game, "Dr. Doctor doesn't trust the NEJM". I do, however, know of a study of 6000+ people showing vax+booster is more robust than infection. Oh, and there's the whole delta variant ordeal, where the vax protects against that too.

Going back to the neurological evidence nonsense, this guy thinks he got Gillian Barre Syndrome from the vaccine even though he had a stomach infection the week prior, which campylobacter is commonly associated with, which oh by the way, is commonly linked to GBS. Common in that when you see the uncommon spontaneous GBS, campy is usually on the differential as the culprit. True story, he actually was recently admitted with what most believe to be GBS.

One time I almost got into it. He was like "well (pharmacist who got vetoed) is young and heathy and has a zero percent chance of dying but definitely has some chance of dying from pericarditis from the vaccine" I was like homie? Really? A zero percent chance? No chance at all? And he just kept going nope no no nope. And I said what about the otherwise healthy 27 year old who died on ECMO? She was in our ICU for 7 weeks?

He literally said this. He said:

"He is more healthy than she was."

I literally can't do this.

That was just about when his supervisor, who was in the pharmacy while he was ranting, took him away. "you at a good spot to take a break for a sec?" and kept him til 7:05. Which left me alone for 30 mins, but honestly? I didn't even f***ing mind. f*** everybody. I hope he got his ass handed to him

You seem fired up, and I so want to egg you on, but I’ll behave for once.

 

[Rebels57]

PORTLAND FOG TEAM CHEESE

This category is a real Sophie's Choice for me. As an Italian, I feel like grated cheese is an absolute necessity on pasta dishes. However, I also can't imagine certain sandwiches without certain cheese. I have to make a pick though, and that pick will be:

PARMIGIANO-REGGIANO aka PARMESAN for you lay-people.

Perfect for grating or crumbling over pasta, but just as good eaten as slices with or without crackers. I also enjoy dripping a balsamic vinegar reduction over chunks of it for a snack.

@mja

 

[BernieParent]

Tonight, a day shifter covered my partner who is on vacation. So I got to hear all about how there's tons of evidence of neurological symptoms from the covid vaccine if you look on "uncensored" (he literally said that word...like, what? So...bullshit disinformation blogs??) google searches and how Dr. Doctor apparently vetoed one of our pharmacist's medical exemption requests by saying "you can't trust NEJM because it isn't peer reviewed" after presenting I guess some "evidence" from some shitty study that says if you got covid you antibodies are good enough. Which 1) I don't think there are studies that show that and 2) Dr. Doctor didn't say that because of course he knows NEJM is peer reviewed. That's whisper down the lane shit. You wanna know what he probably said to him? "Your study is horseshit", which probably turned into, during the he said she said he said game, "Dr. Doctor doesn't trust the NEJM". I do, however, know of a study of 6000+ people showing vax+booster is more robust than infection. Oh, and there's the whole delta variant ordeal, where the vax protects against that too.

Going back to the neurological evidence nonsense, this guy thinks he got Gillian Barre Syndrome from the vaccine even though he had a stomach infection the week prior, which campylobacter is commonly associated with, which oh by the way, is commonly linked to GBS. Common in that when you see the uncommon spontaneous GBS, campy is usually on the differential as the culprit. True story, he actually was recently admitted with what most believe to be GBS.

One time I almost got into it. He was like "well (pharmacist who got vetoed) is young and heathy and has a zero percent chance of dying but definitely has some chance of dying from pericarditis from the vaccine" I was like homie? Really? A zero percent chance? No chance at all? And he just kept going nope no no nope. And I said what about the otherwise healthy 27 year old who died on ECMO? She was in our ICU for 7 weeks?

He literally said this. He said:

"He is more healthy than she was."

I literally can't do this.

That was just about when his supervisor, who was in the pharmacy while he was ranting, took him away. "you at a good spot to take a break for a sec?" and kept him til 7:05. Which left me alone for 30 mins, but honestly? I didn't even f***ing mind. f*** everybody. I hope he got his ass handed to him

So very frustrating speaking with people who handpick their information like it's a buffet and don't try to consider what the whole picture indicates. Here's a great quote from A.J. Housman (1903): "... gentlemen who use manuscripts as drunkards use lamp-posts,—not to light them on their way but to dissimulate [ie, hide] their instability.” We all have biases and we want our beliefs to be true. I know I am frequently guilty of this. But the only honest path is to keep searching out new information to expand our understanding of the world around us.

A close friend of mine, who is among the most analytical people I know, keeps expressing his skepticism about the COVID data, but simply says he has a sense that it isn't accurate. What a cop out. The value of truth is truly through the floor these days because we all want to shape it to our own understanding.

See? Now you have me all up in arms!

 

[mja]

PORTLAND FOG TEAM CHEESE

This category is a real Sophie's Choice for me. As an Italian, I feel like grated cheese is an absolute necessity on pasta dishes. However, I also can't imagine certain sandwiches without certain cheese. I have to make a pick though, and that pick will be:

PARMIGIANO-REGGIANO aka PARMESAN for you lay-people.

Perfect for grating or crumbling over pasta, but just as good eaten as slices with or without crackers. I also enjoy dripping a balsamic vinegar reduction over chunks of it for a snack.

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@mja

I got bad news for you. Parmigiano-Reggiano is my team currency.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I got bad news for you. Parmigiano-Reggiano is my team currency.

It's a grey area... Cap is going to love this one.

Team Cheese - The only cheese, etc. Same sort of thing as the bread.

So we go to Team Bread:

Team Bread - The bread you are bringing with you. This is the only bread you will have for the rest of eternity, not including that bread which is part of other choices. As far as duplicates go, don’t worry if your bread is part of someone’s previous sandwich/dish - we are just concerned with not having duplicates within this category.

Makes you wonder.

#Loopholes

 

[mja]

It's a grey area... Cap is going to love this one.



So we go to Team Bread:



Makes you wonder.

#Loopholes

I think it's consistent. The ingredient is mine, but you can have dish that uses it. You just can't also have the ingredient, even if I'm using it in another category.

 

[mja]

I'm going to hold off on making a pick, since I'm likely picking a cheese.

 

[Young Sandwich]

It's a grey area... Cap is going to love this one.



So we go to Team Bread:



Makes you wonder.

#Loopholes

Tough to watch. I do not envy you and Cap when having to make these highly polarizing decisions.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I mean the spirit of the entire thing is that he should have to re-pick because it's already claimed but I do love myself a good loophole and Cap's wording made one.

 

[Rebels57]

f*** it just give me Pecorino-Romano than.

 

[BiggE]

Our next 2 picks will be made by

and

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

@mja you can go.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

It's a grey area... Cap is going to love this one.



So we go to Team Bread:



Makes you wonder.

#Loopholes

I really don't understand why you want to destroy the thing you created, but pretty soon I am going to start trying to destroy it also.