GDT: Ducks @ Knights 7:00 PM Our time!!

[IDuck]

dont mind this loss....if this team played games like this every night and lost, i would be ok with it....steel needs to figure it out though

 

[DuckRogers10]

Sit Steel already, he's a ****ing turnover machine.

 

[bsu]

Fowler sucks ass in pressure situations... Shattenkirk sucks in all situations...

 

[Static]

Sit Steel already, he's a ****ing turnover machine.

I don't think he has the ideal linemates. Steel makes more sense with rakell and silf with lundestrum.

 

[Ducksforcup]

The maddening thing about Shattenkirk is that it never seems like there is any sense of urgency. I know that's not a barometer for success but when he is consistently playing this poorly, it really stands out as a negative.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Ducks could have just rolled over and died. It's such a shame they couldn't steal this one but I love the effort.

Ducks deserved this one! It was Vegas that stole it.

 

[AngelDuck]

Well played game by the ducks. Vegas is incredible in transition and burned us a few times. Think Terry and Lundestrom are really turning it on now

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Well played game by the ducks. Vegas is incredible in transition and burned us a few times. Think Terry and Lundestrom are really turning it on now

when you're in our spot you have to look for the positives, those 2 are, Terry seems to have turned a corner. 4 straight good games from him, and the team didn't pack it in tonight. We have a respectable record sans the Vegas games....

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

Sit Steel already, he's a ****ing turnover machine.

Grant being healthy scratched was a big turning point down the stretch late in this game. I get there's a learning curve, but if Eakins is assuming that Silf and Heinen are your shutdown wingers, you're not putting Steel in the best position to succeed long-term if you're making him defend the whole period IMO; now Eakins doesn't have any options for alternatives (Backes is too slow to keep up, Lundy is even more inexperienced at the NHL level than Steel is, and you don't want to overexert Getzlaf because you want him creating offense and hunting the winner when you have all the momentum).

I know they don't want to change what's clicking, but I'd love to see him with a creator offensively. One forechecker and a legitimate offensive threat allows him to play his ideal quiet game and find soft areas; Silf and Heinen both being there render Steel useless if they're not constantly winning pucks in the offensive end with massive amounts of space in the slot for him to exploit.

 

[bsu]

Like if you believed in Terry all along.

 

[AngelDuck]

when you're in our spot you have to look for the positives, those 2 are, Terry seems to have turned a corner. 4 straight good games from him, and the team didn't pack it in tonight. We have a respectable record sans the Vegas games....

I think there are a lot of positives overall based on what most realistically expected this team to be mixed in with some not so good things.

The main things I’m not stoked about are: Shattenkirk and Henrique signed for multiple years past this one, the lack of overall finishing ability on the roster outside of Comtois and a couple others sometimes, and some of the personnel decisions by Eakins at the end of games

I think overall there is light at the end of the tunnel of sucktitude. We just have no high end offensive players currently

 

[KaseMeOutside]

I think there are a lot of positives overall based on what most realistically expected this team to be mixed in with some not so good things.

The main things I’m not stoked about are: Shattenkirk and Henrique signed for multiple years past this one, the lack of overall finishing ability on the roster outside of Comtois and a couple others sometimes, and some of the personnel decisions by Eakins at the end of games

I think overall there is light at the end of the tunnel of sucktitude. We just have no high end offensive players currently

We could have just brought back f***ing Vatanen who's better

 

[AngelDuck]

Am I the only one underwhelmed by Silfverberg too? He’s not as bad as Henrique but he’s not the player he was in the past to me so far. The line he’s on always seems to struggle

He might be playing himself onto the trade block

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Am I the only one underwhelmed by Silfverberg too? He’s not as bad as Henrique but he’s not the player he was in the past to me so far. The line he’s on always seems to struggle

He might be playing himself onto the trade block

I would love to clear the books of as many guys who aren't part of the long term future as possible but we have never seen BM be that aggressive

 

[Hockey Duckie]

I echo the comment about Shatty passing to Rico. My lord. That happened for like 30 seconds.

