They just aren't a good team. How many "good teams" change half their roster at the trade deadline?
They have what 8 shootout wins, that's propping them up and they have had some ridiculously unsustainable things go their way this season.
I wouldn't pick them over pretty much any team in the west playoffs in the first round.
You should be concerned with getting swept again.They just aren't a good team. How many "good teams" change half their roster at the trade deadline?
They have what 8 shootout wins, that's propping them up and they have had some ridiculously unsustainable things go their way this season.
I wouldn't pick them over pretty much any team in the west playoffs in the first round.
You guys were not holding the opposition to 1 goal every night back then, you may have been winning but the offense was clicking too scoring more goals, if the defense returns to normalcy and the offense does not, therein lies the problem I'm describing.
You should be concerned with not getting swept again.
You should be concerned with not getting swept again.
Hard to believe the Ducks are careless seeing as they are already a lock for playoffs huh?By the way the Ducks are playing it looks like they should be worried about being swept this time around and not so concerned with what other teams should be worried about.
Rangers are gonna shoot the gun too early, watch them hit a skid right at the end of the season and be dispatched in the first round...you just know its gonna happen because thats always how it works...you put the best product out there you've put out the past 5 years and they'll make the quickest exit in the postseason.
Hard to believe the Ducks are careless seeing as they are already a lock for playoffs huh?
Not sure where the whine is.
I dont see how the Rangers handle this in a 7 game series.
Rangers are gonna shoot the gun too early, watch them hit a skid right at the end of the season and be dispatched in the first round...you just know its gonna happen because thats always how it works...you put the best product out there you've put out the past 5 years and they'll make the quickest exit in the postseason.
I wonder how much of the Ducks you actually watch. It's hard to argue with someone that doesn't seem to know what they're talking about.With the way they are failing lately it is only by luck. The ducks are doing their usual struggle and should be worried that their game is falling off the table. No character equals another failed effort. Sure they will make the playoffs but will sadly yet again leave with "unfinished business".
Perhaps the Caps are fatigued from playing on Saturday?
We just beat the Hawks, Caps, and Isles on the road in 4 nights giving up 2 goals. For HF to spin that into a negative is really creative, I have to admit. Well done.
It's not creative, it is something that has been brought up in past seasons too. Pretty sure people brought it up for Chicago a few years ago and every time a President's Trophy team goes down, there is always a "did they peak too soon" story.
I wonder how much of the Ducks you actually watch. It's hard to argue with someone that doesn't seem to know what they're talking about.
I know I was being ironic
You keep going on about this "character" issue but you are clearly just grasping at straws. Ducks do not have set lines and are still missing Beleskey and Vatanen in the lineup. And no one is saying that the Ducks are mistake free.. I don't know where you are hearing this. Every playoff contender makes changes for a better chance. The biggest concern right now is our coach and goaltending, you would know that if you actually watch Ducks games. Not worried about effort seeing as Ducks are not in the playoff race.Such a sad hackneyed attempt at a comeback. I live in O.C. so I see plenty of the Ducks. Unfinished Business is a perfect theme for that bag of quitters but that is just my opinion. I mean you guys looked great tonight, right? And you guys have played such mistake free hockey that you didn't make wholesale changes to your team a couple of weeks ago did you?
Once again you will end up in failure mode. Character counts.