GDT: G17 | Wild @ Ducks

[TheGoodShepard1]

Terry has gone a bit cold again. Steel has been scoring after being benched. I think Terry needs another one out.

You could if you thought there was something psychological going on, but honestly, Terry and the kids are the ones who are playing with energy. Getzlaf’s seniority as captain may help him avoid the fate, but with the exception of Ricky and Hampus, all the veterans need some time in the press box to decide whether they want to play hockey here or not. If they don’t, ship them out

 

[GreatBear]

Here's the good news. At least we are not paying to watch this in person.

 

[Terry Yake]

to whoever thought this team could potentially sneak into the playoffs, tonight should serve as an entryway back to reality

 

[Kalv]

to whoever thought this team could potentially sneak into the playoffs, tonight should serve as an entryway back to reality

Tonight put a hard dent in my hopes, yes. But it's not over yet.

 

[KyleJRM]

Steel hits that shot one time out of 50. It was a cool goal but I wouldn't expect it to be a sign of what's to come.

 

[Masch78]

This is an up and down year. We will see good stretches and bad ones. Pretty normal for a team in that status.

Btw, little bit off topic but I do not understand why Sam Carrick never became a bottom 6 fixture.

 

[Terry Yake]

This is an up and down year. We will see good stretches and bad ones. Pretty normal for a team in that status.

Btw, little bit off topic but I do not understand why Sam Carrick never became a bottom 6 fixture.

he's a gulls legend

 

[Magnus the Duck]

When is someone going to do something about our awful power play? Do we even have any set plays or plan? Just passing the puck around the perimeter on a 5 vs 3 until a defender saw the pattern and broke up the passing. It was really painful to watch.

 

[LuGBuG]

to whoever thought this team could potentially sneak into the playoffs, tonight should serve as an entryway back to reality

Yeah shame on us wanting to watch our team and young players try to be successful.

 

[JohnnyDrama]

to whoever thought this team could potentially sneak into the playoffs, tonight should serve as an entryway back to reality

They still can, look at the standings...shit game things to work on obviously but they’re not exactly competing with goliaths

 

[bumperkisser]

Yeah shame on us wanting to watch our team and young players try to be successful.

This is quite the disconnected response from what he said...

The guy said for anyone thinking this was a playoff team this game served as a reality check.

Somehow you turned that into shame on people for wanting the team to be successful?

Wanting the team and players to be successful does not equate to meaning the team is actually a playoff calibre team. Just cause I want to be Ryan Reynolds and be married to Blake lively doesn't mean I am.

 

[bsu]

All I gotta say is imagine this season without Gibson....literally would be unwatchable and we prob would have like 1-2 wins MAX

 

[FiveHoleTickler]

we've got 10 million dollars in cap tied up into Silf and Henrique for several years

More than $11 million combined for 3 years after this season and they're both 30+ years old. Good god man...

 

[Trojans86]

And that's why some of us wanted to trade those two last season when they actually had some value.

 

[Leonardo87]

The Ducks owe me a new TV remote after that performance. I got nothing else now sorry....

 

[AngelDuck]

And that's why some of us wanted to trade those two last season when they actually had some value.

Or we could have just never signed the contracts in the first place. Especially the Henrique one, which we knew was gonna suck the day it was signed

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

The tank squad is doing a lot of premature celebrating in this thread. The Ducks are coming off a long stretch of very good hockey and I wouldn't just assume that last night's game is what the team really is, as attractive as that may be to some of you.

 

[bracer028]

More than $11 million combined for 3 years after this season and they're both 30+ years old. Good god man...

Two years ago, we could have gotten firsts.

 

[KyleJRM]

I'm old enough to remember when trading Henrique rather than extending him was a pretty controversial position

 

[Gliff]

Feeling very apathetic right now.

The team sucks. Gibson is covering up a lot of warts, especially on the offense.
I'm not being reactive either. You can't be a playoff team when you can't consistently score more then 2 goals a game and this team has not shown the ability to do that.

 

[Trojans86]

The tank squad is doing a lot of premature celebrating in this thread. The Ducks are coming off a long stretch of very good hockey and I wouldn't just assume that last night's game is what the team really is, as attractive as that may be to some of you.

I'm not in the tank squad anymore. I wanted to trade those two last season and now I just don't think they're very good at all. I'm actually pretty excited with our young guys and think next year is going to be a breakout year for us. Wouldn't mind going shipping in free agency next season to fill some holes.

 

[Mr Rogers]

Comtois continues to grow offensively. Seeing him try some new stuff lately. Very happy with his progression this season.

 

[AngelDuck]

I'm old enough to remember when trading Henrique rather than extending him was a pretty controversial position

For a lot of people, yes it was

 

[AngelDuck]

They haven’t been able to score goals for a while now, but we have definitely reached the bottom of the curve now it feels like. Would be hard for things to get worse than being dead last offensively

 

[Henrique Iglesias]

Our powerplay is absolutely embarrassing. That 5 on 3 last night was so...so bad. Getzlaf made the same dumb pass twice.