Post-Game Talk: Game 14: Anaheim Ducks vs San Jose Sharks, 5pm PT, BSSC (Ducks win 4-1)

[Hockey Duckie]

Yay 4 points. An expected win, but thought we'd put up more goals. Gibby bailing us out a few times in this game, which isn't want you want seeing against this Sharks team.

 

[robbieboy3686]

Seems like anytime grouxl plays he takes at least 1 minor penalty. I would be shocked if he isn’t waived soon

Probably his last game ever as a duck tonight.

 

[ff8]

Not to play lip reader myself but I'm pretty sure Vatrano was saying Barracuda over and over.

Barracuda, as in Troy Stecher’s dad’s favorite fish?

 

[Leonardo87]

@Ducks DVM

 

[Hockey Duckie]

With Groulx in the lineup, Carrick seems to have the green light to go fight. Groulx can play PK if Carrick is in the sin bin, but also can play center, implying can take faceoffs.

 

[robbieboy3686]

With Groulx in the lineup, Carrick seems to have the green light to go fight. Groulx can play PK if Carrick is in the sin bin, but also can play center, implying can take faceoffs.

He’s always given the green light to fight. But with Johnston playing, he’s not needed to fill that roll. Grouxl isn’t sticking with this team. Jones won’t lose his spot to him.

 

[duckaroosky]

I feel empathy…like we were there and hopefully aren’t there for the next 5-10 years

O and thank god we didnt lose to them

I'm not going to gloat about our win because we were that team last year but that's where my empathy ends.

 

[pbgoalie]

Responding to bad games and playing solidly, beating a team we should beat, is another sign of improvement.

I know there will be some down this season, but the future looks fun now and less a question mark

 

[slippingsloth]

Waiting for a chimp bazooka index results

 

[Leonardo87]

I'm not going to gloat about our win because we were that team last year but that's where my empathy ends.

I think that SJ team is actually worse. Which is crazy. I wanted a couple of more goals but 4-1 win on a bad team, this is what needed to happen. That 18,19,20yo goal was the best part of the night

 

[slippingsloth]

Also. Am I crazy or is a back to back on the road Tues/Wed nuts. Nashville and Colorado are what 11-1200miles apart? Is that a normal back to back w travel distance? Isn’t it usually at most an hr or something by plane between places

 

[Ducks DVM]

With a bazooka Cyclonic Seafood edition

	With a bazooka, Gold Lamé Chapeau edition
Goals of the game	Goals	Achieved
	Ducks with 35+ shots	44
	Ducks outhit Sharks	15-19
	Top line 3+ points	1
	Top 6 3+ goals	3
	Ducks > Sharks on PP%	40% - 0%
	Game ends in regulation
Bonus Points	Same until it happens
	Calder kids >= PPG collectively.	2 kids, 2P
	Legit need for “Gudas smash” 2+ times	Hit + goal
	Terry with more shots than turnovers	3S 2A/B 4 MS, 1 GVA
Total	4/6 + = 7/6

That’s enough to warm the heart of even a poikilotherm like @Leonardo87 !

 

[Ducks DVM]

I'm not going to gloat about our win because we were that team last year but that's where my empathy ends.

I’m not going to gloat, solely because that’ll ensure karma comes along and kicks the Ducks asses the rest of the year.

 

[FiveTacos]

I'm not going to gloat about our win because we were that team last year but that's where my empathy ends.

As bad as it was, we knew the D pipeline was about to start delivering, and we already had young forwards contributing. Between McT, Zegras, Terry, Drysdale, the trio of arriving junior dmen, Lacombe, and a likely top 3 pick in a year with 3 elite C prospects ... We could reasonably see a future core taking shape.

SJ is looking at a similarly miserable season, but how much of their future core is in place?

 

[slippingsloth]

I’m not going to gloat, solely because that’ll ensure karma comes along and kicks the Ducks asses the rest of the year.

I am glad we won. Empathize w sharks faithful. Hopefully they are 1-2 years behind us. I want the east to fear coming to California again.

 

[Ducks DVM]

I am glad we won. Empathize w sharks faithful. Hopefully they are 1-2 years behind us. I want the east to fear coming to California again.

I empathize, but I recall viscerally what total asshats their fans who came here during the playoffs were.

 

[70sSanO]

I empathize, but I recall viscerally what total asshats their fans who came here during the playoffs were.

At least the cow bells are gone.

John

 

[slippingsloth]

I empathize, but I recall viscerally what total asshats their fans who came here during the playoffs were.

Kings fans are just as bad. I know that is just a what about ism.

In the end I tend to be very supportive of fans/fanbases who keep supporting during the dark times. As in if you are still supporting the Sharks this year, the ducks last year, then you are a true fan and not some fair weather fan. One of my biggest gripes in so cal is how much fair weather fandom there is and how often other cities have more fans in the building in soft years(any sport hockey football baseball etc).

I have a huge soft spot when I see Buffalo Sabres since their fandom has been thru it . Despite not being a sabers fan

 

[pbgoalie]

I don’t mind the sharks, simply due to the fact that the only way to see a playoff game in California before the Kings/Ducks started winning was to go to San jose

It was electric back then.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Ducks PP is currently 12th at 22.5%
Ducks PK is currently 13th at 81%

Someone don’t wanna get fired

 

[70sSanO]

Best Ducks/Sharks game was 2009 Quarter Finals Game 6.

Starting with Getzlaf/Thornton fight all the way to eliminating the President’s Cup winners.

John

 

[Mr Rogers]

It's gotten to the point where I wonder if Seattle regrets not taking McTavish who appears to have a lot more offensive upside than Beniers. There are some players who leave you wanting more, like you think they can do stuff that they rarely, if ever, actually do. Mason is the complete opposite - he keeps doing stuff that i had no idea he was capable of doing. the only thing i'm certain of with him is that his upside appears to be very, very high.

 

[robbieboy3686]

It's gotten to the point where I wonder if Seattle regrets not taking McTavish who appears to have a lot more offensive upside than Beniers. There are some players who leave you wanting more, like you think they can do stuff that they rarely, if ever, actually do. Mason is the complete opposite - he keeps doing stuff that i had no idea he was capable of doing. the only thing i'm certain of with him is that his upside appears to be very, very high.

I felt since day 1 that I was glad we got Big Mac and not little man beniers

 

[duckaroosky]

Best Ducks/Sharks game was 2009 Quarter Finals Game 6.

Starting with Getzlaf/Thornton fight all the way to eliminating the President’s Cup winners.

John

Hiller was fantastic during that series. I remember reading the sharks GDT where someone joking said they should just shoot Hiller and someone replied that he would probably just catch the bullets LOL.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

He’s always given the green light to fight. But with Johnston playing, he’s not needed to fill that roll. Grouxl isn’t sticking with this team. Jones won’t lose his spot to him.

That's the point. Johnston has been a big cuddly bear, but not versatile. Carrick is versatile. Groulx is versatile, but he's still developing and 8 years younger than Carrick, 6 years younger than Johnston.

I like Johnston on the 4th line, but we also need to keep an eye on the future. Groulx could be a part of that future. We don't know how long we'll keep Silf and Rico. Guess I'm looking at long term planning than just this year. In the AHL, we have crap this year and last year Groulx was one of our best players. Gaucher feels like many years away.