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

[Lord Defect]

Happy ghostbusters day.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Have to make this one very quick, sorry. When I picked Jan Suchý last phase, the other name I was considering was his countryman who had a much longer peak, D František Pospíšil.

@FlyTimmo Stuff and things.

 

[GKJ]

So many drafts, so little time.

Ok, I guess I need to draft a currency, and one thing I know never loses value, never can be lost or stolen (well maybe sometimes but easy enough to get back), and can also replenish your stock of life, and that are the coins from Super Mario Bros.

Whenever you hear this sound:



It's the sound of money

 

[Lord Defect]

So many drafts, so little time.

Ok, I guess I need to draft a currency, and one thing I know never loses value, never can be lost or stolen (well maybe sometimes but easy enough to get back), and can also replenish your stock of life, and that are the coins from Super Mario Bros.

Whenever you hear this sound:



It's the sound of money

Excellent pick

 

[FlyTimmo]

My notable team fan will be Dennis Rodman

@ajgoal

 

[Lord Defect]

My notable team fan will be Dennis Rodman

@ajgoal

Damn you. That was my lock to get the North Korean fans.

 

[ajgoal]

She can lead cheers, or she can slay vampires. Either way, we're happy. Plus, her Albanian heritage fills a void in our Central European collection.

Team Cheerleader: Eliza Dushku

@Hurricane28

 

[DancingPanther]

Good morning to all the laundromat robots of the future. We mean you no harm!

We start the day with @GKJ still on the clock for another hour, @JojoTheWhale on deck, @FlyTimmo on the lido deck, and ajgoal on the lido afterdeck. If you are wondering where I am while all this is happening, I'm driving the boat. Obviously. I'm the f***ing captain, yo.

Ugh. You know what's f***ed up? American animation. There's something on now (left over from something I DVRed last night) called "Housebroken." It has all these celebrity voiceovers, right, and they are all these people who are massively overexposed. Like you know Will Arnett? He's not in this, but he is so massively overexposed, and his voice is so recognizable (since it is constantly in our f***ing ears) that you can't suspend your disbelief at all and see the character - you see Will Arnett's voice synched to a shittily-made cartoon. He's not in this as far as I can tell, but that Jason guy who played Dennis Feinstein in "Parks & Rec" is on there, and it's just like "This guy, again?" I don't know, it's irritating me and my tits.

At least we weren't born on Long Island, right? Or Manhattan. Or the f***ing Bronx. Or Brooklyn. Or Staten Island. Or f***ing ... the Bowery, or whatever. New York is a shithole.

@JojoTheWhale

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

@JojoTheWhale

Obviously not. It's about New York on Earth Prime. You know. The shithole.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Absolutely brutal.

We start the day with @DancingPanther on the clock, @BernieParent on deck, @BernieParent on the lido deck, and @DancingPanther on the lido afterdeck.

Here was how yesterday left us feeling:

Here is how today will leave us feeling:

 

[DancingPanther]

Word to your mothas

We're going with Steve Reinprecht, C, because his name was also hilariously emphasized every time no matter the on ice situation in the NHL games.

@BernieParent our grass desperately needs a mowing

 

[BernieParent]

Word to your mothas

We're going with Steve Reinprecht, C, because his name was also hilariously emphasized every time no matter the on ice situation in the NHL games.

@BernieParent our grass desperately needs a mowing

Thanks, DP. I can give you grass-care encouragement from a distance due to my increasing embrace of this tenet of advancing age:

Now for the business at hand. Times 2.

"The Tampa Bay FireSticks are extremely pleased to select, as our franchise weatherman, one of the first African American meteorologists and a leader and example on the highest level of sports competition. Archie Williams was born in 1915, in Oakland. He was brought up in the modest living of a single-parent household in the Depression and endured the all-too-typical racial discrimination of the time. He was an indifferent student through high school, but a friend encouraged Mr. Williams to apply for junior college, where he excelled in his science courses and was accepted at the University of California at Berkeley in 1935.

"At Berkeley, not only did Mr. Williams continue his academic success, but he earned a spot on the university track team. His running improved and he won the NCAA championships in 1936. That summer, he qualified as one of nine African Americans – alongside fellow track competitor Jesse Owens – to represent the United States in the Berlin Olympic Games. Mr. Williams won gold in the 400 m race, Owens won 5 gold and the US track team brought home 13 medals, thanks to the bravery and fierce determination of these African American athletes in the heart of Nazi Germany.

