The Official 2016-2017 Anaheim Ducks Thread

[UndertheHalo]

yea bernier played a great game.  Ducks looked pretty solid out the gate (except for Fowler coughing up the puck) but they finished the game on their heels.  Anyway, good to see them bounce back after that shit show in Minnesota.

[HaloCory22]

I really do wonder if the Wild will lay an egg in the playoffs in traditional Bruce Boudreau fashion or if they'll be the team to get the monkey off his back. That team is a well oiled machine.

[OCAngelsNotLAA]

Stefan Noesen placed on waivers today, I think we will lose him this time

[UndertheHalo]

6 hours ago, HaloCory22 said:

I really do wonder if the Wild will lay an egg in the playoffs in traditional Bruce Boudreau fashion or if they'll be the team to get the monkey off his back. That team is a well oiled machine.

As long as it not at our expense I hope he does well.  Brucie gets a really unfair rap IMO.  

Edited January 25, 2017 by UndertheHalo

[mrwicked]

16 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

As long as it not at our expense I hope he does well.  Brucie gets a really unfair rap IMO.  

he's a nice guy but hard to say the rap is unfair.

he got clearly outcoached in most of those series we lost. like the hawks WCF, coach Q made changes putting toews and kane together, and we didn't make any changes to respond.

all we did was keep doing the same thing and watch the stanley cup fall from our hands game after game.

[HaloCory22]

Noesen claimed by NJ.

[gotbeer]

1 hour ago, HaloCory22 said:

Noesen claimed by NJ.

sigh.  Good luck to him. 

I don't like that we put him in a position to be claimed. 

[UndertheHalo]

4 hours ago, mrwicked said:

he's a nice guy but hard to say the rap is unfair.

he got clearly outcoached in most of those series we lost. like the hawks WCF, coach Q made changes putting toews and kane together, and we didn't make any changes to respond.

all we did was keep doing the same thing and watch the stanley cup fall from our hands game after game.

I seem to recall the Ducks shuffling stuff around quite a bit in that series.  I could be wrong tho.  I don't think it makes that big a difference tho.  We played like shit in the decisive games.  That's not on Bruce.  The guy wins and wins and wins.  It's not an accident. 

[HaloCory22]

4 hours ago, gotbeer said:

sigh.  Good luck to him. 

I don't like that we put him in a position to be claimed. 

Awful roster management by Murray.

[mrwicked]

3 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

I seem to recall the Ducks shuffling stuff around quite a bit in that series.  I could be wrong tho.  I don't think it makes that big a difference tho.  We played like shit in the decisive games.  That's not on Bruce.  The guy wins and wins and wins.  It's not an accident. 

oh yeah, he's clearly a proven winner. no question there.

i just think sometimes in a series he doesn't adapt fast enough. 

four game 7 losses, at home, after leading each series 3-2, is no accident either.

[gotbeer]

2 hours ago, mrwicked said:

oh yeah, he's clearly a proven winner. no question there.

i just think sometimes in a series he doesn't adapt fast enough. 

four game 7 losses, at home, after leading each series 3-2, is no accident either.

IMO, the problem with bruce.  In a one game situation, you can prepare and execute a specific strategy.

In a 7 game situation.  Strategies are constantly changing.  It's all about adapting and attacking. 

I think it goes back to the Blackhawks series.  We looked dominating games 1-5.  Then their coaches started making changes.  And it just seemed like Bruce and 1 game situations is checkers, and what the Blackhawks coach was playing was chess. 

[UndertheHalo]

10 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

IMO, the problem with bruce.  In a one game situation, you can prepare and execute a specific strategy.

In a 7 game situation.  Strategies are constantly changing.  It's all about adapting and attacking. 

I think it goes back to the Blackhawks series.  We looked dominating games 1-5.  Then their coaches started making changes.  And it just seemed like Bruce and 1 game situations is checkers, and what the Blackhawks coach was playing was chess. 

You may be right.  I just can't get past the way some guys played.  It's tough for me to imagine any plan would have changed anything.  Between Boudreau, Yawney, Maclean.  Man, that's a lot of hockey brain power.  Quinville is a good coach.  Great even, but as I said it's tough for me buy that he was the difference.  Maybe I'm wrong.  Do you guys think we're better off with Carlyle ?

[gotbeer]

1 minute ago, UndertheHalo said:

You may be right.  I just can't get past the way some guys played.  It's tough for me to imagine any plan would have changed anything.  Between Boudreau, Yawney, Maclean.  Man, that's a lot of hockey brain power.  Quinville is a good coach.  Great even, but as I said it's tough for me buy that he was the difference.  Maybe I'm wrong.  Do you guys think we're better off with Carlyle ?

We'll see during the playoffs. 

Fuck.  oilers scored. 

[UndertheHalo]

Sort of get the feeling we aren't gonna do shit tonight. 

[gotbeer]

Those Angels/Ducks hockey jerseys are pretty sweet looking.  Even if they are white.

 

[gotbeer]

Sigh.  Oilers getting all the bounces.

[gotbeer]

Espinoza is rocking a Shoemaker beard. 

[gotbeer]

Is that the third, or second goal the Ducks have given up after not clearing the zone?

[UndertheHalo]

The 3rd.  We're shit today.  Not sharp at all.  From the net out.  Sure looks like they all checked out a bit early for the all star break. 

[UndertheHalo]

Lol.  It's just not in the cards tonight guys.  Fuck almighty 

[gotbeer]

1 minute ago, UndertheHalo said:

Lol.  It's just not in the cards tonight guys.  Fuck almighty 

Yeah, how Perry's didn't go in.  Then Manson's. 

[gotbeer]

Man, it's been the Cy Talbot show.

[HaloCory22]

Noesen scored in his first game with NJ. Color me shocked.

[deepdrive]

On 1/25/2017 at 5:15 PM, mrwicked said:

oh yeah, he's clearly a proven winner. no question there.

i just think sometimes in a series he doesn't adapt fast enough. 

four game 7 losses, at home, after leading each series 3-2, is no accident either.

Rule of 4: Anything can happen once (50/50), maybe twice (75/25), probably not three times(87.5/12.5), and when you get to 4 (93.75/6.25), you go all in that there's a reason why something is happening.

Only a fool bucks 94 percent probability that something isn't random.

[gotbeer]