GDT: G1 Ducks @ Sharks | 7:30 Pac

[McDonald19]

A journeyman like Street can play an effective 10 minutes a night when needed. Lundestrom is more of a question mark in Carlyle's mind.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

We know, unless of course some miraculous late-career blooming, that street is going to have limited impact, if at all. Maybe lundestrum would too, but at this time we also know who the more talented player is and who has more upside. If I'm choosing between two players with probably limited impact then it's going to be the player with the higher upside, because, like you said, who cares? It's a dart throw.

My point. Upside and age are a zero sum game. They mean the same thing. Talent also factors but Street is not talentless. In fact at times he looked pretty good. IMO age, nationality and draft position all taint posters' evaluation of talent, including mine. Anyway this is all academic.

It's just kind of a weird thing to me, unless street has some particular skill that the coaches saw and loved that we don't. Experience with the pace maybe.

Experience generally I think. One, because he knows what's up, and two, Lundestrom really does have upside that street doesn't. I personally wouldn't take any chances with rushing when there's a guy of basically identical impact and more maturity to do the job.

 

[lwvs84]

If lundestrum was a 30 year old dude then we would know who he was. We know who street is, he's a guy who hasn't been good enough for the NHL in a 10 year career.

We know, unless of course some miraculous late-career blooming, that street is going to have limited impact, if at all. Maybe lundestrum would too, but at this time we also know who the more talented player is and who has more upside. If I'm choosing between two players with probably limited impact then it's going to be the player with the higher upside, because, like you said, who cares? It's a dart throw.

It's just kind of a weird thing to me, unless street has some particular skill that the coaches saw and loved that we don't. Experience with the pace maybe.

It's probably more that they don't want to burn one of his 9 games on the 4th line. If they are keeping him, they may alternate him and Steel or Comtois (if they want to try Steel at LW) so they can use the young guys until some of the vets are healthy enough/signed to contracts to play.

 

[Static]

My point. Upside and age are a zero sum game. They mean the same thing. Talent also factors but Street is not talentless. In fact at times he looked pretty good. IMO age, nationality and draft position all taint posters' evaluation of talent, including mine. Anyway this is all academic.


Experience generally I think. One, because he knows what's up, and two, Lundestrom really does have upside that street doesn't. I personally wouldn't take any chances with rushing when there's a guy of basically identical impact and more maturity to do the job.

That's fair.

And I'm sure he will score tonight as a middle finger to all of us questioning his inclusion, that's generally how that works.

 

[HanSolo]

FWIW, Burns looked pretty terrible in the final preseason game against VGK. He was directly responsible for two of the three SHG against.

 

[91Fedorov]

FWIW, Burns looked pretty terrible in the final preseason game against VGK. He was directly responsible for two of the three SHG against.

I'm somehow hoping that Burns and EK don't work well together for some reason. If they do, we could be looking at Niedermayer / Pronger 2.0. That will just be a long season for everyone.

 

[kducks]

Fully expect our game to be delayed or switched over late as the Caps have to raise their banner before they play the first game.

 

[HanSolo]

I'm somehow hoping that Burns and EK don't work well together for some reason. If they do, we could be looking at Niedermayer / Pronger 2.0. That will just be a long season for everyone.

Burns is the odd man out in that comparison. Burns is way more inconsistent than both Scott and Chris. Karlsson less so but also nowhere near those guys defensively.

 

[AngelDuck]

I'm somehow hoping that Burns and EK don't work well together for some reason. If they do, we could be looking at Niedermayer / Pronger 2.0. That will just be a long season for everyone.

They won’t have to play together at even strength and on the PP they are too talented not to figure it out.

Sharks have 3 good shutdown guys in Vlasic, Braun, and Dillon

 

[Exit Dose]

We have a really good shot at taking this game, if just for the fact that we're playing a different style of hockey - regardless of their experience with us during preseason. I think that's going to catch them off guard.

 

[Getzmonster]

Not expecting much, but still happy to kick off a new season and see how the kids handle real NHL games. I have to admit that I'm even looking forward to seeing EK and how the Sharks blueline shapes up from a pure hockey appreciation standpoint.

I have a feeling Montour is going to be a big factor for us tonight, dude looks ready to dive tackle the league this season. **** Kane. Go Ducks.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

We have a really good shot at taking this game, if just for the fact that we're playing a different style of hockey - regardless of their experience with us during preseason. I think that's going to catch them off guard.

Ahhhhhh, the optimism of October.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

We can all debate Street funny thing is Rowney is the same player who just happens to have an insane contract

 

[Arthuros]

And both are still slightly worse than Grant.

