Former Ducks Thread II: AKA Wild Bill is good

[Magnus the Duck]

According to Washington Post, DSP has been benched due to failing the teams conditioning tests before pre-season.
https://www.tsn.ca/report-smith-pelly-benched-for-conditioning-1.1180962

To much food and party after getting a cup ring?

 

[Vipers31]

I meant to mention this - surprisingly saw Antoine Laganiere play last week. Which is supposed to tell you he's landed in Germany, playing for Straubing. Has 5 points in 7 games, so this could be a good fit for him.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

I meant to mention this - surprisingly saw Antoine Laganiere play last week. Which is supposed to tell you he's landed in Germany, playing for Straubing. Has 5 points in 7 games, so this could be a good fit for him.

I remember thinking he would be another Penner when we signed him.

 

[Vipers31]

I remember thinking he would be another Penner when we signed him.

Yeah I also felt we might have found a pretty well-filled free wallet in him.

 

[Magnus the Duck]

Palmieri great start so far with both NJ goals.

 

[Dryish]

I'm watching the game currently and while Palms and Vats are doing good and I'm loving it, I find way more joy in the fact that, yet again, the Oilers seem to be in for a mess of a season. It's the one constant in the life of a hockey fan.

 

[AngelDuck]

Palms turned into a helluva hockey player in NJ.

Happy for him

Devils are definitely my second favorite team right now

 

[Spazkat]

I'm watching the game currently and while Palms and Vats are doing good and I'm loving it, I find way more joy in the fact that, yet again, the Oilers seem to be in for a mess of a season. It's the one constant in the life of a hockey fan.

I'm the same. I've always been a big fan of both so seeing them do so well for NJ is great. Watching Hall tho... mind boggling that the Oilers looked at him and thought "this is the guy we need to dump for a meh defenseman". Surely we could have offered them something better than Larsson for him... getting Hall would have been incredible *sigh*

 

[Magnus the Duck]

Palmieri scoring his 6th goal in 3 games. Ask NJD if we can borrow him for a few games?

 

[Paul4587]

Palmieri scoring his 6th goal in 3 games. Ask NJD if we can borrow him for a few games?

That’s an impressive start, I wasn’t aware he was leading the league in goals per game. Probably because he doesn’t play for Toronto and we don’t see his name pasted all over the main boards and media just because he’s on a hot streak.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Justin Schultz out with a fractured leg/ankle

 

[WhatTheDuck]

 

[Terry Yake]

maroon sucks and he annoys the crap out of me

 

[la patineuse]

maroon sucks and he annoys the crap out of me

Dustin Penner was his role model on the team.

 

[Kalv]

Whatever happened, happened. Nice to see him finally get back with Anthony.

 

[Exit Dose]

I was looking over some of the stats of our prospects, both current and former, and it looks like Nattinen's struggles followed him to Finland. He has one point, an assist, over nine games.

 

[MMC]

Palms still poppin off

 

[bsu]

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Poor Sami. But good on him from escaping Carlyle and this dumpster fire. He could use him on this team right now.

 

[mightyquack]

Poor Sami. But good on him from escaping Carlyle and this dumpster fire. He could use him on this team right now.

That would be one expensive 3rd pairing defenceman to have.

 

[Paul4587]

That would be one expensive 3rd pairing defenceman to have.

I would still take him over Montour and this years iteration of Manson.

 

[AngelDuck]

I would still take him over Montour and this years iteration of Manson.

True, Manson will rebound, he’s been a lot better lately.

Montour is probably the guy who’d benefit most from a coaching change

 

[mightyquack]

I would still take him over Montour and this years iteration of Manson.

Manson at the start of the season? Sure. But Manson has been better lately and is easily the superior defenceman over the course of their career. I'd take Vatanen of 2013-2016 over Montour, but Vatanen of 2016-present? I'd rather have Montour, brings far more offensively to the table then Vatanen even if Vatanen is better defensively right now.

 

[AngelDuck]

Not sure what was wrong with manson at the beginning of the season but I’m going to speculate that he’s one of those guys that spent too much time lifting and not enough time skating in the offseason. He seems like that type. Nothing wrong with that, but he probably had to play himself into shape in the beginning

 

[Paul4587]

Manson at the start of the season? Sure. But Manson has been better lately and is easily the superior defenceman over the course of their career. I'd take Vatanen of 2013-2016 over Montour, but Vatanen of 2016-present? I'd rather have Montour, brings far more offensively to the table then Vatanen even if Vatanen is better defensively right now.

Montour and Vatanens offensive numbers have been very similar the past season with one playing sheltered minutes and the other playing much more difficult minutes. I would say Vatanen has a significant defensive edge and is miles better on the PK.