Your “The Draft is Four Weeks Today!” Thursday Open Thread

Even though we are, as Commentist Don T said, looking for proof that “the offseason is not an eternal state”, we are being treated to some excellent end-of-season drives in other sports. It’s not football, but it should keep the interest of most casual, or Boston, sports fans in the 28 days leading up to the NFL draft. Kaep staying with the Niners is not news, but surrender on all sides.

Hockey:

NHL:

The NHL is in the home stretch, with 5 games remaining for most teams. While the big news is that no Canadian teams will be in the playoffs for the first time since forever, there are plenty of factors to keep things interesting. Here are the matchups if things started today:

West:                                                     East:

  • Minnesota @ Dallas                          NY Islanders @ Tampa
  • Chicago @ St. Louis                          Boston @ Florida
  • Nashville @ Anaheim                        Philadelphia @ Washington
  • San Jose @ LA Kings                        Pittsburgh @ NY Rangers

That’s some good hockey right there. Plenty of speed, scoring, and hate to make the first round a must-watch. If you watched the Flyers-Caps game last night, just picture 7 games of that. The only remaining contenders for a wild card spot are Colorado in the West and Detroit in the East. Otherwise, it’s all about positioning and home games at this stage of the season.

College:

The “Frozen Four” will be played in Tampa (?!) this year on April 7 & 9. The semis are:

  • Boston College Eagles vs Quinnipiac Bobcats
  • Denver Pioneers vs North Dakota Fighting Hawks

Gotta say, I’d be rooting for an Eagles – Hawks final, if only to read barstoolsports after BC loses. A HAWK IS A LESSAH BAHD!

Basketball:

College:

The Final Four is this weekend, for both the men and women. The men are Saturday/Monday; the women are Sunday/Tuesday. (Starting next year, the women will be Friday/Sunday.) They both hold equal promise to be really good or really bad.

NBA:

The NBA is down to 7-8 games remaining. The West is a runaway for both Golden State and San Antonio, who still play each other twice more before the end of the season. The drama will be around if the Warriors can get to 73 wins, and if the Spurs will try and stop them or rest up for the probable Conference Finals in June. Playoff spots 5-8 are also up for grabs, with 6 teams in contention for those four spots. Like the West, the East has three tiers: the Cavs & Raptors as the top-2; seeds 3-6 in flux; and four teams in contention for the 7 & 8 spots. The Finals should be another Cavs-Warriors matchup, but it could easily be the Spurs or Raptors spoiling those plans.

With that in mind, let’s go down to the field. Goose?

NHL: (10 games scheduled)

  • Rangers @ Hurricanes – 7:00
  • Predators @ Penguins – 7:00
  • Coyotes @ Stars – 8:30

NBA: (6 games total)

  • Bulls @ Rockets – 7:00
  • Clippers @ Thunder – 9:30
  • Celtics @ trail Blazers – 10:00

Ronnie Corbett died today. I grew up watching “The Two Ronnies” on Canadian TV in the 1970s, so it’s a bit like losing a Python. They weren’t as risque, obviously, but it still worked as British humour. Here’s one of their more famous bits.

https://youtu.be/Cz2-ukrd2VQ

I guess death can be fatal.

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WCS

WCS

theeWeeBabySeamus

/might murder puppies if Margot Robbie asked me to
//No…I wouldn’t
///But then again….

ALXMAC

I’m down to last my beer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_EM_nZVBAM

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
WCS

theeWeeBabySeamus

Time fo’ sleep. Night gents.
Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvuL5jyCHOw

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
theeWeeBabySeamus

Yep

WCS

theeWeeBabySeamus

The Kinks – Come Dancing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8V26QkVuew

WCS

theeWeeBabySeamus

Oh dear, yes.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
WCS

ALXMAC
ALXMAC

WORDS = Censored.

Tittes = Fair game.

theeWeeBabySeamus

don’t click…don’t click…don’t click….WOW THAT’S A LOT OF BOOBIES!!!!!!!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

NSFW is all you need.

theeWeeBabySeamus

I believe Blondie was mentioned…
Call me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDJ0jFFkvjc

WCS

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

One of my all time favorite cheesy videos; women indifferent to your all consuming lust.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcATvu5f9vE&list=RDXcATvu5f9vE#t=120

WCS

theeWeeBabySeamus

Blame WCS…he gotz me in an 80z new wave mood now….(I was trynna be all metal and shit).
Berlin – The Metro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNVLRPSEVaE

WCS

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
theeWeeBabySeamus

Damn You!!!! Those GIF’s sync up well.
Bastard.

