The Official Anaheim Ducks 2014-15 Thread

[gotbeer]

Murray better get on the phone with the Oilers right away!

 

We might have to throw in Maroon for McDavid.  

[Gavin]

If Stoner is traded and Wiz is not then the pairing would have to be shuffled to something like:

Lindholm-Beauch(assuming he resigns)/Wiz

Fowler-Wiz (I liked Despres here better)

Despres-Vatanen

That puts Despres back on his natural side. I think the Wiz hate is a little unwarranted. He was hurt coming in and looked slower, even compared to earlier in the season. Stoner isn't good enough to play his off side and it would be dumb to put Wiz on the left considering he has a cannon and is most effective on the right.

[Gavin]

What bias? That guy is the one biased. Hampus loses his guy all over the ice on the defensive end, especially against top talent.

He is a great skater and has a great stretch pass but also makes mental lapses with the puck in the defensive zone.

Sorry. I didn't see this response. He's 21 so he's bound to make mistakes. Scott Niedermayer didn't break out until his mid 20s. Lindholm was picked at six in 2012, while some have said that he now should've easily been picked in the top five (others have even said first overall).

As for that one guy, he isn't alone:

http://espn.go.com/blog/nhl/post/_/id/37072/hampus-lindholm-playing-with-veteran-poise-for-ducks

From last year:

http://articles.latimes.com/2014/mar/22/sports/la-sp-ducks-lindholm-20140323

Dude is a special player. I hope he's here for a long, long time.

[gotbeer]

Off-Season Game Plan: Anaheim Ducks

 

Cory, start the next year thread.