2017-18 AHL Affiliate: San Diego Gulls

[Ducks DVM]

One concern for me about last night was the inability of the Gulls to really generate threatening scoring chances around the net until the last 8 minutes or so of the game. Fiore's goal was on the rush - the rest of the game had the Gulls playing very much on the perimeter when they had possession.

Are we still thinking Berra will end up in San Diego? I still haven't seen him play in person.

Ontario has size again this year... gonna be another bruising season series.

Miller is injured. I think you'll see him whenever that's settled.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Carrick is a helluva player at that level

When he was in Toronto I thought he looked the part of a solid energy line guy, but just seemed to get buried by all that young forward depth. He could probably come up and do a pretty darn good job in that role if needed.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Abbott is going to get himself killed cutting across the middle all the time. Lindros couldn't survive it, and he's no Lindros.

 

[AngelDuck]

When he was in Toronto I thought he looked the part of a solid energy line guy, but just seemed to get buried by all that young forward depth. He could probably come up and do a pretty darn good job in that role if needed.

I wouldn't mind seeing him. But for some reason the staff seems committed to Grant

 

[duxfan1101]

Soy sent back to Victoria

 

[Opak]

Soy sent back to Victoria

Makes sense, the Gulls have a lot of forward depth this year.

 

[Opak]

Gio Fiore will apparently make his NHL debut tonight. Greger Hanson, Zach Saar and Kyle Thomas were sent to Utah. Current depth chart:

Abbott - Carrick - Tropp
Kerdiles - Kossila - Roy
Dostie - Nättinen - Ortega
JST - Hults - Sabourin
Liambas - Bickel - Sideroff

Larsson - Oleksy
Schultz - Welinski
Thompson - Pettersson
Cooper - Melindy

Boyle - Redmond
Tokarski

Unless Fiore really impresses during his NHL tryout, he'll most likely get sent back to San Diego, once the Ducks' injury situation resolves itself. Derek Grant and Jaycob Megna could also get sent back at some point, so the Gulls' depth on paper is absolutely incredible. They could IMO even afford to send two of Dostie/Nättinen/Sideroff back to the junior league for an overage year.

 

[Ducksforcup]

Yeah that's the best AHL lineup the Ducks have iced in an age. Excited for this season.

 

[duxfan1101]

San Diego is up 7-5 after 2. Watch this GIF of Kerdiles' goal:

EDIT: Is the GIF/Tweet cut off for everyone? Does anyone know how to fix that?

 

[Sojourn]

It's cut off for me too. Not sure.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Works fine for me

 

[Opak]

Gulls win their season opener, result 7-6. San Diego's goals:

 

[HansH]

Tokarski to Philly, Irving to the Gulls.
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[Opak]

Tokarski to Philly, Irving to the Gulls.
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The writing was on the wall for Tokarski, good luck to him in Philadelphia. No idea what they plan on doing with Irving though.

Anybody know what Irving's contract status is? I'm assuming it's an AHL deal of some sort?

 

[GreatBear]

It is an AHL deal. My guess is that he may be Utah bound at some point, but who knows.

 

[Duck Off]

Tokarski to Philly, Irving to the Gulls.
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FYI: You don't have to put the [tweet} tags around the tweet any more. just copy the link. One of the few things I like about the update.

The writing was on the wall for Tokarski, good luck to him in Philadelphia. No idea what they plan on doing with Irving though.

Anybody know what Irving's contract status is? I'm assuming it's an AHL deal of some sort?

Capfriendly doesn't even have him on their site. Has to be on an AHL deal only I think.

It is an AHL deal. My guess is that he may be Utah bound at some point, but who knows.

I wonder if the "future considerations" was just us getting an AHL deal. The Phantoms twitter said he was traded to the Gulls for "future considerations" as well. I think they had to be separate deals because one was an NHL team transaction and the other was strictly AHL. On the surface it looks like Tokarski>Irving, but Tokarski probably makes a lot more. Looks like purely a cost cutting move to me. Not a big deal though. Neither of these guys are of any importance.

 

[Opak]

Roster moves:



According to the transaction log, Redmond and Melindy have been sent to Utah.

 

[Exit Dose]

Man, Pettersson is good.

 

[Opak]

Gulls lose to Texas 3-1.




Dallas Eakins post-game interview:

 

[Static]

Big 5-1 win tonight

 

[Opak]

Big 5-1 win tonight

Statistics here, recap here.








Post-game interviews:
Eakins
Boyle
Dostie

Highlights from previous games:
Gulls @ Tucson here
Stars @ Gulls here

 

[TopShelfWaterBottle]

Statistics here, recap here.








Post-game interviews:
Eakins
Boyle
Dostie

Highlights from previous games:
Gulls @ Tucson here
Stars @ Gulls here

How about these tough Guys potting some goals nice

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Kossila should be on the ducks..

 

[Duck Off]

Kossila should be on the ducks..

no kidding. It's one thing if there's no spot, but it's a joke that he's not here when our centers not named Rakell are Vermette, Grant, and Rasmussen..

 

[AngelDuck]

Roy should be in Anaheim too. We could really use a playmaker on the PP right now, stupid for him to be in the AHL