WCS

WCS

As much as Moose enjoys Debby Harry, I feel like Chryssie Hynde goes unappreciated in these parts.

This is also the first song I ever heard that made me want to throw a brick through a window.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Unappreciated in the “pants” is what I read.

WCS

I know I did something right when wifey, a self-described hick from West Virginia, chose to do sing this during karaoke. I want to thank mom and dad for all the coke you did in the late ’70s, and early ’80s, for bringing me up the right way, and giving me the opportunity to share that knowledge.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Wow, I’m impressed. And not just by the song choice, but by…..yeah, all of that.
I know I’ve threatened to try and steal wifey if she wasn’t already knocked up and all, but now I think I want you. You sexy bastard.

theeWeeBabySeamus

I’m truly ashamed that I find this so funny.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Scorpions – No One Like You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRmbCIAz4c8

Croooow

April Fools Day is the worst. Already seen about three weak-ass attempts at “pranks” on FB.

WCS

Follow-up point:

theeWeeBabySeamus

Ronnie James Dio – Rainbow in the Dark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcWKZTI9OC4

WCS

Now, that’s better.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Hey I warned you before…Nickelback or worse.
I just couldn’t sustain it.

laserguru

Where were you when we were getting high?

ALXMAC
WCS

theeWeeBabySeamus

Nice

WCS

Right here?

laserguru

good call

theeWeeBabySeamus

Tenacious D – Kickapoo
(MeatLoaf cameo…how can that not be cool as fuck?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJMUewVpB5Y

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Iron Man (2008)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Thor (2011)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
The Avengers (2012)
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Ant-Man (2015)

Harry Potter

Philosopher’s Stone (2001)
Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Goblet of Fire (2005)
Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)
Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)

James Bond

Casino Royale (2006)
Quantum of Solace (2008)
Skyfall (2012)
Spectre (2015 coming soon)

The Lord of the Rings

The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Two Towers (2002)
The Return of the King (2003)

The Hobbit

An Unexpected Journey (2012)
The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Star Wars

The Phantom Menace (1999)
Attack of the Clones (2002)
Revenge of the Sith (2005)
A New Hope (1977)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
The Force Awakens (2015 coming soon)

Spider-Man

Spider-Man (2002)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

The Fast and the Furious

The Fast and the Furious (2001)
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
Fast & Furious (2009)
Fast Five (2011)
Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
Furious 7 (2015)

DC

Batman Begins (2005)
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Man of Steel (2013)

Transformers

Transformers (2007)
Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Dark of the Moon (2011)
Age of Extinction (2014)

Pirates of the Caribbean

The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
At World’s End (2007)
On Stranger Tides (2011)

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park (1993)
The Lost World (1997)
Jurassic Part III (2001)
Jurassic World (2015)

The Twilight Saga

Twilight (2008)
New Moon (2009)
Eclipse (2010)
Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011)
Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)

X-Men

X-Men (2002)
X2 (2003)
The Last Stand (2006)
Origins: Wolverine (2009)
First Class (2011)
The Wolverine (2013)
Days of Future Past (2014)

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible (1996)
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Ghost Protocol (2011)
Rogue Nation (2015)

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games (2012)
Catching Fire (2013)
Mockingjay Part 1 (2014)
Mockingjay Part 2 (2015 coming soon)

Indiana Jones

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Temple of Doom (1984)
Last Crusade (1989)
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Star Trek

Star Trek (2009)
Into Darkness (2013)

Terminator

The Terminator (1984)
Judgment Day (1991)
Rise of the Machines (2003)
Judgement Day (2009)
Genisys (2015)

The Divergent Series

Divergent (2013)
Insurgent (2014)

The Maze Runner

The Maze Runner (2014)
The Scorch Trials (2015)

Mad Max

Mad Max (1979)
Mad Max 2 (1981)
Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Fury Road (2015)

Planet of the Apes

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2012)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Alien

Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Resurrection (1997)
Prometheus (2012)

WCS

Crappy ’80s bands we each individually have strange attachments to, and serial killer references?!

WCS

To rid the stench of Def Leppard, here’s a group with actual talent.

theeWeeBabySeamus

SUBJECTIVE!!!!!!!!
(but yeah, I like them too)

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Senor Weaselo

Fuck, that looks dangerous and terrible enough to be a great idea.

theeWeeBabySeamus

That is too much awesome for a single gif

WCS

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theeWeeBabySeamus

Deal with it.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
theeWeeBabySeamus

How about some Def Leppard before they got all commercial and shit?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMtt1MlsWC8

Col. Duke LaCross

Five minutes to Archer…

theeWeeBabySeamus

The rare instance when East Coast can get all superior and shit.
I will now give you spoilers….
/just kidding…even I’m not that big of a dick

theeWeeBabySeamus

Always a good decision….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIxRZ31ewS0

theeWeeBabySeamus

Wow…Dave Grohl is way prettier than I remembered.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Especially the mouth.

