GDT: Game 60: Anaheim Ducks vs New Jersey Devils, 7pm PT, BSW (Henrique’s last game?)

[Static]

how did zellwegger look?

Good, aggressive. Our current forwards are a nightmare for his style because he will never be covered.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Past two games for Lindstrom and LaCombe:

LaCombe: 3a, +3 rating, and 20:29 ATOI ... as well as 7 blocked shots and 2 hits
Lindstrom: 2a, +3 rating, and 15:34 ATOI

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

None of the dmen were - players tonight.

The end is near

 

[Ducks DVM]

Hits were 28-10 Ducks.

Didn’t have the puck much, but this is also part of why the Devils aren’t going anywhere in the playoffs.

 

[SmokeyDuck]

The D looked great without Fowler. Nothing against him or anything. It was just nice not having him in the lineup.

 

[Ducks DVM]

The D looked great without Fowler. Nothing against him or anything. It was just nice not having him in the lineup.

You think 55 shots against “looked great”? 76 including the blocked shots?

 

[Ducks DVM]

 

[SmokeyDuck]

You think 53 shots against “looked great”? 74 including the blocked shots?

It looked serviceable believe it or not.

 

[JAHV]

If we could get that Max Jones every night, he'd be a great and beloved 4th liner for years. He was so good.

 

[Ducks DVM]

It looked serviceable believe it or not.

I was at the game. It looked like the only reason we weren’t blown out was a combination of Dostal making a half dozen amazing saves and their goalies belonging in the ECHL.

 

[SmokeyDuck]

I was at the game. It looked like the only reason we weren’t blown out was a combination of Dostal making a half dozen amazing saves and their goalies belonging in the ECHL.

That's us on most nights, we are a shit team. Congrats on purchasing a ticket. I like the make up of what we iced on D compared to other nights. Young and inexperienced but it will get there.

 

[anezthes]

Thank you, Dostal.

 

[Mr Rogers]

This org struggles a lot with drafting depth forwards who can score but by god we always have a new extremely capable goalie in the wings.

 

[Ducks DVM]

That's us on most nights, we are a shit team. Congrats on purchasing a ticket. I like the make up of what we iced on D compared to other nights. Young and inexperienced but it will get there.

No, it’s absolutely not. Last night was second only to the Toronto no-name goalie game in shots against. The Ducks (after last night) average 33.3 SA/G. They have 3 games out of 60 where they gave up 50+, another 5 between 41-44, 13 between 35-39, 18 between 30-34, 16 between 25-29, and then 24, 22, and 19 SA games. (Bonus points to anyone who knows the hapless team we held under 20).

The game last night was multiple standard deviations worse that what we do “all the time”

SA the last 10 games - 55, 28, 29, 50 (LA), 27, 37, 32, 34, 38, 32,
The previous 10? - 28, 37, 44, 30, 33, 19, 28, 33, 41, 34.

One also cannot say the team “is shit on most nights”, then say, on the night that they gave up 66% more shots than their average, that the defense “looked great”.

There’s a difference between being optimistic about how the youth played and giving them all participation trophies when the defense was actually objectively bad.

 

[Deuce22]

If we could get that Max Jones every night, he'd be a great and beloved 4th liner for years. He was so good.

If we got "that" Max Jones, he wouldn't be a 4th liner.

 

[Ducks DVM]

 

[Leonardo87]

You think 55 shots against “looked great”? 76 including the blocked shots?

I pointed out to you on the scoreboard last night, 50+ SOG against not good. We were yet again missing half our Top 6 as soon as Mac went down, and as much as I love Jones, he is not Leo Carlsson or Trevor Zegras.

This game is why the Devils are looking for goal-tending. I feel for Jack Hughes all that skill going to waste on a team that can be a contender if they fixed their D and Goaltending.

 

[Ducks DVM]

I pointed out to you on the scoreboard last night, 50+ SOG against not good. We were yet again missing half our Top 6 as soon as Mac went down, and as much as I love Jones, he is not Leo Carlsson or Trevor Zegras.