It was almost how I pictured it between Getz and Terry, "No, you take the shot." "No, you take the shot." heh

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

Am I the only one underwhelmed by Silfverberg too? He’s not as bad as Henrique but he’s not the player he was in the past to me so far. The line he’s on always seems to struggle

He might be playing himself onto the trade block

Silf gets bailed out largely because he’s still very good in his own zone, but if you want the TL;DR version of what I posted above, the fact that he’s showing no instincts offensively is really dragging Steel’s development, who could desperately use a veteran creator on his line like Terry/Lundestrom/Comtois have to alleviate some pressure off of him

 

[AngelDuck]

Silf gets bailed out largely because he’s still very good in his own zone, but if you want the TL;DR version of what I posted above, the fact that he’s showing no instincts offensively is really dragging Steel’s development, who could desperately use a veteran creator on his line like Terry/Lundestrom/Comtois have to alleviate some pressure off of him

Him turning into an extremely expensive Danton Heinen is at least a little bit of a concern to
Me. I like the guy but for 5+ million you need 20-25 goals and 45-50 points

 

[duxfan1101]

We could have just brought back f***ing Vatanen who's better

He really isn't. Although he would have cost much less.

 

[duxfan1101]

It might be our turn soon

 

[ChaseANA]

Am I the only one underwhelmed by Silfverberg too? He’s not as bad as Henrique but he’s not the player he was in the past to me so far. The line he’s on always seems to struggle

He might be playing himself onto the trade block

Dude is the king of tunnel vision dump-and-change.

 

[bumperkisser]

steel should sit for a game. let grant center that line

 

[AngelDuck]

Just vaccinate the whole league for Christ sake. What a pain in the ass

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Am I the only one underwhelmed by Silfverberg too? He’s not as bad as Henrique but he’s not the player he was in the past to me so far. The line he’s on always seems to struggle

He might be playing himself onto the trade block

Silf and Heinen have been hustling it on the ice, creating turnovers, etc... I like what they do. If you just want to only look at counting stats, then I guess you'd be underwhelmed.

Before changes, we had this

Heinen-Rico-Silf
Comtois-Steel-Terry​

My opinion was that Rico and Steel have been weak links down the middle. After the changes, we get...

Heinen-Steel-Silf
Comtois-Lundy-Rakell​

Steel has the better players around him compared to Lundy's linemates, but it's Lundy's line that pretty strong on the offensive end and isn't getting hemmed in often in the defensive end. Rakell and Terry are basically interchangeable based upon their play early in this season. So Lundy is making it work when Steel couldn't. Heinen and Silf have been stuck with weaker centers between Rico and Steel. Steel... maybe he just needs more time to develop a la Terry, but right now, he might have hit a wall. I'd try this for a game or two...

Rico-Getz-Terry
Heinen-Grant-Silf
Comtois-Lundy-Rakell
Des-Backes-Rowney​

 

[Goose of Reason]

It might be our turn soon

Ah crap. Still can't believe they wouldn't bubble.

 

[AngelDuck]

Silf and Heinen have been hustling it on the ice, creating turnovers, etc... I like what they do. If you just want to only look at counting stats, then I guess you'd be underwhelmed.

Before changes, we had this

Heinen-Rico-Silf
Comtois-Steel-Terry​

My opinion was that Rico and Steel have been weak links down the middle. After the changes, we get...

Heinen-Steel-Silf
Comtois-Lundy-Rakell​

Steel has the better players around him compared to Lundy's linemates, but it's Lundy's line that pretty strong on the offensive end and isn't getting hemmed in often in the defensive end. Rakell and Terry are basically interchangeable based upon their play early in this season. So Lundy is making it work when Steel couldn't. Heinen and Silf have been stuck with weaker centers between Rico and Steel. Steel... maybe he just needs more time to develop a la Terry, but right now, he might have hit a wall. I'd try this for a game or two...

Rico-Getz-Terry
Heinen-Grant-Silf
Comtois-Lundy-Rakell
Des-Backes-Rowney​

Fine opinion to have, but please don’t accuse me of only looking at counting stats. I’ve watched damn near every single game of Jakob Silfverberg’ career and have been fine with his contributions for most of it.