WCS

One of wifey’s “favorite” songs. She can’t wait to crap out the thing inside her, so she can get back to her “favorite” hobbies.

ALXMAC

Tom Petty- Square One (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f93TSVPDAg
Forget Ya’ll for not teaching me to post Utube Vids

theeWeeBabySeamus

It ain’t about teachin’s. It’s about the man keeping us down.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Actually, I haven’t tried in a while….

theeWeeBabySeamus

Hypothesis confirmed: I still suck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33mec03xeow

ALXMAC
theeWeeBabySeamus

LOL….rarely.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Certain permission levels can embed youtube apparently. WCS has the power as does DTZM(aka the boss), Hippo and Yeah Right and a handful of others whom I’m too drunk to remember right now.

I think they’re afraid I’ll post porn. And they’re probably right.

ALXMAC

Hey I don’t blame them; my 19 taps ain’t going nowhere til I’m done with them.

WCS

I expected a better song from you, Seamus.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Did you? Did you really?
I think it’s time for Nickelback…or worse.

WCS

I genuinely don’t know why I have THE POWAH as others do not. It’s wasted on me.

WCS

Easily a top-25 song of all time:

WCS

Did someone say Tom Petty?

theeWeeBabySeamus

Kim Basinger as the bangable corpse. It’s the role she was born to play, I think. No acting required.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aowSGxim_O8

theeWeeBabySeamus

Shit….I just fell down a Tom Petty hole. So to speak.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTAhZKP5wCY

Senor Weaselo

I just got hit by my first April Fool’s prank. Previously mentioned girl, who is still one of my best friends, just told me she was dropping conducting and going to law school. I’m gonna get her for that one, but no idea how.

Unsurprised

The best revenge would suggest that she actually goes through with it.

Unsurprised

Punishment must be severe and permanent.

Don T

The only upside to being a grandpa I can think of is coming off as charming saying stuff like Your enthusiasm is dumb.

King Hippo

In happier news, I got Grimes’ “Art Angels” CD yesterday, and it is FUCKING GENIUS. Nice to know that people are still producing creative stuff of real worth in the modern era.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Grimes, you say?
Caaarrrrrlllllll…..
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WCS

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theeWeeBabySeamus

When one wants hot pockets, the waiting is the hardest part….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMyCa35_mOg

King Hippo

She was apparently inspired by DOLLY PARTON to write this song, which is do goddamned cute, I can’t even…

ALXMAC
King Hippo

That’s really fucking good.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Androids are dicks.
-Isaac Asimov

The Maestro

Just got home from hockey, currently listening to underground Chinese emo mathrock, and I’m not even trying to be pretentious in my musical selections, for once. (https://chinesefootball.bandcamp.com)

How’s everyone’s evenings going ’round these parts?

King Hippo

We are not yet dead…so YAY?

King Hippo

YouTube sidebar knows I’m all red wine emo, goddamnit:

Who’s your Chloe?

Mine is the same number of letters, starts with “C” even rhymes. FUCK ME.

theeWeeBabySeamus

I like her. She’s kinda….shimmery. (what? that’s a real word…probably)

ALXMAC
King Hippo

That is FUCKING GREAT. I could listen to Hope read the phone book, but that one is special.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Can’t appreciate knee high boots with shitty video….BOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Knee high boots with reading the phone book; would still be acceptable fetish.

King Hippo

Imaging Hope in knee high boots is enough, Jeebus.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

It’s been a tense week around these parts, but I just want to say I still love you guys and gals. And that’s not just the withdrawal talking. Self-imposed month off of booze ends tomorrow WOOT!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
theeWeeBabySeamus

Yay Peter Boyle.

King Hippo

We will gladly have teh shakes with ya. Just let us know when!

theeWeeBabySeamus

My self-imposed month lasted 5 days.
But…long enough to confirm I wouldn’t go into DT’s.
And also that I didn’t really want to go a full month.

King Hippo

I have known someone who couldn’t finish “Leaving Las Vegas” because of the DTs part.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Rut roh…is it whom I’m thinking of?

King Hippo

indeed

theeWeeBabySeamus

Turn away from the dark side, Luke.

King Hippo

I am finally far enough away to look at it with distance now. I will die alone, and it’s totally ok. As long as I have books, sports, and drugs…I a’ight.

King Hippo

This is not the best song for me to listen to…but it is a wonderful song.