I just don’t get it, man.

 

[Paul4587]

FWIW, Burns looked pretty terrible in the final preseason game against VGK. He was directly responsible for two of the three SHG against.

I wouldn’t put much stock into what happened in the preseason. But yeah Burns has never been a standout defensively.

 

[HanSolo]

I wouldn’t put much stock into what happened in the preseason. But yeah Burns has never been a standout defensively.

I normally wouldn't either, but he was really bad. Granted we have a banged up roster again, so who knows if it would even matter if he was bad tonight?

 

[Static]

And both are still slightly worse than Grant.

I just don’t get it, man.

To be fair we all bitched about grant at this time last year as well, myself included.

 

[Exit Dose]

Is this game exclusive to NBCSN?

 

[Static]

Is this game exclusive to NBCSN?

Yes.

 

[duxfan1101]

We can all debate Street funny thing is Rowney is the same player who just happens to have an insane contract

I'm not trying to defend the contract that Rowney got, but he is a much more defensive-minded, PK type forward than Street, and Rowney can win some faceoffs. Murray clearly had a type in mind when shopping FAs, and I don't hate the pickup, especially if it means less PK time for Getzlaf, but yes, the contract is still baffling.

 

[Goose of Reason]

Is this game exclusive to NBCSN?

Oh I didn't realize it was a national game. That's a guaranteed loss plus one of our guys doing something stupid that everyone will bitch about for half the season.

 

[Ducks in a row]

We're 4-19 in openers by my count.

3 of those 4 wins are probably under Boudreau lmao

Detroit Red Wings - Anaheim Ducks - October 8th, 1993 7-2 loss in Anaheim

Anaheim Ducks - Edmonton Oilers - January 20th, 1995 2-1 loss in Edmonton

Anaheim Ducks - Winnipeg Jets (1979) - October 9th, 1995 4-3 loss in Winnipeg

Anaheim Ducks - Toronto Maple Leafs - October 5th, 1996 4-1 loss in Toronto

Anaheim Ducks - Vancouver Canucks - October 3rd, 1997 3-2 loss in Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks - Washington Capitals - October 10th, 1998 1-0 loss in Washington

Anaheim Ducks - Dallas Stars - October 2nd, 1999 2-0 loss in Dallas

Minnesota Wild - Anaheim Ducks - October 6th, 2000 3-1 win in Anaheim

Anaheim Ducks - Boston Bruins - October 4th, 2001 4-2 loss in Boston

Anaheim Ducks - St. Louis Blues - October 10th, 2002 4-3 win in St. Louis

Anaheim Ducks - Dallas Stars - October 8th, 2003 4-1 loss in Dallas

Anaheim Ducks - Chicago Blackhawks - October 5th, 2005 5-3 win in Chicago

Anaheim Ducks - Los Angeles Kings - September 29th, 2007 4-1 loss in London England

Anaheim Ducks - San Jose Sharks - October 9th, 2008 4-2 loss in San Jose

San Jose Sharks - Anaheim Ducks - October 3rd, 2009 4-1 loss in Anaheim

Anaheim Ducks - Detroit Red Wings - October 8th, 2010 4-0 loss in Detroit

Anaheim Ducks - Buffalo Sabres - October 7th, 2011 4-1 loss in Buffalo

Anaheim Ducks - Vancouver Canucks - January 19th, 2013 7-3 win in Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks - Colorado Avalanche - October 2nd, 2013 6-1 loss in Colorado

Anaheim Ducks - Pittsburgh Penguins - October 9th, 2014 6-4 loss in Pittsburgh

Anaheim Ducks - San Jose Sharks - October 10th, 2015 2-0 loss in San Jose

Anaheim Ducks - Dallas Stars - October 13th, 2016 4-2 loss in Dallas

Arizona Coyotes - Anaheim Ducks - October 5th, 2017 5-4 win in Anaheim

 

[KaseMeOutside]

We have a really good shot at taking this game, if just for the fact that we're playing a different style of hockey - regardless of their experience with us during preseason. I think that's going to catch them off guard.

Our opening night lineup is one of the worst in the league forward wise. I don't share your optimism

 

[duckaroosky]

Oh I didn't realize it was a national game. That's a guaranteed loss plus one of our guys doing something stupid that everyone will ***** about for half the season.

Well, I was on the fence on if I should stay up and watch this but this just finalized it, I will not.

 

[Static]

Whatever happens tonight I'm confident it won't be as bad as what bruins fans are going through.