GDT: [Game #65] Dallas Stars @ Anaheim Ducks – 9:00 PM CT (BSSW)

[piqued]

That one felt good. Anaheim has been doing a ton of complaining for a team going absolutely nowhere

 

[Sports2]

dread him, run from him, pavelski arrives all the same.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Two very obvious trips not sure why they were complaining. Then Dellandrea takes a dumb penalty for no reason

 

[Zapp]

Two very obvious trips not sure why they were complaining. Then Dellandrea takes a dumb penalty for no reason

people can say what they want about our bottom pairing D but Dellandrea is clearly the most negative impact player on our team

 

[piqued]

Dellandrea might be the smartest person in the history of the world off the ice, but he's dumb as a rock on the ice

 

[redbeardtx]

Dellandrea doing Dellandrea shit

 

[Zapp]

that wouldve been nuts if Duchene cashed in

 

[Kcb12345]

Damn wish Duchene could've scored there

 

[redbeardtx]

LOL Benn

 

[Blindsummit]

Jamie Benn swimming in molasses there.

 

[Kcb12345]

Benn didn't look like he even wanted that breakaway lol

Marchment just robbed us of the possibility of a Stankoven point in the final 2 mins of play. f***

 

[redbeardtx]

Benn didn't look like he even wanted that breakaway lol

Marchment just robbed us of the possibility of a Stankoven point in the final 2 mins of play. f***

Don't worry, Dellandrea is out there to save the day

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Why does McTavish shake his head round so much like he's tweaking

 

[redbeardtx]

Why does McTavish shake his head round so much like he's tweaking

Making sure both brain cells are still in there working hard

 

[Kcb12345]

Easily took care of business tonight. Love to see it on the 1st night of a B2B

 

[Spotty 2 Hotty]

Good win. The Kraken and Wild were both useless tonight.

 

[Kcb12345]

You know your team is deep when you score 6 goals tonight and the guy with a 5-point night and a guy with a 4-point night last game didn't even pick up a single point

 

[Hull Fan]

I need someone to tell me how both Anaheim and Minnesota thought that Sam Steel wasn't good enough for their 4th lines? Is he amazing, no. But considering the absolute dross we've put out on the 4th line some years he's amazing. Two more just like him please.

The even better thing is he's a RFA, so he'll be here next season too.

 

[Elysian]

Looks like I missed a good one. Gonna miss tonight too.

 

[M88K]

I need someone to tell me how both Anaheim and Minnesota thought that Sam Steel wasn't good enough for their 4th lines? Is he amazing, no. But considering the absolute dross we've put out on the 4th line some years he's amazing. Two more just like him please.

The even better thing is he's a RFA, so he'll be here next season too.

Look at what happened with Nichushkin for us. That is the same story for the ducks with Steel.
Higher expectations and not living up to them so they let him go.
Minnesota is purely cap driven though I'm not sure why they didn't want to make room for him

 

[eartotheground]

Look at what happened with Nichushkin for us. That is the same story for the ducks with Steel.
Higher expectations and not living up to them so they let him go.
Minnesota is purely cap driven though I'm not sure why they didn't want to make room for him

man i can’t imagine nuke embracing a 4th line role like this tho. hell, he even apologized to nill for his lack of effort when he was here.
i wonder if he had actually busted his ass if we would’ve let him go.

 

[M88K]

man i can’t imagine nuke embracing a 4th line role like this tho. hell, he even apologized to nill for his lack of effort when he was here.
i wonder if he had actually busted his ass if we would’ve let him go.

I don't think he would have embraced it, but I imagine if the effort was there and the results weren't. They would have made a different choice to buyout to open the extra salary

 

[Satan]

I don't think he would have embraced it, but I imagine if the effort was there and the results weren't. They would have made a different choice to buyout to open the extra salary

yep the buyout was clearly a wake up call for him to mature

 

[Troy McClure]

man i can’t imagine nuke embracing a 4th line role like this tho. hell, he even apologized to nill for his lack of effort when he was here.
i wonder if he had actually busted his ass if we would’ve let him go.

The problem is Nichushkin spent years wanting out of Dallas. He'd given Nill multiple trade requests before he went back to the KHL. Then he only came back because he could see Nill wasn't going to trade his rights. He got himself bought out on purpose by pouting his way out of the organization.