Player Discussion Ryan Getzlaf

[Hockey Duckie]

A few things:

He mentions "wanting to do a little bit more in the management side of things but it hasn't really panned out this year as far as getting right into it...". It would be awesome to get Getzlaf on the management side.

He says he probably would have played 4 or 5 more years if he had gone to a different team. Also you can assume if the Ducks were better he would have kept playing.

Apparently Robby Neids was a monster chirper.

Thanks for sharing. It was a great listen and would have loved to hear him for another hour with his insights.

The whole panel dived into some deep stuff such as how coaching has changed, especially with the new young guys. This makes having Eakins onboard feel like we're ahead of the program in that sense. But if you do go with a young guy, then give the young coach a lot of veteran coaching support or vice versa with old coach and young guys. Eakins was surrounded with a lot of experienced assistant coaches last year with Ward, Brown, and Stothers.

Getz admitting that he would have played longer on another team, probably one that wasn't going through a reset rebuild, that he'd be playing another 4 to 5 years confirms what I thought if the Verbeek would have taken the next step on contending. Lindholm shared in an interview that he knew what Verbeek wanted to do, which was to do a reset and on PV's terms. It's too bad Murray shot himself in the foot. Getz wanted to stay a Duck and not go anywhere else, which selfishly as a fan, I'm kinda glad too.

Speaking of Murray, it feels like a lot of his thoughts and practices has rubbed off on Getzy such as protecting the kids, evolving with coaching the young guys. He's got plenty of insight and surprised he hasn't been offered anything with management, even in an intern type thing. Maybe that's why he's showing up to games often to let the org know he's still hungry to be a part of Ducks hockey. I hope so.

 

[Rybread86]

Thanks for sharing. It was a great listen and would have loved to hear him for another hour with his insights.

The whole panel dived into some deep stuff such as how coaching has changed, especially with the new young guys. This makes having Eakins onboard feel like we're ahead of the program in that sense. But if you do go with a young guy, then give the young coach a lot of veteran coaching support or vice versa with old coach and young guys. Eakins was surrounded with a lot of experienced assistant coaches last year with Ward, Brown, and Stothers.

Getz admitting that he would have played longer on another team, probably one that wasn't going through a reset rebuild, that he'd be playing another 4 to 5 years confirms what I thought if the Verbeek would have taken the next step on contending. Lindholm shared in an interview that he knew what Verbeek wanted to do, which was to do a reset and on PV's terms. It's too bad Murray shot himself in the foot. Getz wanted to stay a Duck and not go anywhere else, which selfishly as a fan, I'm kinda glad too.

Speaking of Murray, it feels like a lot of his thoughts and practices has rubbed off on Getzy such as protecting the kids, evolving with coaching the young guys. He's got plenty of insight and surprised he hasn't been offered anything with management, even in an intern type thing. Maybe that's why he's showing up to games often to let the org know he's still hungry to be a part of Ducks hockey. I hope so.

What I kind of gathered from that last part is he wasnt sure what he wanted to do going into this season or how long he wanted to stay away. Sounds like he started getting pulled in more as time went along and they likely just havent ironed out a spot for him but you still see him at a bunch of the team events. Its probably just a feeling out process, a lot like what happened with Scotty and others.

I miss that guy. Absolutely my favorite Duck, maybe favorite player all time.

 

[snowave]

Those guys are always tough to listen to, especially O'Brien. 10 minutes of garbage, followed by a decent question. Pretty similar info as to the other show he was on recently. Thanks for the link, though.

 

[la patineuse]

Those guys are always tough to listen to, especially O'Brien. 10 minutes of garbage, followed by a decent question. Pretty similar info as to the other show he was on recently. Thanks for the link, though.

Kinda like when he played.

Edit: Anyway, I know what you mean. I tried to listen to this last night, but I was tired and I couldn't get through more than a few minutes and had to try again this morning.

 

[DuckDuckGetz]

Getz won’t stay away for long but I think it’s important for a new guy like PV and whoever his new coach is get a chance to establish themselves before he comes back in a fuller capacity.

He likely still has a ton of sway over at least 70% of our roster.

 

[Static]

I can't stand the guy, but I hope he's right.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

I can't stand the guy, but I hope he's right.

I know it happens sometimes with former stars but a guy really ought to start professionally coaching at a level other than the NHL unless he's some sort of coaching prodigy.

 

[bsu]

I can't stand the guy, but I hope he's right.

He knows as much as we do.

 

[Quack Shot]

I always figured Getzlaf would be in management type roles, not coaching.

 

[FiveHoleTickler]

I always figured Getzlaf would be in management type roles, not coaching.

He literally said in the podcast posted yesterday "too much video" in regards to his interest in coaching. My bet is management as well.

 

[Static]

I know it happens sometimes with former stars but a guy really ought to start professionally coaching at a level other than the NHL unless he's some sort of coaching prodigy.

Yeah I'd rather he went the Marchant route.

 

[snowave]

I actually think he might end up veering toward coaching. He likes being around the guys and the game, and his leader personality seems fitting in that regard. I know he said he wasn't crazy about all the videos, but he seemed a bit more open sounding to the idea in that interview than the other one.

 

[FiveHoleTickler]

Yeah I'd rather he went the Marchant route.

Maybe not the whole route.

 

[MMC]

 

[FiveHoleTickler]

He seems to be making the media rounds lately. He hasn't been actively promoting anything that I've noticed. Wonder what this has been about. Maybe making a push to get involved in the game?

 

[Kalv]

Getzy in player development: just stares in a poker face at the prospect
Prospect: gets better

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Getzy in player development: just stares in a poker face at the prospect
Prospect: gets better

Or he just chirps them and they instantly get better

 

[ohcomeonref]

I want to see Getz do a sandbagger with Whitney and Biz.

 

[duxfan1101]

I want to see Getz do a sandbagger with Whitney and Biz.

Getzlaf and Selanne would be fantastic.

 

[ohcomeonref]

Getzlaf and Selanne would be fantastic.

Or Getz and Kesler. Kes was a great interview with those guys.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

He literally said in the podcast posted yesterday "too much video" in regards to his interest in coaching. My bet is management as well.

Yup. In that podcast, he really sounded like he could become a GM.

 

[190Octane]

His body will be happy in 10 years that he didn’t play the next 5.

Accomplished basically everything that he could, had a HOF level career, and now will be able to play with his kids and grandkids without having his body too torn apart.