"Shortly after returning to the US, Mr. Williams' track career ended with a series of hamstring injuries. However, he continued his principal ambition to becoming an engineer; however, campus engineering societies were not open to African American students. Mr. Williams began working as a flying instructor through the Civilian Pilot Training Program, and began training the first black military pilots at Tuskegee Army Flying School in Alabama. These trainees became part of the Fighting 99th Squadron, who distinguish themselves in combat over North Africa, then Italy and the rest of Europe.

"The dire need for wartime weather forecasters gave Mr. Williams the opportunity to put his engineering knowledge into action as a weather officer (lieutenant) forecasting and mapping weather for the military. After the air force was desegregated, Mr. Williams obtained a degree in aeronautical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology, and was instrumental (so to speak) in forecasting weather while flying missions over Korea. He made a career as meteorologist for a number of air bases, in New York, Alaska, and California, finally retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 1965.

"After the military, Mr. Williams obtained a teacher's license and taught high school math and computer science in San Francisco. He taught for 20 years and passed away at age 78 in 1993."

And now it is the turn of @BernieParent.

 

[BernieParent]

Thank you, @BernieParent. What an excellent and masterfully researched choice!

"The owners of the Tampa Bay FireSticks believe that 'cheerleader' should evoke the ideal of beauty through athleticism, grace, and artistry. We can think of no one who better embodies these qualities than the most decorated American gymnast, Simone Biles. Her physics-defying routines are stunning in their fluidity, technical precision, and absolute magic.



Ms. Biles also uses her fame positively to partner with Mattress Firm Foster Kids in support of foster children, of whom she was one at the age of 3 before she could be adopted by her maternal grandfather. Through Ms. Biles, the FireSticks will contribute regularly to this very worthy cause."

Back around the horn to @DancingPanther.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

#Levels

 

[BernieParent]

For the curious among you, if you @mention yourself in your own post, you do not receive an alert. Thank you for your attention to this important Public Service Announcement.

 

[DancingPanther]

Thank you, @BernieParent. What an excellent and masterfully researched choice!

"The owners of the Tampa Bay FireSticks believe that 'cheerleader' should evoke the ideal of beauty through athleticism, grace, and artistry. We can think of no one who better embodies these qualities than the most decorated American gymnast, Simone Biles. Her physics-defying routines are stunning in their fluidity, technical precision, and absolute magic.



Ms. Biles also uses her fame positively to partner with Mattress Firm Foster Kids in support of foster children, of whom she was one at the age of 3 before she could be adopted by her maternal grandfather. Through Ms. Biles, the FireSticks will contribute regularly to this very worthy cause."

Back around the horn to @DancingPanther.

Simone is a great pick. One of the best athletes to ever walk the planet.

 

[DancingPanther]

Completing the draft's most punctual portion, Providence plans to pick Radovan Somik to play RW. Now THERE is a mediocre mid 2000s name drop. Beautiful

@Hurricane28 is up, but he was skipped last time. Can @ajgoal go then?

 

[BernieParent]

Completing the draft's most punctual portion, Providence plans to pick Radovan Somik to play RW. Now THERE is a mediocre mid 2000s name drop. Beautiful

@Hurricane28 is up, but he was skipped last time. Can @ajgoal go then?

 

[DancingPanther]

Out here killin this shit Bernmeister

 

[ajgoal]

Skip me when i come up. Will picck in the evening.

 

[Rebels57]

Thank you, @BernieParent. What an excellent and masterfully researched choice!

"The owners of the Tampa Bay FireSticks believe that 'cheerleader' should evoke the ideal of beauty through athleticism, grace, and artistry. We can think of no one who better embodies these qualities than the most decorated American gymnast, Simone Biles. Her physics-defying routines are stunning in their fluidity, technical precision, and absolute magic.



Ms. Biles also uses her fame positively to partner with Mattress Firm Foster Kids in support of foster children, of whom she was one at the age of 3 before she could be adopted by her maternal grandfather. Through Ms. Biles, the FireSticks will contribute regularly to this very worthy cause."

Back around the horn to @DancingPanther.

What a choice.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

@FlyTimmo so with ajgoal saying to skip him, I think it's you.

 

[FlyTimmo]

Also skip.

@JojoTheWhale

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Completing the draft's most punctual portion, Providence plans to pick Radovan Somik to play RW. Now THERE is a mediocre mid 2000s name drop. Beautiful

@Hurricane28 is up, but he was skipped last time. Can @ajgoal go then?

Yes, he can.

Oops.

@Hurricane28 make two picks when you come on.

 

[DancingPanther]

Cap isn't mad, he's disappointed