Mongoose87

1. It will be four games. That is all. 2. Booberry, definitely. From all those times he lifted the team onto his back. 4. James Teekirque is finally shooting and scoring, and with that five point sim to open, he's an early favorite. 5. I know people say he's a jerk, hit Jack Eichel and I had similar injuries and both had to wait to get the surgery we wanted, so I relate to him. 6. I always liked Paul Martin because he was like Cool Hand Luke out there. Not fancy, but he could play 22 a night and you wouldn't sweat it. 7. These days, no. I used to listen to some of my history audiobooks. They're quite dense, so when you're tired, they put you right out.

1. I've picked up the goals a bit lately, I think I could hit 40, now. 2. James uses Federation issue equipment. It's very high tech and definitely not a wooden prop with shiny spray paint. 4. I always thought it would be funny to have two cats and name one Garfunkel but not name the other Simon. 6. Well, the Timo Meier trade will not just be big this playoff, I think he'll probably get an extension and be a game changer long term in Jersey. 7. I'd rather not move, but if I have to, I'll go back to Ottawa. 8. The Bakshi Lord of the Rings cartoon. I know people say it's terrible, but I used to watch it with my family every summer when my grandparents visited. It was before the Jackson Lord of the Rings movies, it was the best we had. Plus the Ring Wraiths were really creepy.

1. Righty. I shoot right, too, which is strange, I gather. 2. Probably the penalty shot competition. He has a flair for the dramatic. 4. Whichever one is presently starting their backup goalie. 5. Well, my previous player was on the inaugural Miami Marauders, so I'd bring them up, and I'd send down Helsinki. 7. I think it was the original, side scrolling Duke Nukem, on my grandfather's old Windows 3.1 PC, though he had a pile of those old DOS games I could be forgetting. 8. Probably not. You have to be really bad to get that pick. Now, Bedard plus the right moves? Maybe.

1. Not really. I thought he would be shooting a lot more and therefore scoring more. He finished in the top 10 in goals last year, this year, he's nobody. 3. Makes a lot of sense for the Rangers. They've got to win while Shesterkin is on his entry -level deal. His real contract is going to kill their cap. 4. I'm a simple man, I like a good margherita pizza. 6. I cheer for the Penguins and whoever is playing the Flyers. Doubly so if that's the Penguins. 8. Well, don't want to give any spoilers, but I just used my free game game the Christmas raffle and the lead from Disco Elysium was a really well written character. 9. Bob and Linda Belcher. They manage to be a humorous TV couple while still being relatively realistic and having a healthy loving relationship.

1. Edmonton. You've got those two prime forwards, and it's a lot easier to build up the rest of that mess in a video game. Wait, shit, are they good now? 3. I'm chewing on Jaromir Jagère, the Quebecois-Czech winger. My only hesitation is that it'll be harder to make jokes. 4. I have been using this name ever since Dale Gribble on King of the Hill released a mongoose into Megalo Mart to find a snake he had released into there to deal with rats. 5. I really hope I don't have to spell it out, but it's a play on James T Kirk. Everyone knows who that is, right? 6. I have watched the All-Star game once in my entire life (I'm in my 30s). It was because my roommate put it on. I think that says it. 8. Pretty unlikely, considering you can probably count the number of Michigan goals in NHL history on your hands.

1. We're probably a little unrealistically hot right now, I think we'll probably finish second or third. 2. No sir! TBH, I thought I'd be the runaway scoring leader for us, this season. 3. We've won different games different ways, so I have to look to a who, and that who is Alex, the GM that built this team. 5. Mario Lemieux, for a while, but when I got old enough to have a real opinion, Alexei Kovalev. The man just had this unparalleled wrist shot. 6. I don't think it was a great move for them. Why is a forward going to forgo the money of the open market to sign with a bad team that will suppress his scoring? 7. Waaaay back when YouTube was brand new, a friend of mine made a montage of scenes from the various Harry Potter movies called "Harry Potter and the Closest of Secrets" that was about him and Ron secretly being in a relationship.

