The Official 2015-16 Anaheim Ducks Thread

[halobob]

I'll give Getzy a break, he has been playing much better as of late.  His pass to Lindholm on the shorty was money. 

[gotbeer]

Are the Anaheim Ducks All of a Sudden Dark-Horse Stanley Cup Contenders?

[halobob]

Are the Anaheim Ducks All of a Sudden Dark-Horse Stanley Cup Contenders?

Yes

[Pujols4MVP]

Andersen's save percentage is now .918%  Consider a few teams could use a upgrade behind the net they might be upping their offers before the deadline.

 

Ducks match up well with Dallas, they got alot of forwards & their goalies are Not very good.

Niemi has a .911% save percentage with Dallas & their back up Lehtonen has a .908% which is the same as Khudobins .908%

Another team is Carolina who has awful goalies in Cam Ward .905% & Eddie Lack .904%

 

Who would you want from Carolina or Dallas ?

[Gavin]

Skinner from the Canes or Nuke from Dallas

[gotbeer]

Andersen's save percentage is now .918%  Consider a few teams could use a upgrade behind the net they might be upping their offers before the deadline.

 

Ducks match up well with Dallas, they got alot of forwards & their goalies are Not very good.

Niemi has a .911% save percentage with Dallas & their back up Lehtonen has a .908% which is the same as Khudobins .908%

Another team is Carolina who has awful goalies in Cam Ward .905% & Eddie Lack .904%

 

Who would you want from Carolina or Dallas ?

 

I might be in the minority on this.  But I'd want picks and prospects.  And I'd rather he go to Carolina than Dallas.  F Dallas. 

[Pujols4MVP]

I might be in the minority on this.  But I'd want picks and prospects.  And I'd rather he go to Carolina than Dallas.  F Dallas. 

 

For salary cap reasons thats probally what Murray would do, they'd be able to keep Vatanen, Lindholm next season if they trade Andersen(soon to get expensive) for prospects & draft picks. Perfect player for Carolina to have as Goalie as he's still fairly young & they could shed one of their better prospects for him.

[nate]

Getzlaf shoots and scores.  Go figure.

[gotbeer]

I wonder if the Penguins have anyone else they want to trade to us?

[nate]

Perron and Getz looking really good.  Garbutt revitalized and Lindholm playing out of this world.  Team looks great all of a sudden.

[gotbeer]

I almost feel bad.  Need to send Pittsburgh a gift basket or something.

[Pujols4MVP]

What a turn around, Lindholm might pass his career high of 7 goals in a season. As soon as Fowler came back he starts shooting better. Perhaps cause he knows his pairing with Manson can take more risks now that Fowler is back.

[Oz27]

This team is seriously fun to watch at the moment. I like it.

[gotbeer]

That was a good win. 

[halobob]

The.  Ducks.  Are.  Back.

[Oz27]

Not only are we in a great position in terms of the division now, we're really well placed in terms of the wildcard as well. I never really lost confidence that we would make the playoffs but we are now in a position to ensure we get a decent seeding. Hell, it might sound crazy but we can win the division can't we? The Kings are only 10 points ahead, we have two games in hand and still have games against them to make up ground.

[mrwicked]

the pacific is wide open.

we keep it up and we can totally take over first.

we will definitely finish no worse than 2nd though. 

even just getting our numbers back to the norm means we'll rack up points, because they were so screwed in the negative the first 40 games.

[Kenny]

I still hate Garbutt.

[UndertheHalo]

always extra fun when we beat up the Queens.  Great effort overall tonight.  The two goals they got were flukey.  Ducks defense was absolutely stifling tonight, nice to see them get it together after what was a messy game against San Jose.   Maybe the division is within reach, first things first though another big one against Phoenix later today.

Edited February 5, 2016 by UndertheHalo

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

What a win tonight! I love the way Hampus is playing right now, beautiful shot tonight. And it was refreshing to see Getz shoot the ****ing puck. Can he do that more often, please?

 

Lucic looks like Quasimodo. 

 

I fully expect this team to be a SC threat come playoff time. Coming into this week, we needed at least 4 of the 6 points available against the Pacific. Can we please win tomorrow night, too. I don't like Arizona.

[HaloCory22]

Everything about last night's game was great aside from Vatanen. Dude has been awful for a stretch now. Gotta deal him for a winger and get Theo back up here for the PP.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

I wanted to see Manson and Lucic round 2.

[nate]

What did Vatanen do last night?

[Thomas]

I wanted to see Manson and Lucic round 2.

Clearly the bookers wanted to save it for the PPV

[Pujols4MVP]

Differences between how the Ducks are run & the Angels:

Ducks: Keep the competent scouts & management people employed & invest in the best personnel.

Angels: Downsize the front office & scouts after buying the team.

 

Ducks: Invest alot in scouting both in North America & internationally.

Angels: Invest hardly anything in North America scouting & nothing internationally.

 

Ducks: Avoids spending to the cap & Signs 1 year deal contracts with FAs instead of potential disasters like Brad Richards, Bryzgalov etc.

Angels: Sign big name FAs who are over 30 that put the team near the luxury tax.

 

Ducks: Changes coaches when its time for when a new system, style & personality is needed.

Angels: Sticks to the same manager for over 15 years  despite the changes in the game, lets that same manager have too much influence in who the team trades & acquires.

 

Ducks: Has signed international undrafted players who bring in value for the team: Hiller, Fasth as well as drafting international prospects with great success.

Angels: Very rarely signs international prospects, signs player from Cuba who no one thought had any potential.

 

Ducks: Still has one of the best farm systems in the game.

Angels: The worst farm system in MLB.

 

Ducks: Ownership likes to let the Hockey brains run the team.

Angels: Ownership likes to step in to make decisions & demands.

Edited February 5, 2016 by MikeScioscia4MVP