Post-Game Talk: Game 16: Anaheim Ducks @ Colorado Avalanche - 6pm PT, BSSC (Ducks lose, by a lot)

[TheGoodShepard1]

felt like watching last season's team

Nah that was an end of Carlyle 2.0 the way they rolled over and took it.

 

[la patineuse]

Silverlining: No one is injured. At least I got a new profile picture from last game.

Even though he came back, we don't know if Lyubushkin might have been injured. He was in a lot of pain.

 

[Bleak]

Well, before the season I thought this game would of happened a few times. First time being blown out and a positive record to start 15+ games? Thats win. We're growing!

 

[Ducks]

The complete surrender and lack of effort the last few minutes bothers me more than the score. They just completely gave up. I want a team that hates to lose.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Today was just a stinker for the team, with very few positives. It's okay. It happens. It happened to the Avs a week ago on the same ice with the same results, but the Avs on the losing end. It's one game out of 82. Let's bounce back from this on Friday.

 

[pbgoalie]

First pissed off game for me

Lack of drive throughout

Let too many cheap shots go against a team that we’ve always been taken liberties by. I don’t get it

 

[duckaroosky]

Damn, when the hockey images that precede unfortunate events guy is asking if you're okay you know it's bad

 

[Mr Rogers]

Ugh maybe good I missed this one haha. Honestly not a bad mini-trip. This game was like impossible to win.

 

[Lord Flashheart]

Not sure what was more offensive, 8 goals or Avs announcers. So bad.

 

[Kariya 9]

Well that could have gone better.

 

[anezthes]

Stopped counting after two periods, but 3/10 penalties called on the Avs.

Too bad we didn't test Georgiev at all. He's truly a remarkably bad goaltender.

 

[duxfan1101]

Well that could have gone better.

But it also could have gone worse. So we can be thankful for that.

 

[mighty Stanley Duck]

In the good old days when a game like this happened, Getzy would have punched someone and Perry would have flopped on the goalie and speared a defenseman.

I actually hated those antics, especially during PO's, i always had a feeling that kind of temper from Getz and Perry hurt the team.

 

[Hamilton Bulldogs]

Watching Fowler run the final 20 seconds off the clock like that was f***ing emberassing.

Thought the same thing.

Wouldn't mind moving on from players like this. Glad he lost the A, earned it.

 

[LuGBuG]

This had all the ingredients of a beat down.

Fresh young players against a fast championship calibre team, in a back to back, off a big win.

We got thumped but to be honest I don’t really care that much. I’m more interested to see how we respond Friday, I think that will tell us where we are as a team more then this.

 

[70sSanO]

Cronin has to use this as a learning experience that pushing so hard to comeback in the 3rd wears a team down.

The Ducks need faster starts and can’t throw away the first. They need to play well enough early so the other team has to play at a frantic pace to catch up.

John

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Not too worried…. Some times you get slapped around.

How the team responds next game is what’s important. Hopefully we get some news about zegras / drysdale coming back soon.

 

[Leonardo87]

For some perspective Vaak - Gudas pairing were both a +1, will leave it at that. Actually won’t, the Fowler - LaCombe pairing is not working. Good skilled teams are going to expose them.

I expected a loss but not like this. They literally stopped skating in the 3rd. Hate to make excuses but back to back, travel, elevation, against a fresh rested team? Yeah these are the results.

Win tomorrow and maybe this game never happened. Florida is playing tonight.

 

[robbieboy3686]

For some perspective Vaak - Gudas pairing were both a +1, will leave it at that. Actually won’t, the Fowler - LaCombe pairing is not working. Good skilled teams are going to expose them.

I expected a loss but not like this. They literally stopped skating in the 3rd. Hate to make excuses but back to back, travel, elevation, against a fresh rested team? Yeah these are the results.

Win tomorrow and maybe this game never happened. Florida is playing tonight.

Sometimes it’s better to lose like this than any other kind of loss. Team needs to do actual soul searching and can come out on the other side hungrier than before

 

[Duckesh]

2 steps forward, 1 step back.

The Duck's record is probably better than their play has been. Outside some fluke comeback goals, they probably should be at .500 or under already.

However, no matter how they finish the season, even if they get to the playoffs, they are going to have some crap games. Especially on the 2nd of back to back and going up to Colorado altitude and playing against a good team with some dominating players. Its not like the Duck's have some shutdown line ready for a playoff series matchup or even really consistent lines or lineup at this point.
If you are goina enjoy the fluke wins you gotta expect the well deserved losses

 

[darkwingduck]

The Duck's record is probably better than their play has been. Outside some fluke comeback goals, they probably should be at .500 or under already.

Idk, they've had a pretty horrid schedule to start with. Besides Nashville, Columbus and San Jose, they haven't played any team with a losing record.

 

[Leonardo87]

Idk, they've had a pretty horrid schedule to start with. Besides Nashville, Columbus and San Jose, they haven't played any team with a losing record.

Yeah Ducks have had one of the tougher schedules and to be 9-7, and with injuries to key players, really not bad at all.

 

[caliamad]

they got shellacked. Sometimes it's good for a young team to be humbled too. Can't rely on 3rd period comebacks all the time.

 

[Ducksforcup]

Those games are going to happen. The real test is the response against the Panthers and Blues.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

For some perspective Vaak - Gudas pairing were both a +1, will leave it at that. Actually won’t, the Fowler - LaCombe pairing is not working. Good skilled teams are going to expose them.

I expected a loss but not like this. They literally stopped skating in the 3rd. Hate to make excuses but back to back, travel, elevation, against a fresh rested team? Yeah these are the results.

Win tomorrow and maybe this game never happened. Florida is playing tonight.

It’s a lot to ask of lacombe to play top mins on his offside w/ someone who isn’t exactly known for being a defensive stalwart.

I don’t think lybushkin is good, but he compliments Mintyukov enough to make the pairing decent…. Also a bit of security for Mintyukov and allows him to play his game.

I wouldn’t mind seeing lacombe + gudas pairing. But that leaves fowler with Vaaks which prob isn’t pretty either.