GDT: Duck Trek Mission 7: The Demon Investigation

[mightyquack]

Hate the fact we don't play til friday

Same here, but I like that the players will have to sit on that horrible 3rd period for a couple of rest days before taking to the ice for Game 4. Should be plenty fired up for it.

 

[Ducks Nation*]

Palms need to be benched...but has Jackman done a single thing all playoffs you remember? A hit? Anything? no.

 

[George Binks]

Wonder if hudler will be fined at all this series for all the diving

 

[DaDucks*]

Maroon - Getz - Perry
Bels - Kesler - Silf
Sekac - Rakell - Cogs
Flash - Thompson - Etem

Maybe swap Cogs/Etem on lines 3 and 4.

Make it ****ing happen BB, but of course that's just dreaming because I know he won't.

Cogs has never worked with Rakell. I'd move Thompson to the 3rd, but still give the 4th line over ten minutes of ice time

 

[KelVarnsen]

I think it is time to put someone in over Jackman he is barely getting any ice time in games.

Agreed. Jackman and Palms need to go. Completely invisible in the tiny amount of minutes they play.

 

[Ducks Nation*]

Jackman literally hasn't done a single thing I remember, can anyone else remember a single play a hit even a good defensive play in either Jets or Flames matchup

 

[Sojourn]

Or just drop Vatanen out of the line-up except for the home ice where he can be properly sheltered.

Sami had a rough night, but keeping him out of the line-up is overreacting. Keep that pairing together, just be a bit more aware of match ups. Calgary was taking advantage when they were on the ice. The message, to the coaches, should be that they need to minimize that. The top 4 can handle a few extra minutes on the road. Stoner gets time on the PK. Sami on the PP. It's an easy fix.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

Hate these types of loses. Was so furious after the goal I had to take a walk.

Can our next GDT include something about Flames calling their tying goal "JUSTICE!!"?

No. This game needs to be taken out and burned. It should never be referenced again after tonight.

 

[Bender66]

Defense is fine. Despite stoner never being able to clear the zone to save his life. They made some mistakes but i thought the d played really good road game for two periods. They just stopped skating and forechecking in the third.

 

[Ando]

We are just trying to vent right now

 

[prettymutch]

Ducks played fine, and I'm not that worried to be honest. I'm salty about the no call trip on Fowler after a faceoff, the elbow on Beleskey, the even-up on Despres, and OT in general. But the Ducks need to close out that game. No doubt about it.

Tighten up the really stupid penalties, and fix the bottom line.

 

[Ducks Nation*]

Getzlaf had a wide open shot from the slot in OT....I wish he would have buried that.

 

[AngelDuck]

Stoner didn't look to who he was passing to one time all night. He got pressured and tried to bat the puck up the boards and failed miserably. He's going to cost us against an actual good team (The Blackhawks)

 

[Bender66]

I think it is time to put someone in over Jackman he is barely getting any ice time in games.

This would be the only change I would make. Sekac can bring good speed and offensive skill to the fourth line.

 

[Mortal Wombat]

We were bound to lose a game sooner or later. I felt the guys were not quite as physical as in the first two games. That needs to change.

Vatanen isn't bringing much positive in the play-offs. Stupid penalties and lost games.

7 points in 7 games, +6. And we have lost one game. One.

I hope CI is fine and still up for the next GDT.

 

[Tecumseh]

Don't take this personally Flames fans but most of us are not in a very civil mood. Staying away for a bit might be wise.

 

[mightyquack]

Stoner didn't look to who he was passing to one time all night. He got pressured and tried to bat the puck up the boards and failed miserably. He's going to cost us against an actual good team (The Blackhawks)

Problem is that top 4 has been far too good to be broken up and Vatanen-Wiz looked like a dumpster fire on the occasions it was tried in the regular season.

So unless we bring in Holzer (lol) we'd have to break up the top 4 which I'd really not be a fan of doing.

 

[Static]

Getzlaf had a wide open shot from the slot in OT....I wish he would have buried that.

If Perry slides the puck to beauch it's over.

 

[Amp30]

Ducks really need to pick up their play if they want to beat the Hawks, because that's the series I'm nervous for. Their play this game is enough to win a series against a low level team like the Flames, but definitely not the Hawks. Hawks will lunch on us if we keeping making constant stupid mistakes like that.

 

[George Binks]

IM starting to get really worried about CI

 

[HavlatMach9]

A lot of bad luck and you guys still almost won.

 

[duckaroosky]

Ducks need some adversity because if we make it past Calgary we won't be facing "cupcake" teams anymore. Overcome it now and be prepared for the next round(s).

 

[Ando]

Alright I'm getting over it now, hope CI is okay.

Just sucks we have to wait two days.

 

[TheGoodShepard]

Probably a good thing that I didn't watch this game, so I'm not worried mainly because it seems like we played the absolute worst game we could have possibly played and they still needed a bunch of help from the officials to beat us.

Also, just box score watching, but we really won 40/59 draws on the road?

 

[Sojourn]

Problem is that top 4 has been far too good to be broken up and Vatanen-Wiz looked like a dumpster fire on the occasions it was tried in the regular season.

So unless we bring in Holzer (lol) we'd have to break up the top 4 which I'd really not be a fan of doing.

Seriously, the coaches just need to manage the ice time a little. It's a match up battle. We can afford to play the top 4 a little more to try to avoid unfavorable match ups on visiting ice.