This game is why the Devils are looking for goal-tending. I feel for Jack Hughes all that skill going to waste on a team that can be a contender if they fixed their D and Goaltending.

Yeah, the Devils have horrible goaltending, and are ludicrously soft. The entire team failing to respond (including the goalie) when Jones just full on ran him was pretty telling. Linstrom was making major errors last night, Gudas was absolutely gassed and was repeatedly flat footed on transitions in both directions (outstanding hitting notwithstanding), and as a team we were bad at getting the puck out.

Fun fact - we have 22 games to get 11 points in order to tie last year.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

No, it’s absolutely not. Last night was second only to the Toronto no-name goalie game in shots against. The Ducks (after last night) average 33.3 SA/G. They have 3 games out of 60 where they gave up 50+, another 5 between 41-44, 13 between 35-39, 18 between 30-34, 16 between 25-29, and then 24, 22, and 19 SA games. (Bonus points to anyone who knows the hapless team we held under 20).

The game last night was multiple standard deviations worse that what we do “all the time”

SA the last 10 games - 55, 28, 29, 50 (LA), 27, 37, 32, 34, 38, 32,
The previous 10? - 28, 37, 44, 30, 33, 19, 28, 33, 41, 34.

One also cannot say the team “is shit on most nights”, then say, on the night that they gave up 66% more shots than their average, that the defense “looked great”.

There’s a difference between being optimistic about how the youth played and giving them all participation trophies when the defense was actually objectively bad.

Meh they were missing a large portion of our offense, which means it was going to be a struggle to control the play much.

Was also the first game with that group.

We’re actually 100% win percentage when fowler doesn’t play

 

[SmokeyDuck]

No, it’s absolutely not. Last night was second only to the Toronto no-name goalie game in shots against. The Ducks (after last night) average 33.3 SA/G. They have 3 games out of 60 where they gave up 50+, another 5 between 41-44, 13 between 35-39, 18 between 30-34, 16 between 25-29, and then 24, 22, and 19 SA games. (Bonus points to anyone who knows the hapless team we held under 20).

The game last night was multiple standard deviations worse that what we do “all the time”

SA the last 10 games - 55, 28, 29, 50 (LA), 27, 37, 32, 34, 38, 32,
The previous 10? - 28, 37, 44, 30, 33, 19, 28, 33, 41, 34.

One also cannot say the team “is shit on most nights”, then say, on the night that they gave up 66% more shots than their average, that the defense “looked great”.

There’s a difference between being optimistic about how the youth played and giving them all participation trophies when the defense was actually objectively bad.

I'm sure not having Carlson and McTavish on a back to back played into it. I look forward to seeing more of this set up on D.

 

[DavidBL]

Meh they were missing a large portion of our offense, which means it was going to be a struggle to control the play much.

Was also the first game with that group.

We’re actually 100% win percentage when fowler doesn’t play

And ironically 50% on the PK without him. We didn't wins these games because Fowler wasn't playing.

 

[ohcomeonref]

And ironically 50% on the PK without him. We didn't wins these games because Fowler wasn't playing.

That's true. It is funny to see people try to desperately spin a narrative that the team is lost without Fowler when that isn't the case though.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

And ironically 50% on the PK without him. We didn't wins these games because Fowler wasn't playing.

pk is a work in progress for the young dmen… it’s not like it’s great with fowler either.

 

[duckpuck]

Yeah, the Devils have horrible goaltending, and are ludicrously soft. The entire team failing to respond (including the goalie) when Jones just full on ran him was pretty telling. Linstrom was making major errors last night, Gudas was absolutely gassed and was repeatedly flat footed on transitions in both directions (outstanding hitting notwithstanding), and as a team we were bad at getting the puck out.

Fun fact - we have 22 games to get 11 points in order to tie last year.

Entire team looked gassed. Dostal stole this game - full stop. NJD outplayed the depleted and tired ducks.

I do agree NJD are soft and obviously the goaltending was bad. They just traded for MacDermid. Maybe they want to make an offer for Dostal? (half kidding)

 

[Terry Yake]

dostal is the anti-gibson