1. I think it was 17. I either chose that because it was in the Enterprise's designation or because of a terrible cover of a Sinatra song. 3. Gonna pick a real dark horse here -Patrick Roy. 5. The Flyers should, they can change it to a toilet seat. 6. Obviously it varies by age, but for a long time it was Darkwing Duck. Honestly, I can imagine any recreation being any good, because I would bet the original wasn't, either. 7. Goon was a real lighting in a bottle sort of film, I don't think you can just go out and make a movie that good. 8. I'm going to assume this is regardless of financial or health implications. T-bone steak. It's got two different cuts right there, all the variety I need.

1. I'm not upgrading any. It's my last season before depreciation, I'm banking it all. 2. Solid. It was a typical Alex draft - minimize gambling, get your guys. Quality over quantity. 5. I like career modes, so every improvement made to the Be a Pro mode is a good move, IMO. I've heard the current version isn't very good 6. Star Wars. The Empire Strikes Back is brilliant. If that was the only movie in the series, people would still talk about it 7. Babylon by Don McLean. That's right, American Pie isn't his only song. 8. Depends on your definition of "replay". I've sunk more hours into Crusader Kings II than any other, but it doesn't really have a plot. I think I've played Betrayal at Krondor the whole way through the most times, to age myself.

1. James booked himself a trip to Florida. You can see how it's going in my latest graphics PT. 2. I did not, but that was mostly a factor of me not paying much attention to the North American Conference. 3. David DAvid DaVid DOvid David'S 5. Those CHL trades are nuts, but you can see why they go for them. Everyone will remember a Memorial Cup, no one will remember that you were bad for a few seasons. 6. I'd say it's 50-50. For RPGs, my first playthrough is usually based on myself. For sports, I'm all over the place. For example, some of my players are named after characters from popular TV shows. 7. No. For example, in this sketch, the laugh track takes you right out of an otherwise very moving sequence.

1. WE NEED MORE SACRIFICES. SIMON T DEMANDS SOULS. 3. Yes. If I tape it around the blade, and up near the end, I play well. If I tape it to my dog, I play poorly. 4. Gritty, mostly because after the initial amusement, he's kind of become played out. 5. Jeff Carter. Most people think he's gotten pretty bad. The truth is that he's worse. 6. No. I think I've watched the world juniors once in my whole life. 7. Adam Fox. That settles your top D for over a decade, unless you really blow it.

1. Are you kidding? Starfleet regulations strictly prohibited that sort of uniform violation. 3. Yeah, those sorts of things are fun. You can optimize the settings to maximize goals, too. 4. I think this is my third year. I came right before the pandemic. Honestly, I'm surprised I lasted this long. 7. I've well-established my love for Geno Malkin, but I already have one of his. I probably should get a Crosby, too, since he is one of the most important players in franchise history 8. I'd like to introduce an award for the best offensive performance by a defenseman. I think the waters are too muddy on the Norris. By doing this, you'd eliminate situations where either an amazing offensive season is FISTED ANALLY BY A CIRCUS MONKEY because of defensive deficiency, like Mike Green's 30 goal season. Call it the Orr. 9. I'm going to call out a dark horse for this one - Matt Murray. No, not an own-goal. No, I will not take further questions.

The president covered in my ink! What an honor!

I don't know how much longer I can do this for.

The same deviled egg

1. The David Davidson Award for David's Davos Davachievement. 2. There are a few obvious ones: Davidstea, David Suzuki, the Database for Annotation, Visualization, and Integrated Discovery. 3. McDavid - that's how fast he is, both 1 and 2. 6. Bob's Burgers "The Last Gingerbread House on the Left". Pretty much any from Bob's Burgers. 7. The Winston-Salem War on Christmas. The logo is Santa Claus clutch a bazooka, backed by an explosion. 8. My wife and I spent Christmas in Southern Spain on our honeymoon. That's my favorite.

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