GDT: Preseason Game 1 - Anaheim Ducks vs LA Kings - 5pm PST

[ohcomeonref]

Hoping Carlsson is just getting stitched up and not having jaw/head issues

Don't care about the game at this point, far more concerned how Leo is doing.

 

[DuckDuckGetz]

Can we poach the Kings' PP coach? Theirs looks gorgeous, ours looks like last year's

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

I’m not really judging until the big guns get here, but it has been choppy for sure. Although I thought we looked relatively good during preseason last year and we saw how that ended

True. But I'm hoping to see some concrete difference and not just a continuance of this amorphous mess that passes for Ducks hockey, even if they're still terrible.

 

[AngelDuck]

This is an atrocious game to watch all around. On to the next one

 

[Ducks DVM]

True. But I'm hoping to see some concrete difference and not just a continuance of this amorphous mess that passes for Ducks hockey, even if they're still terrible.

This is just what these games tend to look like. I don’t think we can assume that having 2 returning 4th liners managed to toxify the entire prospect pool and coaching staff.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

I don’t see what is so special with Nesterenko, Caufield and many others. Very vanilla players

 

[KelVarnsen]

This is an atrocious game to watch all around. On to the next one

I think the start was much better than the end. The Ducks seemed to get worse as the game wore on IMO.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

This is just what these games tend to look like. I don’t think we can assume that having 2 returning 4th liners managed to toxify the entire prospect pool and coaching staff.

It doesn't look like that for the Kings. Toxify...I guess what I'm looking for is evidence that these coaches can detoxify this team.

I get it. There's a lot of noise and not much signal this early on.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Lacombe!

Pencil him in

 

[Hamilton Bulldogs]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[ohcomeonref]

Wow.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

God damn, Comer.

 

[HanSolo]

Awesome rush in by Lacombe

 

[Static]

Hey alright. Nice couple finishes for him

 

[dracom]

LaCombe!

 

[la patineuse]

LaCombe!!!!!

 

[Ducks DVM]

It doesn't look like that for the Kings. Toxify...I guess what I'm looking for is evidence that these coaches can detoxify this team.

I get it. There's a lot of noise and not much signal this early on.

That, and it’s actually not the same team.

 

[Rooch]

He has no soul but he has two goals.

 

[DuckDuckGetz]

He has no soul but he has two goals.

A fair trade

 

[slippingsloth]

LaCombe making the case for opening night

 

[Boo Boo]

That was reallllly nice

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

We were outplayed but they were out goaltended, that's a Ducks W.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Feel like Lacombe offensive upside hasn’t been talked about enough because he’s looked clean defensively in dev camp and main camp, but there’s something there

I'm in the minority that's been talking a lot about LaCombe at both offense and defense. LaCombe was the 4th highest d-man scorer in the NCAA last year.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Sniping poor Suchanek

Our guys beating the goalie and not elevating

 

[dracom]

good thing this didn't go to a shootout lol