The Official 2017-2018 Anaheim Ducks Thread

[mrwicked]

IMO rakell should be on the wing, with getz and eaves.

move ritchie to the perry line, and get a legit 3C. man hanzal would have been nice here. i'd take one of the leafs guys, bozak or kadri but not if they want a big return.

even better, get a real LW goal scorer for the kesler line, and move cogliano down/out. tatar seems on his way out. or my perfect world is galchenyuk.

vermette on the 4th is about where he should be. i like the rasmussen signing too, can take over the thompson minutes.

i feel like we are a 2nd line LW and a 3C away from being as good of a shot as we've had in a long time. at a minimum we need another scorer. 

[UndertheHalo]

11 minutes ago, mrwicked said:

IMO rakell should be on the wing, with getz and eaves.

move ritchie to the perry line, and get a legit 3C. man hanzal would have been nice here. i'd take one of the leafs guys, bozak or kadri but not if they want a big return.

even better, get a real LW goal scorer for the kesler line, and move cogliano down/out. tatar seems on his way out. or my perfect world is galchenyuk.

vermette on the 4th is about where he should be. i like the rasmussen signing too, can take over the thompson minutes.

i feel like we are a 2nd line LW and a 3C away from being as good of a shot as we've had in a long time. at a minimum we need another scorer. 

I really believe that standing pat is getting worse.  So I don't think roster continuity is a thing to be happy about.  Especially when it's plainly obvious what the Ducks need.  Edmonton is going to be better, Nashville, Dallas and Minnesota got better.  I expect that the Kings will be better and the Blackhawks are the Blackhawks.  Even the Coyotes might be significantly better.  

We're painfully close IMO.  Like 1 or 2 good pieces.  We absolutely need that scorer before the season starts.  If Murray doesn't figure it out and make something happen I feel like we're probably in for another disappointing April/May finish.  

[gotbeer]

30 minutes ago, mrwicked said:

i feel like we are a 2nd line LW and a 3C away from being as good of a shot as we've had in a long time. at a minimum we need another scorer. 

Yeah, a 3c would be good.  But on the flip side, the Ducks probably do not want to pay 1C, 2C money. 

I just think we are going to stand pat, and see where we really are.  And make a deadline move like Murray likes to do.

[HaloCory22]

Idk if it's just me but those FW lines look like they're definitely missing a piece there. We need another piece.

[UndertheHalo]

We better hope Nick Ritchie take a big step this season and that Corey Perry figures out how to skate again. 

[gotbeer]

Not too much to say in the article.  Although you wonder, can Superman make the jump?

Ducks prospects Sam Steel, Josh Mahura on sweet ride

[UndertheHalo]

I'm pretty excited about Steel.  I think the Ducks got a pretty solid break being able to get him in the 2nd round. 

[Pujols4MVP]

7 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

We better hope Nick Ritchie take a big step this season and that Corey Perry figures out how to skate again. 

It was revealed Perry played with an injury the whole season, hopefully with time to heal he'll be back to being Perry.

It explains why he wasn't playing as dangerously close to the net like he used to.

[nate]

Perry is done.  He was shit the season before too, I suppose he has an excuse for that too...

Dude signed his big contract and threw in the towel.

Steel looks awesome.  This team has really drafted well but I think the draft strategy was a little off.  They were down on D for a few years and drafted tons of dmen, now all those dmen are coming up, but the forward crop is thin.

[UndertheHalo]

I agree that we're done seeing Perry as 35-40 goal scorer, but the ankle injury thing makes sense as far as what we saw on the ice last year.  He looked horrible skating, more horrible then usual.  Such dramatic drop off (skating ability specifically) would be pretty weird for a guy that really isn't that old.  That hasn't had a really severe injury.  I expect that he'll be better, I hope anyway.  I think we can be real happy if he gets to 25.  

Edited July 11, 2017 by UndertheHalo

[nate]

I will be surprised if he gets to 20.  I would expect no more than 15 goals out of him next season.  Especially if we don't have a good 3C to put him with.

[Tank]

22 hours ago, HaloCory22 said:

Idk if it's just me but those FW lines look like they're definitely missing a piece there. We need another piece.

What you need is Marian Gaborik.

Gaborik for Kessler and Rakell should get it done.

[UndertheHalo]

28 minutes ago, Tank said:

What you need is Marian Gaborik.

Gaborik for Kessler and Rakell should get it done.

throw in Brown.  

your first offer is insulting.

[Tank]

5 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

throw in Brown.  

your first offer is insulting.

Done. We'll also throw in the rights to Voynov and a signed Jordan Nolan puck.

please accept my humble apologies.

[mrwicked]

This is really an important season for Perry - he needs to show last year disaster was due to injury.

[gotbeer]

Anaheim Ducks Top 4 Prospects 2017

And FYI.  I thought superman had the mean streak.  I was mistaken.  It was Jones. 

And could Murray be standing pat because he wants to give superman his shot?  If he struggles, then he has cap room to make a midseason trade.  And if he doesn't struggle, then that third line is set and he could make a monster 4th line with the cap room.

[nate]

I think the options out there just aren't great.  The expansion draft really messed everything up.

They also need to think about cap space in the next couple years when a whole new round of RFAs need to be locked up.

[UndertheHalo]

For some reason I thought Steel was a 2nd rounder.  Technically a 1st I guess. 

[gotbeer]

Marcus Pettersson out to show Ducks how much he has grown

[gotbeer]

NHL Rumors: Penguins, Canadiens, Capitals and Maple Leafs

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The Maple Leafs still need to re-sign RFA winger Connor Brown, but they can’t do so at the moment as a new deal would put them over the summer cap ceiling.

The Leafs wouldn’t be able to match an offer sheet that is over $1.15 million.

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The Anaheim Ducks were more interested in Connor Brown than Tyler Bozak when they were discussing Sami Vatanen before the expansion draft.

 

Bozak has one year at a $4.2 million hit, then is a UFA.  Ducks have $4.3 million in cap space.  So it would be a tight fit.  But because the Leafs are absolutely against it, they'd probably want prospects or picks.  We might be able to get him on the cheap. 

[gotbeer]

Westbrook rocked an incredible custom, old school Ducks jersey to Kids' Choice Sports Awards

We got a fan!

[mrwicked]

5 hours ago, gotbeer said:

NHL Rumors: Penguins, Canadiens, Capitals and Maple Leafs

 

Bozak has one year at a $4.2 million hit, then is a UFA.  Ducks have $4.3 million in cap space.  So it would be a tight fit.  But because the Leafs are absolutely against it, they'd probably want prospects or picks.  We might be able to get him on the cheap. 

Or offer sheet Brown.

[UndertheHalo]

7 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Westbrook rocked an incredible custom, old school Ducks jersey to Kids' Choice Sports Awards

We got a fan!

Sweet threads ! I wish they'd just go back to those. Or something that utilizes the mask as the primary logo. 

[gotbeer]

3 hours ago, mrwicked said:

Or offer sheet Brown.

Normally I'd say yes.  But Toronto has been a pretty good trading partner for us, so I don't think I want to go the nuclear option with them yet.

[Pujols4MVP]

On 7/10/2017 at 7:42 PM, nate said:

Perry is done.  He was shit the season before too, I suppose he has an excuse for that too...

Dude signed his big contract and threw in the towel.

Steel looks awesome.  This team has really drafted well but I think the draft strategy was a little off.  They were down on D for a few years and drafted tons of dmen, now all those dmen are coming up, but the forward crop is thin.

The season before he had 34 goals & 62 points in a year the whole team had that horrible first few months.