GDT: #38 ⋅ ANA vs WPG ⋅ 7 PM PST

[Deuce22]

I think the idea is that they can score trash goals... which is fine for guys like jones/carrick.... but silf aint going to score any goals

Guys with poor hands don’t usually do that.

 

[QuackAttack90]

The ducks could have really used DeBrincat this offseason and instead they ended up with Killorn

I know, I know he wanted to go to Detroit blah blah blah

Just saying

We are bad enough that we probably need 2 Debrincats

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Guys with poor hands don’t usually do that.

Sure, but its not like with the injuries we have much better options (outside of letting mintyukov play)

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

Sell at the deadline, draft high again. Maybe add a forward in the offseason. Hope you end up with the right guy

I don’t think there’s some grand plan to get better quickly

Yeah, but you mentioned a guy like DeBrincat (though we don’t know how deep negotiations went). Does he make a play for someone like Necas if Carolina can’t make a feasible offer on an extension?

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Yeah, but you mentioned a guy like DeBrincat (though we don’t know how deep negotiations went). Does he make a play for someone like Necas if Carolina can’t make a feasible offer on an extension?

Just hope things go south in Ottawa, and grab Brady

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

yjsartehe

 

[Deuce22]

Sure, but its not like with the injuries we have much better options (outside of letting mintyukov play)

Leason and LaCombe are better options.

 

[Arthuros]

yjsartehe

Honestly, same.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Leason and LaCombe are better options.

No arguments here, we let groulx carrick silf and jones get a shot with the top 6 players... but leason nope he gets benched lol

 

[Deuce22]

Simply icing a lot of forwards that don’t score goals.

 

[Terry Yake]

oh, there was a game?

 

[Henrique Iglesias]

Simply icing a lot of forwards that don’t score goals.

That and the ones that can don’t seem to have a lot of confidence right now

 

[Henrique Iglesias]

is it just me or did we have guys randomly falling all game? It seems like it’s been happening a lot lately where guys are losing their edges. Time for a new skate sharpener or something

 

[pbgoalie]

We suck at a lot of things

We suck at hockey

 

[Arthuros]

Ugh, we still have more than half the season to go. Given how many injuries there have been, safe to say that even when all the forwards get back they probably won't even build up decent chemistry until the final 20 games.

 

[Steppin Razor]

Time to head over to the Dostal "no name" thread for some light late night reading to cheer myself up

 

[duckaroosky]

Time to head over to the Dostal "no name" thread for some light late night reading to cheer myself up

Don't bother, it got taken over by Toronto fans with a victim complex

 

[Hey234]

Sell at the deadline, draft high again. Maybe add a forward in the offseason. Hope you end up with the right guy

I don’t think there’s some grand plan to get better quickly

This is really the only path. Unless the Ducks massively overpay, the players they need in a trade just currently aren't there. You mentioned Debrincat previously as an example and he is exactly the type of player and the type of opportunity the Ducks need to be aggressive on going forward. Buchnevich a few years ago is another example.

The main solution is player development. If McTavish, Terry, Carlsson, and Zegras stay healthy and play like top 6 player consistently, the team will be able to compete. The Ducks just need to jump at the next goal scoring winger that fits in the age timeline.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

This is really the only path. Unless the Ducks massively overpay, the players they need in a trade just currently aren't there. You mentioned Debrincat previously as an example and he is exactly the type of player and the type of opportunity the Ducks need to be aggressive on going forward. Buchnevich a few years ago is another example.

The main solution is player development. If McTavish, Terry, Carlsson, and Zegras stay healthy and play like top 6 player consistently, the team will be able to compete. The Ducks just need to jump at the next goal scoring winger that fits in the age timeline.

We're waiting for our youths to mature at forward, defense, and netminder. Only time can help. Until our youths show they can be consistently good, there really isn't a point to sign a top-end FA. We';re just looking for vet plugs to help be a bridge until the youths mature and be consistent.

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

yjsartehe

Newell Brown trying to draw up a functional power play.

 

[anezthes]

Zegras could've had 10+ points.

We should've had 10+ power plays.

McTavish 1 GF, 2 GA.

 

[Hey234]

We're waiting for our youths to mature at forward, defense, and netminder. Only time can help. Until our youths show they can be consistently good, there really isn't a point to sign a top-end FA. We';re just looking for vet plugs to help be a bridge until the youths mature and be consistent.

I agree completely with waiting for the young players to mature and show their worth. But I disagree about no point for a top-end forward.

If the Ducks were to trade and sign for a player like Necas for example. That would help the team now and in the future. The Ducks already have the plugs in Killorn, Strome, and a lesser extent Vatrano. They don't need more plugs; they need a goal scorer because it's not coming from the prospects.

I'm not advocating for the Ducks to make that trade now, but to simply be aggressive when the opportunity inevitably presents itself over the next two years in PV's playoff timeline.

 

[Lord Flashheart]

Don't bother, it got taken over by Toronto fans with a victim complex

A first time ever.

 

[FiveHoleTickler]

I didn't sleep for 2 days and I just woke up and watched this one. Gonna go sleep for 2 days.

 

[GermanRocket7]

This is getting tough to watch, again...