Pasta had 81 pts last yr ... in 66 games. I'd be happy if Rakell hits 66 pts in a whole year.
Interesting post, most likely just to take a jab at Rakell because he didn't like your IG post or something because nobody is saying Rakell is as good as Pasta.
Ya... boston def more opportunistic, with an actual powerplay.
That's the biggest difference
Yup, Boston capitalizing on opportunties was the main difference. They made just as many mistakes, if not more, than the Ducks did but the Ducks simply didn't capitalize. These types of games happen multiple times per year to every team.
did you guys know the ducks took ritchie over pastrnak in the '14 draft? not sure if its ever been brought up before
He's so good. He boomed us (X4).
Also do NOT look up where Pastrnak was drafted and who was drafted 13 spots ahead of him.
24 other teams passed on him as well. This isn't some type of aberration, it's called a draft.
Ya, those are key ingredients. Also no finish, no scorers. What am I missing here? I always though we were going to hover around .500. We need an elite scorer desperately. Do they look a little better? Sure. but this isn't a playoff team and this game shows that.
I agree. Vegas should also mail it in because they lost to Boston as well.
Process over results right now. I thought they played a great game and deserved better.
Boston showed how important it is to have a guy who can finish his chances, we just don't have that.
There were a lot of positives. In a re-tooling year with a lot of young guys in the lineup we actually played a pretty good game against a legitimate cup contender.
Agreed, and that may change with being able to get the ketchup flowing.
Meh. Not a horrible game. Signs of promise but Getzlaf has clearly taken a big step back. On to the next but this is going to be a rebuild year. Dallas seems to have had a good effect on team morale though so I doubt they will have any epic losing streaks like last year. Its too bad we didn't have this team last year when it was easy to be good in the Pacific. A lot changes in a year.
Huh? Who is good in the Pacific this year besides the Knights? Kings are trash, Edmonton is Edmonton, Calgary's d-core got another year older and they lost their starting goaltender, and the Sharks lost significant production, got older on the back end, and rely on Martin Jones.
Getzbald is the same age as C. Ronaldo....Getzbald just doesn't have it anymore
To be fair, Ronaldo takes care of his body as good or better then infamous American's such as Chara and Tom Brady.
I feel like we never do well during the euro friendly game times.
West coast teams typically don't do well in that window IIRC.
