GDT: Ducks @ Pen Guinea

[Sojourn]

Amalgam of a couple of posts.

Ah. Breakaways are going to happen, because players make mistakes. That's hockey. You prevent breakaways the same way you prevent turnovers, which is to say you can only do your best, but you know it's still going to happen.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Amalgam of a couple of posts.






The team sucks and lost the game on their own as well. But Gibson is also comically bad, and that will probably present a problem in a postgame series where all the players will have the book on him.

gibson is comically bad?

 

[Arthuros]

Worst game this team has played since Christmas.

 

[Ducks DVM]

4 goal lead, the most dangerous lead in hockey

Make it 5?

 

[darkwingduck]

The hockey gods are angry we scored more than 2 goals a game. This is our punishment

 

[Nordic*]

Theo needs to be here.

Noesen too. get that Ryan Garbage out of here.

 

[snarktacular]

gibson is comically bad?

I meant comically bad on breakaways.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

This game would be a prime example of why I haven't yet joined the committee to plan the parade. It isn't just a loss. It looks like a team totally out of sync.

 

[Sojourn]

Pens have really had much, much better puck support tonight. They're outnumbering us in places on the ice, when they shouldn't be.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Ah. Breakaways are going to happen, because players make mistakes. That's hockey. You prevent breakaways the same way you prevent turnovers, which is to say you can only do your best, but you know it's still going to happen.

Yup. Our goaltending is a dilemma. Do you want to risk 2 goals due to losing focus, or 2 goals due to breakaways? I really hate Gibson against fast teams, but I love him against the slow ones.

 

[Ducks DVM]

How has Rakell managed a -4 tonight? Wow I hate that stat.

 

[Nordic*]

After 5-6 much better games from Silfvermountain, he's once again back to playing a timid perimeter game... So frustrating.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

I meant comically bad on breakaways.

well i can't argue with you after tonight other than crosby is pretty hard to stop on them....but no way should hagelin roof him backhand.....

 

[Sojourn]

Yup. Our goaltending is a dilemma. Do you want to risk 2 goals due to losing focus, or 2 goals due to breakaways? I really hate Gibson against fast teams, but I love him against the slow ones.

That's a good point. Either way, it's 2 goals you need to make up for. In a playoff environment, that's going to cost you the series. You can't be spotting the opposing team free goals.

 

[DaDucks*]

I meant comically bad on breakaways.

I'd still take him over Andersen.

Freddie is like Goose on top gun. No matter how many times you watch the movie, you can't help but get attached, but alas, the ending never changes.

 

[Finnish Duck]

Ah. Breakaways are going to happen, because players make mistakes. That's hockey. You prevent breakaways the same way you prevent turnovers, which is to say you can only do your best, but you know it's still going to happen.

Yes those might happend sometimes, but 2-3 breakaways in one game is horrible from our other players.

 

[Nordic*]

How has Rakell managed a -4 tonight? Wow I hate that stat.

Yeah. I thought to myself that he's one of the few Ducks who's had a pretty good game....then saw that he was -4..

 

[Unholy]

Yes those might happend sometimes, but 2-3 breakaways in one game is horrible from our other players.

Yeah they got burned a lot today by the Pens speed.

 

[snarktacular]

Yup. Our goaltending is a dilemma. Do you want to risk 2 goals due to losing focus, or 2 goals due to breakaways? I really hate Gibson against fast teams, but I love him against the slow ones.

Being bad at breakaways and good at the rest is probably preferable, especially if the team is even or leading. I think the team will be more confident in that type of goaltender, which can have a trickle-up effect on the rest of the game.

 

[DucksFanDFW]

A bad game is going to happen. The thing that bugs me is nobody looks like they give a ****.

 

[70sSanO]

Crosby is Khrushchev, we're the UN, and Gibson is the shoe. BANG BANG BANG.

Now that goes back a long way. I don't know if many people even knew what you were talking about.

They probably think he is a forward on the Caps.

John

 

[Sojourn]

Yes those might happend sometimes, but 2-3 breakaways in one game is horrible from our other players.

Hah yeah. I just meant that breakaways aren't really preventable, in the way that you can make adjustments and suddenly the problem goes away. Not unless you're expecting your blue line to just sit in the neutral zone all game.

Tonight is excessive by any standard.

 

[KingJoffrey]

Yup. Our goaltending is a dilemma. Do you want to risk 2 goals due to losing focus, or 2 goals due to breakaways? I really hate Gibson against fast teams, but I love him against the slow ones.

They are both too streaky.

 

[The Duck Knight]

I could care less about this when looking at it as a singular game, but this game magnifies my concerns about this team in the playoffs.

1. Rakell at center. Pittsburgh was able to exploit Crosby against Rakell whenever they wanted. Nothing is going to stop that on the road in the playoffs against Toews/Kopitar/Carter/Thornton/Couture. We need a 3C that can keep up with Perry/Rakell offensively and is competent in his own end. That's the biggest need IMO.

2. Gibson point blank can't stop breakaways. We are too aggressive with pinches when trailing and we make too many boneheaded turnovers (namely Getzlaf). Freddy needs to be the guy until Gibby gets a better handle on that part of his game. I can live with Andersen giving up 1 per game guaranteed.

3. Obviously Bieksa isn't a top 4 d-man. Despres and Fowler needs to be back together at some point in the near future.

 

[snarktacular]

Why is Getzlaf even still on the ice? Should he be benched? Or is playing him in this kind of situation also some kind of punishment?