Suppose you had to draft……?

Question

Suppose you had to draft a professional athlete that DOES NOT play for the National Hockey League, to play for a NHL team.
What player would you pick?


I’d probably pick Brett Farve, because he is 222 pounds, he is 6'2", and he knows how to shake off a concussion.

CME: *High-five*, lmao.

I wonder if this has ever happened: where someone was pro in one sport, and then came to the NHL.

Laying Low: I think Apolo Anton Ohno has that, “My face is too pretty to get touched” thing going for him.
DY: Never heard of him, but love the name. When I ever have children, I’ll keep that in mind.
No_Dirt: Shame that the helmet doesn’t cover the ears!

That’s an interesting story LITY. It would have been pretty nifty to see a baseball player turn hockey player.

Andrew: Good One!!!
Michael: To be honest I only knew, like one of the guys you listed. (Not a sports nut, just a hockey nut), but thanks for commenting on everyone’s answers (makes my job easy).

Wings Fan: Agreed, Brett is the football, man!

Answer 1

Tyson ... lets see someone throw cheap shot at my star players now... of course coaching staff would all carry a taser from that moment on too. ref's no lets keep themon our side ljand everyone else probaby be a good idea huh

haley that was my thought line well that and could see him and avery trash talking ... nothing will ever beat his eat his kids line, imo.

wish everyone had fun with this question and didnt have to look at it from a serious side.

Answer 2

I'm gonna go off the board here!

Ron Artest of the Sacramento Kings.

The guy is 6-7 and about 250lbs. Yea, i know he's got attitude, but at least he can use it now by dropping the gloves instead of getting suspended for half the season. Furthermore, he even won Defensive Player of the Year before in NBA so the guy is definitely a defense first player which is always good in the NHL. And adding him to the NHL will help with all those "Are there any black players in the NHL?" type questions.

Answer 3

Before I got to your pick of Brett Favre....That's who I had in mind. He has an incredible will to win, if he even put half the heart and determination he puts into football towards hockey, he'd be a winner. And with the arm he has(he can throw an effing bullet) he could probably find a way to shoot a puck harder than Al Macinnis. And the guy can take a few good hits or two, I'm sure he could deliver them as well. (he's got the size)

He's footballs answer to God!

I'd also take Terrel Owens so Sean Avery has someone that can talk just as muck sh!t as himself....I bet they'd get along good.

Andy:
I never thought of Lance Armstrong, good choice. The guy can do more with one testicle than most of us can do with two. His endurance alone, makes him a good candidate, he'd be skating 5 minute shifts and still be asking for more.

Answer 4

I could name several Yankees: Derek Jeter would be the playmaking center, sometimes flying into the boards to check someone or grab a loose puck; Mariano Rivera would be the sniper, a right wing who would score the overtime goal, since he's the closer; Andy Pettitte a grinder of a left wing; Johnny Damon and Melky Cabrera would make good defensemen; and I would certainly trust Jorge Posada, veteran of a few home-plate collisions, to be my goalie. And doesn't new manager Joe Girardi look more like an ex-hockey player than an ex-baseball player? The face and crewcut remind me a little of Terry Sawchuk, who might have been the greatest goalie ever.

Favre? Big guy, not afraid to get hit, good leader, hockey players tend to stay in their primes longer, and he's certainly not afraid of cold-weather cities.

Nash? He is Canadian, and he'd probably love to get out of the heat of Phoenix. Plus, if it gets his friend Nelly Furtado to come to hockey games, all the better.

Rodman? No way, he'd probably want skates with tassels, and no one could see his hair under his helmet.

Rice? If he could learn to dance, he could probably learn to skate.

Roethlisberger? He's got size, guts, and experience winning, but not much speed, so I wouldn't take him.

Larry Allen? This is a variation on the old joke, "Why don't they just put a sumo wrestler in goal?" Because he'd take a puck in the massive gut, go down, and the rebound would get top-shelfed.

Mike Weir? Haley D said "athlete." Golfers are not athletes, even if they're Canadian golfers.

Ohno? Oh, hell, no. Like the guy said, too pretty. You have to have Jagr's or Brett Hull's level of talent -- 10 years ago, not now, obviously -- to be a pretty boy and survive.

Magnus Magnusson? He may be strong, but that's hardly the first qualification here. Does he have speed? Quickness? Can he handle a stick and a puck?

Mike Tyson? A wimp. That's right, Mike Tyson is a wimp. He was exposed as such by Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis. He can't take a punch. And he likes things to be over fast, like in 91 seconds. A hockey game that doesn't go to overtime is usually over in about 2 hours, 45-50 minutes.

Tom Glavine? I'm sure the Mets, and definitely Met fans, would be glad to get rid of him. He's durable, and not that long ago was consistent, the kind of player a title team needs.

Answer 5

you're meant to push previous all of that and only end it. it is why it quite is a "first" draft. Then, you bypass back and %. it aside! with the aid of the time you're with the aid of, you have a thoroughly diverse tale than what you defined. modifying as you bypass will only worsen you. I rarely have finished a tale that I edited on the 1st draft. only make notes in case you recognize some thing desires to be fastened later to fill a plot hollow.

Answer 6

Clark Gillies was a professional baseball player in the Houston Astros organization before he joined the Islanders.

I'm going to go with the obvious one here.

There's this guy, he was drafted a round or two (or five) ahead of a guy named Luc Robitaille (which would make this guy a sure-fire hall-of-famer...right?). Well, he is a sure fire Hall of Famer, but as a major league baseball player.

However, I had the opportunity to scout this guy for the hawks and I recommended we take him in a late round. The Kings thought more of him and made Thomas Glavine the 69th overall pick of the 1984 NHL draft.

He's in great shape.....and he's always said he wants to play for the Bruins................................

So, he's a professional athlete
AND He doesn't play in the NHL......................but he could have!


No dirt.......
Do the officials get to carry Tasers too? The penalty time-keeper? etc

Answer 7

Yao Ming as a defenseman.

Barry Bonds as a goalie.

Brian Westbrook as a center.

Awesome Bill as a trivia question guy.

Maria Sharapova as a.....a.....ooh la la.

Eric Heiden as a winger.

Rosie O'Donnell as the enforcer.

Vince Lombardi as coach.

Snoop Dogg as trainer.

George Steinbrenner as owner.

Carrot Top as team mascot.

Answer 8

Oooh. Good question. Probably Steve Nash. Quick on his feet and has great vision.

Answer 9

Lance Armstrong. He's going to give you everything he has every night, he's incredibly strong, and he still might be the best athlete in the world.

Answer 10

Since we're being hypothetical and silly here. If he was still alive. Bruce Lee. Honestly, who would go into the corners with the guy? He'd see a guy with the puck, let out his patented sceam and then drop him with a punch so fast the refs wouldn't see it. Hiya!!!!!!!!!!!!!