#24 – Not Sure If Serious or Playing Dumba

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This is the twenty-fourth post of Deke Dangle RPF Anon, a community for all your ice hockey anon meme needs.

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[(Anonymous)]

Got a question someone may have the answer...

Re: Ask Meme - What is draft day actually like for the players?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm looking for info (articles/TV/whatever) on what it's like to be drafted, specifically for the first-round prospects who are at the draft. I've found some mic'd-up clips from the management side, but I have no idea what it's actually like for the prospects, beyond the "go up on stage, shake hands, put on jersey, smile for photos" obligatory song-and-dance that happens when your name is called. I'd really appreciate anything you've got, because I'm kind of scratching my head here.

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

Does anyone have any sense of who Olli Maatta hangs out with during the season? He never played in WBS, so I don't imagine he'd really fit with the WBS cohort, and he's still so much younger than everyone else on the team.

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

What does Don Cherry do with his suits after he wears them? He doesn't repeat, right? Does he auction them off?

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

Flyers nonnies, where would be a good place to look for Ghost interviews, write-ups, etc? I'll take anything in general, but stuff that gives a good glimpse of his personality would be especially appreciated.

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

Does anyone know of a way to watch the games at a delay? I've been watching them via NBC, but unfortunately I won't be able to catch any of the upcoming games live, and it looks like NBC doesn't keep most games after they're done. I was considering getting NHL.tv, but I think I'm technically going to be "in-market" for the SCF, so I'd be watching at a 48 hour delay at absolute best. Are there any other methods that nonnies know about? I don't mind paying/going through hoops to do it legally, but I'll accept less legitimate methods too.

Sorry if this is a repeat, but it looks like most of the old answers to this question (like gamevault) are no longer around or usable. :/

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

Shipping by trade or signing - What is your prediction for possible pairing that will appear for next season? Or one you're hoping for.

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

Both of Kessel's parents were athletes: father Phil Kessel, Sr., a college quarterback at Northern Michigan University, was drafted by the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL), spending his first year on the injured reserve and then subsequently being released.

Wikipedia never says what his mom did athletically. Anyone know?

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not sure if this is exactly the right thread for this, but deke, how many "favorite teams" do you have? Or how do you rank teams in your head? I have a clear #1, a clear #2 and a bunch of others that I like but aren't faves. Sometimes I think of it in terms of East/West, as in "they're probably my #2 in the Western conference" but in general I have my two teams and then the rest.

I'm asking because my friend recently told me that my team is "in her top 7" and I didn't respond because I have no idea what that means. Is it a compliment? Is she being condescending? Do other people rank their top 7 teams and I'm just weird? HELP ME MAKE SENSE OF THIS, MEME.

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

For those in the favorite teams thread, I'm intrigued by the individual players on other teams you love and those you hate. Who you got for each?

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

So I just realized Hockey Wives started again when I wasn't paying attention. Is it worth getting into again or is it more of the same?*

*meaning, of course, I will delay watching until I have something serious to procrastinate on.

Re: Ask Meme - does "experience" actually matter?

[(Anonymous)]

The announcers go on a lot about whether or not a player has been in a game 7 before or if they've ever been the SCF before. Is there any evidence that that means anything? Or are they just filling time?

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

If your twitter isn't locked that probably means you aren't in the RPF part of the fandom right?

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

Coding nonnies, is there any way to use ao3 savior to sort out complete works? I Dislike bookmarking for Reasons, and I feel like it should be fairly straightforward, but that one semester of computer science a few years ago just isn't cutting it. Will write fic for code segment.

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

Let's say a player has a PTO for a minor league team - what are those like? Is it running drills? Participating in scrimmages? Interviews for goodness of fit with the team? I found some videos about tryout camps, but I'm more interested in individual tryouts.

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

Do all the teams let their fans (or season ticket holders, generally) paint the ice at the end of the season? I know LA, Minnesota, NJ, Ottawa and St. Louis do, but I wasn't sure if it's a thing that only some teams do or if everyone does it.

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

Players who get re-drafted at 20 -- that is, CHL players who were drafted once at 18, but their teams didn't sign them and they went back into the draft at 20. When they get re-drafted, how long do their new teams have to sign them? Does the clock start over at two years or is there a shortened window?

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

I read an article that said the Conn Smythe Trophy winner is selected by a pool of 18 voters. Does anyone know how they're chosen?

Re: Ask Meme -nicknames?

[(Anonymous)]

Does anyone (like JaBenn, etc) call Tyler Seguin "Ty"? Because I see it pop up in fic all the time lately and it aggravates the fuck out of me, but I'm willing to let it go if it's a real thing.

ALSO...calling Tom Wilson "wilso"??? What the actual fuck is that? I'm a Caps fan and have never heard or seen his team mates call him that. It's either Whip or Willy.

Sorry, I'm drunk and I'm really annoyed by nonconanlnicknames tonight

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

What pets do the Dallas Stars players have? Off the top of my head, I can think of Sharp's dog, JoBenn's dog, Seguin's dogs, Hemsky's dogs and cat, Roussel's cat and JaBenn's gf's cat that he at least helps out with.

I'm sure other players must have pets but I just haven't seen them mentioned.

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

What author is writing longfic about the Marlies?

http://stevedangle.tumblr.com/post/145665772344/so-a-very-well-regarded-author-who-has-written

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

When you're on tumblr and looking at the page of people you follow, the upper right corner has the userpics of the people you reblog most and if you mouse over it you can get their name. What does it mean when you mouse over it and their name no longer pops up? Is that deleted journals or journals who have blocked you?

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

Do y'all think non-hockey AUs for a super rare pair -- like, one fic on AO3 for them kind of rare -- are a good idea, or nah?

(I'm not quite sure whether this belongs in this thread or the writing thread, but I'm going with this one)

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

newb here, could someone explain all the acronyms used here to me please?

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

Do any nonnies have a DK subscription?? There is apparently a Justin Schultz anecdote in Dejan's article from last night that I would love for writing reasons.