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If Frank Sinatra played hockey: right wing, rated 83

Frank Sinatra would play right wing in hockey, rated 83 in Legends Draft NHL, the parody game where famous people play hockey. The position leans hardest on shooting and skating, where Frank Sinatra rates 82 and 72. Best attribute: shooting (82). A right winger with a smooth release and total poise. His composure in goal and his shooting lead his card, and physical play is the weak spot.

Portrait of Frank Sinatra

Photo: Photograph by Capitol Records, per a credit found in the 1959 edition of the International Celebrity Register at page 696. No known source c, Public domain

Music1915-1998

Natural position

RW Right wing

Rating

83OVR

Plays like: A smooth finishing winger who makes the hard play look effortless.

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Hockey ratings

Made up for the game, 40 to 99.

Shooting
82
Passing
79
Skating
72
Physical
70
Defense
78
Goaltending
86

Where Frank Sinatra fits

Each spot weighs the ratings its own way. Away from the natural spot a legend loses a few points; on the bench everyone plays at their natural rating.

  1. RWRight wing, natural83
  2. GGoalie79
  3. CCenter76
  4. LWLeft wing74
  5. DDefenseman71

Frank Sinatra as a hockey player: scouting report

Frank Sinatra would play right wing, and he would play it with the timing of the finest phraser in American popular music. Singing with the Harry James and Tommy Dorsey bands, he is said to have learned breath control by watching Dorsey play trombone, and he could carry a line longer than anyone expected. A winger with that kind of breath control holds the puck one extra beat, lets the goalie commit and then picks his corner. Shooting is one of the two best marks on his card.

The other is goaltending, which says everything about his poise. Sinatra was a performer who owned rooms from Hoboken to Hollywood, and he won an Academy Award for From Here to Eternity after many people had written his career off. That kind of comeback takes nerves that do not fray, and a player with those nerves can stand in the crease with the game tied late. His passing and defense are steady, so he is far from a one way scorer.

Physical play is where his card dips. He was never going to be the winger who runs defensemen through the glass, and a coach should not build his line around that. Goalie is his natural second home and center is a usable third. Draft him as the finisher on a skilled top six line, give him a center who can feed him in stride and a left winger who handles the rough going, and let him do it his way.

Plays like A smooth finishing winger who makes the hard play look effortless

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Frank Sinatra in real life

Real life

American singer and actor (1915–1998)

Lived
1915 to 1998
From
United States, Italy
Known as
television actor, film actor, actor, singer
Active
1935 to 1995
Honors
Emmy Award, Golden Globes, SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and 17 more

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Questions about Frank Sinatra in hockey

What position would Frank Sinatra play in hockey?
Right wing. In Legends Draft NHL the position leans hardest on shooting and skating, where Frank Sinatra rates 82 and 72. The next best spots are goalie (79) and center (76).
What is Frank Sinatra's rating in Legends Draft NHL?
83 at right wing, the natural position. Away from it a legend loses a few points; on the bench everyone plays at their natural rating.
What is Frank Sinatra's best attribute?
Shooting, at 82. The weakest is skating, at 72.
Are these ratings real?
No. Legends Draft NHL is a parody game and the ratings are made up for fun, on a scale of 40 to 99. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by anyone in it.

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