GDT: pre-season games - Winning streak does not not end today - 5 PM PT

[Ducks DVM]

Hah! 78 points is now a reasonable goal.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Fowler getting chippy again.

 

[dracom]

Man, can you imagine if Bernier ends up taking the #1 spot from Gibson? Glad we finally got a win, even if it means nothing, I have to imagine it's a weight of a few of players shoulders.

 

[kducks]

Video of Cramarossa's goal

 

[Ducks Nation*]

Video of Cramarossa's goal

Holy moly

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

Video of Cramarossa's goal

Im only getting sound. Thats weird. How can I fix this?

 

[Kalv]

Cramberry dangled on Heed, by the way, former Ducks prospect.

And Boll fought a 5`10 guy, chill out

 

[Markus078]

Man, can you imagine if Bernier ends up taking the #1 spot from Gibson? Glad we finally got a win, even if it means nothing, I have to imagine it's a weight of a few of players shoulders.

Bernier is a good goalie, in the right environment he can be really good. If he can bounce back we are for sure not weaker than last year. I think this will be a hard battle for John and that is good!

 

[broman]

Bieksa with the lowest TOI in D, even considering the penalty. Hope springs eternal.

 

[Paul4587]

We really need Rakell signed. That forward lineup is basically our opening day lineup and it's awful. We don't have the depth to split Getzlaf and Perry and Silfverberg shouldn't be anywhere near the top PP unit.

Seeing a guy like Cramarossa still up reminds me of back in the last days of Carlyle where there would always be one random AHLer with a bit of grit and defensive acumen that he took a shining to.

 

[Kalv]

Nice to see Crammer still up. Guy can fight, be gritty and i think he killed penelaties a lot in SD. The dangle was nice, I hope Heeds ankles are ok after that But i wouldn`t expect much of it in the actual NHL from Crammer.

What`s up with Laganiere?

Fingers crossed Sorensen works out for us and himself.

 

[Paul4587]

What`s up with Laganiere?

He was sent to San Diego a couple of days ago.

 

[Kalv]

He was sent to San Diego a couple of days ago.

Agh I missed that. I heard he looked good early on but I guess not good enough. On paper his skills are really good just not at the NHL level still

 

[Opak]

Agh I missed that. I heard he looked good early on but I guess not good enough. On paper his skills are really good just not at the NHL level still

Laganiere doesn't even have an NHL contract (signed an AHL deal with the Gulls), so this was to be expected. Laganiere, along with Jaycob Megna, was one of San Diego's biggest positive surprises last year, so I wouldn't completely write him off as a prospect yet. It's just that he's 26 already, so time is running out for him IMO.

Who knew Crazy-Crammer could pull off moves like THAT? That looked like something a guy like Rakell would attempt, attaboy Crammer!

 

[Arthuros]

Was anyone there at the game? Wondering if Despres and Manson are looking better.

 

[Dirk316]

Cramberry dangled on Heed, by the way, former Ducks prospect.

And Boll fought a 5`10 guy, chill out

Haley is a very good fighter. He is very stocky. Good fight

 

[evomacky]

Finally a win. And finally hockey season is back.

 

[Ducks Nation*]

Ritchie-Getzlaf-Silfverberg
Cogliano-Kesler-Sorensen
Raymond-Vermette-Perry
Garbutt/Cramarossa-Wagner/Sgarbossa-Boll

Fowler-Manson
Despres-Bieksa
Larsson-Vatanen
Stoner-Holzer

Poor Perry

 

[Pennaduck]

Ritchie-Getzlaf-Silfverberg
Cogliano-Kesler-Sorensen
Raymond-Vermette-Perry
Garbutt/Cramarossa-Wagner/Sgarbossa-Boll

Fowler-Manson
Despres-Bieksa
Larsson-Vatanen
Stoner-Holzer

Poor Perry

I was thinking the same thing when I saw those lines posted. Although in fairness, that line would look much better with Rakell instead of Raymond, which is what you'd expect would happen once he is signed and healthy

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

I was thinking the same thing when I saw those lines posted. Although in fairness, that line would look much better with Rakell instead of Raymond, which is what you'd expect would happen once he is signed and healthy

Ya know, Vermette and Rakell put up about the same amount of points. And Vermette can win a face-off. It's not the end of the world. The "poor" guy in this scenario is Getz, who has to carry a rookie and a part-time black hole in Silf.

 

[Paul4587]

Ya know, Vermette and Rakell put up about the same amount of points. And Vermette can win a face-off. It's not the end of the world. The "poor" guy in this scenario is Getz, who has to carry a rookie and a part-time black hole in Silf.

Yeah, that first line on paper is brutal. I don't think we have the depth to split Getzlaf and Perry right now.

 

[Goose of Reason]

If Getzlaf keeps playing like he did at the world cup he'll be able to shoulder that load. Dude somehow managed to be over a point per game playing between DSP and Bork after all. Really drives home how necessary Rakell is in that lineup though.

 

[Ducks Nation*]

Silf time to step up....

 

[dracom]

Ritchie-Getzlaf-Silfverberg
Cogliano-Kesler-Sorensen
Raymond-Vermette-Perry
Garbutt/Cramarossa-Wagner/Sgarbossa-Boll

Fowler-Manson
Despres-Bieksa
Larsson-Vatanen
Stoner-Holzer

Poor Perry

I can see some merits to the forward lines, but I can see some big downfalls as well. First line could be good, if Getz can carry Ritchie enough and just let Silf be the main force of offensive for that line, I can see Silf having a career year. Second line worries me, not sure if putting a rookie on a shutdown line is the best thing. Third line has potential, just replace Raymond with Rakell (or swap Rakell and Ritchie?). Few teams could match that kind of scoring depth. 4th line is what it is, a grinding line.

Defense I'm not sure on really. Looks real bad without Lindholm.

 

[Ducks Nation*]

It annoys me that the 4th line have 2 on left and center but Boll is a staple in it.....****!