The Official Anaheim Ducks 2014-15 Thread

[HaloCory22]

Brewer on his way to Toronto in that deal. YES!

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

Great deals today, Murray has definitely shored up the D. I love how he didn't give up Ritchie or Theodore, either.

 

What are we looking at as our D pairings?

 

Fowler - Wisniewski

Lindholm - Beauchemin 

Vatanen - Després

 

Stoner in for Vatanen while he recovers? Manson back down?

[nate]

WTF I worked for like two hours and shit blew up!

 

edit: Also, Stoner has been very good this year, he doesn't lose his spot.

Edited March 2, 2015 by nato

[xboom28x]

When Vatman comes back I think Despres is odd man out.

 

What this does though is, if someone gets nicked up in the playoffs and has to sit a game, Ducks shouldn't lose too much putting in Despres.

[HaloCory22]

Don't know what you see in Stoner, Nate. He has spurts of good games but overall not impressed at all.

[henry]

Man, what a busy week...so many trades. My first reaction: man what a good week for the Ducks on the trade front. I will miss Wild Bill and maybe the 2nd round pick, but outside of that what great asset management for now and even down the road. Wiz is going to make the D a lot more dynamic. DSP for Sekac could be a steal down the road. Same think with Lovejoy for Despres.

My only complain is, man this team is too deep. What LW is going to sit when everyone is healthy? What D is going to sit once Vats is back? If I am not mistaken, I even think a D will be sent back once Vats is activated? Good problem to have I guess.

[nate]

Don't know what you see in Stoner, Nate. He has spurts of good games but overall not impressed at all.

 

He has been our only stay at home D man that has done his job this season.  Beauch is slow and Fowler/Vat/Lindholm are not of that style.  He doesn't score goals or anything but that's not his job.

[halobob]

I love the moves made my Murray.  I was a big Lovejoy fan but to get Despres for him is a good hockey move.  Interesting that they brought Wiz back after how he left, doesn't he have a rather large cap hit?

[henry]

I am with nate. I am a fan of Stoner. There is nothing sexy about his game, but what he does (hit, clear the zone, play good D) he does it well.

Edited March 2, 2015 by henry

[nate]

I love the moves made my Murray.  I was a big Lovejoy fan but to get Despres for him is a good hockey move.  Interesting that they brought Wiz back after how he left, doesn't he have a rather large cap hit?

 

That is why Brewer is gone.

[HaloCory22]

He has been our only stay at home D man that has done his job this season.  Beauch is slow and Fowler/Vat/Lindholm are not of that style.  He doesn't score goals or anything but that's not his job.

I've been him burned so much on D though or being out of place. Yeah he's a stay at home guy but he's not really someone you want in your home.

[gotbeer]

Anyone surprised that Beleskey wasn't dealt.  I would have thought he would be a sought after trade chip.  Man, Murray did a good job.  As far as I can tell, we didn't give up any of our 1st round picks.  We did not give up any of our young players.  And except for Holzier, no rentals.

[gotbeer]

Tomorrow nights game is going to be really really confusing with all the new names.  Heck, I'm still trying to figure out Sekac.

[HaloCory22]

Devo coming back on Wednesday and Lovejoy on Friday.

[xboom28x]

Anyone surprised that Beleskey wasn't dealt.  I would have thought he would be a sought after trade chip.  Man, Murray did a good job.  As far as I can tell, we didn't give up any of our 1st round picks.  We did not give up any of our young players.  And except for Holzier, no rentals.

 

Not really surprised. Beleskey wasn't going to command much due to being a rental (and not healthy yet on top of that). What the Ducks would have gotten in return for him was likely worth less than having him for a Cup run.

[halobob]

Looks like Wiz comes with a cap hit of 5.5 mil for the next 2 years but his actually salary is 5M in 2015-2016 and 3M in 2016-2017 so thats pretty solid to get Wiz for 2 more years at 8mil total. 

[tennischmp]

Read on ESPN they are working on an extension with Beleskey

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

Stoner has regressed as the season has moved along. He's no slouch but he has been burned more than a few times in the last month.

[Gavin]

Jinx. I did that on purpose! Wow they went crazy right at the deadline. Depres is a 23 yr old 6'4" dman. Like that move. Wiz will help with the PP with his shot.

The Ducks have about 300 defensemen now. It'll be interesting to see what happens especially with how BB likes to shuffle lines.

[tennischmp]

well it was just a tweet but still

Craig Custance        âœ” @CraigCustance Follow

Beleskey and Ducks closing in on new contract but trade remains a possibility. If he's not traded, the bet is extension coming.

11:13 AM - 2 Mar 2015

 

 

[halobob]

I really hope the extension isn't more than 4 years 12 mil.  That is the most I'd pay for Belesky and even that is probably over paying.  

[HaloCory22]

2 years is the max I go for him with all honesty. He has 1 year wonder written all over him.

[gotbeer]

2 years is the max I go for him with all honesty. He has 1 year wonder written all over him.

 

The more important extension is going to be Kessler.  We need to lock him down past his final year next year.  And if we do that, cap space might start to become an issue.  I'm not sure how much cap we took on with todays flurry.  

[nate]

Kesler wants to stay and the Ducks want to keep him.  That deal will get done.

[gotbeer]

http://ducks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=756191&navid=DL|ANA|home

 

 

On addressing the defense
The one comment I’d like to make, and I feel like I have to do this, is the way Ben Lovejoy found out he was traded is wrong…to go off the ice and see it all on Twitter. He knew before the call was even done. That’s wrong in our business today. It’s amazing to me. We’ve done deals in the last week with Montreal, Florida and Columbus today ahead of that deal, and no one ever knew a thing. That’s the way it’s supposed to happen. A player is supposed to find out he’s traded through the general manager because I owe it to the player to make that phone call. I wasn’t afforded that today. I’m very [upset] that Ben had to find out the way he did. He was a good soldier for us, and that wasn’t fair.

 

 

I agree with Murray.  But ouch Lovejoy.  Finding out via twitter.