The Official 2017-2018 Anaheim Ducks Thread

[UndertheHalo]

Also, this is an interesting thread.  

 

 

[gotbeer]

Terry, Steel, Jones.  4th line to get their feet wet in 2019.  Petersson and Larsson as the 3rd pairing on D.  Shit, Murray can take a nap at this point.  But only after signing Kase to a Rakell type deal first.

[UndertheHalo]

3 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Terry, Steel, Jones.  4th line to get their feet wet in 2019.  Petersson and Larsson as the 3rd pairing on D.  Shit, Murray can take a nap at this point.  But only after signing Kase to a Rakell type deal first.

Gonna be more of the same if the plan is to sit and hope that some prospects pan out.  Even optimistically by the time they become solid reliable contributors the Ducks are going to have to start replacing the core guys we have now.   These kids should be viewed as depth imo.  The only thing we need to be careful about is making sure we have money for Gibson.  Otherwise we need match the other teams in our conference and work on aggressive and immediate improvement.  

Edited March 27, 2018 by UndertheHalo

[gotbeer]

12 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

Gonna be more of the same if the plan is to sit and hope that some prospects pan out.  Even optimistically by the time they become solid reliable contributors the Ducks are going to have to start replacing the core guys we have now.   These kids should be viewed as depth imo.  The only thing we need to be careful about is making sure we have money for Gibson.  Otherwise we need match the other teams in our conference and work on aggressive and immediate improvement.  

Getting rid of the four cones will be huge to our improvement.  Petersson is already >>>>>>>>>>> Bieska or Beauchimin or Holzer.  Maybe even all of them combined.  So on D, I don't think the kids are depth.  

As for Steel/Jones/Terry.  We are talking about the 4th line.  It might be good to do what other teams do, and the fourth line to get the feet wet of young players and see if they sink or swim.  I'd really much rather go that route, than looking for some old guy and hope to find a gem.  

But trading Silfverberg may be the wild card for the offseason.  

[UndertheHalo]

1 hour ago, gotbeer said:

Getting rid of the four cones will be huge to our improvement.  Petersson is already >>>>>>>>>>> Bieska or Beauchimin or Holzer.  Maybe even all of them combined.  So on D, I don't think the kids are depth.  

As for Steel/Jones/Terry.  We are talking about the 4th line.  It might be good to do what other teams do, and the fourth line to get the feet wet of young players and see if they sink or swim.  I'd really much rather go that route, than looking for some old guy and hope to find a gem.  

But trading Silfverberg may be the wild card for the offseason.  

I think at the very least we need to get 1 d man that isn’t  laughable in a top 6 role and as always a top 6 winger.  Continue to think the Ducks need to pretend Eaves doesn’t exist. 

Edited March 27, 2018 by UndertheHalo

[nate]

 

[gotbeer]

Well, let's see what the kids got.  As long as Cone #3 isn't playing on offense, it will be a huge upgrade.  

Oh, and I have a dreadful feeling that tonight is a trap.

[gotbeer]

Terry on the Boner line.  Henrique and Kase.

[UndertheHalo]

Poor start puts us in the hole early.  Again.  Seems like last couple of shifts have been better tho . 

[gotbeer]

And there goes the season.  

[UndertheHalo]

Horrific garbage on that last power play attempt.  And a real bad blown coverage that we got lucky on with Okinen wide open and along right in front of Gibson.  Fortunately he couldn't handle the pass.  

[UndertheHalo]

Markstrom is sharp tonight.  We have to have more shot volume.

[gotbeer]

3rd and 4th line are looking a lot better than the 1st and 2nd right now.  

[UndertheHalo]

Lol that sucks for Markstrom.  Talk about shit luck. 

This is the kind of thing that makes a team like Vancouver fold.  Now is  the time to press hard. 

Edited March 28, 2018 by UndertheHalo

[gotbeer]

Happy Birthday to the Ducks.

[UndertheHalo]

1 minute ago, gotbeer said:

Happy Birthday to the Ducks.

I like how the Ducks immediate response to that gift was 2 horrible turnovers.  

[UndertheHalo]

Terry with a nice look there. 

[UndertheHalo]

Oh my god. 

[gotbeer]

[UndertheHalo]

Just now, gotbeer said:

And they knew it was ! (Apparently :-/) 

[UndertheHalo]

They have 1 shot in the period.  It’s a joke.

[tennischmp]

 This is a not a team that deserves to make the playoffs. They have been thoroughly outplayed for the majority of the last 3 games. They are lucky to have gotten 3 points as it is.

[UndertheHalo]

They might as well pull Gibson early. 

[UndertheHalo]

Pull Gibson now

[UndertheHalo]

Leave Gibson on the bench