GDT: Ana @ Arz. 6:00 Pacific

[Paul4587]

Jesus Hampus that was a f***ing brutal pass. At least it was defended well coming back.

 

[AngelDuck]

Steel was a top 3 player on our team that period and that's not saying much...

Awful period

 

[la patineuse]

if you're slow you can't be a team that loses puck battles

It's not just getting to the pucks. They are also losing the puck battles against the boards.

 

[Static]

That was not a good period.

 

[Sojourn]

Jesus Hampus that was a ****ing brutal pass. At least it was defended well coming back.

Really not feeling confident about our defense at the moment.

 

[la patineuse]

That was not a good period.

Can't get worse right? Oh wait, the 2nd period is coming up.

 

[duxfan1101]

I liked Gibbons and Gibson that period. That's about it

 

[Magnus the Duck]

With this keeping up, every game is going to be 1x-3x in shots.

 

[KyleJRM]

You gotta send Terry down soon. He's personally ruining the first line.

 

[KyleJRM]

I just don't know how much you can ask from a defense when they spend 3/4ths of the game in their own end.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Really not feeling confident about our defense at the moment.

I’m uncertain if the scheme is bad, they haven’t learned the new scheme, or if our D simply isnt as good as we thought they were.

 

[Paul4587]

Really not feeling confident about our defense at the moment.

Montours the only one playing well. Our supposed top 3 have all been awful.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Getzlaf is infinitely better tonight.

 

[DuckRogers10]

Why does every team in the NHL pass better than the Ducks?

RC

 

[Static]

It seems they still aren't trusting where guys are going to be when they retain the puck, hence the immediate decision to just go off the boards. They need to cut that habit out, they hardly ever have the puck.

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

Shit period, there were about 2 shifts with any sort of extended zone time at even strength.

Someone win a board battle, please, I beg.

 

[Getzmonster]

We still look like an enthusiastic cluster****. This season is going to be an adventure.

 

[Static]

RC

No coach tells the team to pass poorly. The players aren't playing the system, they are panicking under pressure and not looking for sticks.

 

[Sojourn]

I’m uncertain if the scheme is bad, they haven’t learned the new scheme, or if our D simply isnt as good as we thought they were.

I’m inclined to lean towards the first two, if only because we’ve seen them play much better.

But I’m not going to say #3 isn’t possible.

As Static suggested, even if it’s the first two, you can’t take responsibility off the individual players.

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

We still look like an enthusiastic cluster****. This season is going to be an adventure.

One guy never looks like an enthusiastic clusterf***. He’s 100% the reason this team won’t be out of it by Christmas

 

[DuckRogers10]

No coach tells the team to pass poorly. The players aren't playing the system, they are panicking under pressure and not looking for sticks.

I don't ever remember them being this bad passing the puck under BB.

 

[Sojourn]

I don't ever remember them being this bad passing the puck under BB.

Passing is fundamental. Coaches can make it tougher for players to know where teammates are going to be, but once a player picks up his head and tries to make a pass, it’s on them.

 

[Duck Off]

Is it going to take Terry shooting the puck in our own net to make Carlyle realize he’s not working there?

 

[SniperHF]

No coach tells the team to pass poorly. The players aren't playing the system, they are panicking under pressure and not looking for sticks.

To chime in from the peanut gallery, these growing pains sound very similar to what the Coyotes had last season when they switched from Tippett's system to Tocchets. Albeit with more talent

 

[KyleJRM]

The next player to touch a puck after Terry is an opponent roughly 75% of the time

 

[Paul4587]

Troy Terry just isn’t an NHLer at this point. He’s holding that top line back.

 

[Sojourn]

To chime in from the peanut gallery, these growing pains sound very similar to what the Coyotes had last season when they switched from Tippett's system to Tocchets. Albeit with more talent

Who let you in here?

DVM... you don’t know where he’s been, man. He might have fleas.