anezthes
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GDT: #79 ⋅ LAK @ ANA ⋅ 7:00 PM PDT
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WhatTheDuck
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Checked the standings to see if we can play any sort of spoiler role here.
LA and Vegas hold the final two playoff spots in the west, at 93 and 92 points respectively, both with 5 games remaining. There's also Nashville at 94 points with four left.
St Louis is the only team that can realistically catch any of them but they are at just 87 points with four games left. They need to win out and even then would need a fair amount of help.
Kings remaining games are Ducks, Flames, Ducks, Wild, Blackhawks.
Vegas gets Oilers, Wild, Avs, Hawks, Ducks
Blues have the Hawks, Hurricanes, Kraken and Stars
Safe money would be on the same eight teams keeping their spots in some order, but we definitely have a chance to factor in to a miracle push by the Blues.
The east on the other hand, is still a complete dogfight.
LA and Vegas hold the final two playoff spots in the west, at 93 and 92 points respectively, both with 5 games remaining. There's also Nashville at 94 points with four left.
St Louis is the only team that can realistically catch any of them but they are at just 87 points with four games left. They need to win out and even then would need a fair amount of help.
Kings remaining games are Ducks, Flames, Ducks, Wild, Blackhawks.
Vegas gets Oilers, Wild, Avs, Hawks, Ducks
Blues have the Hawks, Hurricanes, Kraken and Stars
Safe money would be on the same eight teams keeping their spots in some order, but we definitely have a chance to factor in to a miracle push by the Blues.
The east on the other hand, is still a complete dogfight.
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If we beat kings both time, and blues win out things could get interesting
I’m just hoping zegras pisses off king fans tonight…. They have an irrational hatred of him
Arthuros
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As it turns out (intentionally or not), Sportsnet+ won't let me stream Ducks games...so I'm just gonna have to thread watch this between whistles at the Preds game.
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duckaroosky
So sayeth Duckthulu
Almost every other fan base has an irrational hate of Zegras; kings ain't special.
Rangers fans actually like him. lol.
duckaroosky
So sayeth Duckthulu
Just not another Kemp Hat Trick please.. They sure got alot of duck killers though.. Fiala, Arvidson and Kempe.. All duck killers
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To be fair 95% of the nhl is duck killers the last 3 -5 years
MMC
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MMC
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I kinda feel like Minty might be out the remainder of the year, sounds like Mctavish is all but certain as well. no reason to rush these guys back into games at this stage.
Yah did mynty take the shot off the foot or leg?
lol aint that the truth
Hockey Duckie
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Crazy stat I saw on Reddit about our blueliner's +/- ratings and thought I'd share it here. I added extra stats to give us a better picture.
When Zell and Minty started playing top pairing/top-4 minutes is when those high negative ratings occurred. Zell has been tied to Fowler's hip.
Minty breakdown
7 games with Gudas = -6
7 games with LaCombe = 0
1 game with Lindstrom = -2
Lindstrom's TOI disbursement is as low as 10:52 and as high as 20:49. He's being played up and down the lineup. In his last five games, he's played at least 18:20 TOI or more four times. The odd thing is Lindstom doesn't play on the PP or the PK. I wonder if the team should test out if he can play on the PK?
| Ducks | 2023-24 | Mar 1 | to Apr 8 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Games | ATOI | +/- | Points | Pts/Game | PIM |
| Lindstrom | 17 | 15:39 | 3 | 4 | 0.24 | 14 |
| LaCombe | 15 | 18:55 | 0 | 3 | 0.20 | 6 |
| Vaak | 16 | 17:35 | -1 | 4 | 0.25 | 10 |
| Lagesson | 8 | 15:41 | -2 | 0 | 0.00 | 13 |
| Gudas | 9 | 18:45 | -3 | 2 | 0.22 | 26 |
| Zell | 18 | 19:35 | -7 | 6 | 0.33 | 2 |
| Fowler | 18 | 23:59 | -8 | 7 | 0.39 | 6 |
| Minty | 15 | 20:47 | -8 | 4 | 0.27 | 8 |
When Zell and Minty started playing top pairing/top-4 minutes is when those high negative ratings occurred. Zell has been tied to Fowler's hip.
Minty breakdown
7 games with Gudas = -6
7 games with LaCombe = 0
1 game with Lindstrom = -2
Lindstrom's TOI disbursement is as low as 10:52 and as high as 20:49. He's being played up and down the lineup. In his last five games, he's played at least 18:20 TOI or more four times. The odd thing is Lindstom doesn't play on the PP or the PK. I wonder if the team should test out if he can play on the PK?
There's actually a pretty interesting thread on the mains, about if McDavid was playing on one of the current bottom dwelling teams,( OP was kind enough to leave out Anaheim, lol) would his numbers be effected?
Makes you think about Cronin's system, Newell Brown's PP, Ryan Strome missing open nets, and our kids just not there yet. I think McDavid would still put up numbers here but could easily see at least a 25/30% decrease in his current production. Maybe he hits 90-95 points here? While his most common ES line-mates and PP unit sees about a 15-20% bump in production?
Makes you think about Cronin's system, Newell Brown's PP, Ryan Strome missing open nets, and our kids just not there yet. I think McDavid would still put up numbers here but could easily see at least a 25/30% decrease in his current production. Maybe he hits 90-95 points here? While his most common ES line-mates and PP unit sees about a 15-20% bump in production?
Lord Flashheart
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25-30% I feel is a bit too much, around 15% I think is more realistic, he's just that good offensively.
Lets be honest, if McDavid was on this team he'd be injured
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sowcufucakky
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sowcufucakky
McDavid has 31 goals and 99 assists. That assist total would be in the 25-35 range here.
Ducks DVM
sowcufucakky
This is why i keep objecting to people saying Mintyukov is a better top pairing choice right now. He’s absolutely not, he just looks fantastic playing on the pairing/with the responsibilities that he should be getting at this point of his career. Still a couple years off from being a legit top pairing guy IMO - which is absolutely fine.
Hockey Duckie
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Why next year should be another development year and no need to grab a top-4 RD b/c we don't actually know what we have in our own system yet.
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