The Official 2018-2019 Anaheim Ducks Thread

[UndertheHalo]

Bob paid out over million bucks aav to each Of Gibbons and Rowney.  Rowney absolutely inexplicably got 3 years. 

JT Brown signed for 750k, 1yr Minnesota 

Derek Grant signed for 650k. 1yr Pittsburgh 

WTF

What the F*ck is wrong with Bob Murray ?  Seriously.  Both Brown and Grant are fine 4th liners.  Why the hell is this shit happening ?

Edited July 21, 2018 by UndertheHalo

[deepdrive]

37 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

Bob paid out over million bucks aav to each Of Gibbons and Rowney.  Rowney absolutely inexplicably got 3 years. 

JT Brown signed for 750k, 1yr Minnesota 

Derek Grant signed for 650k. 1yr Pittsburgh 

WTF

What the F*ck is wrong with Bob Murray ?  Seriously.  Both Brown and Grant are fine 4th liners.  Why then hell is this shit happening ?

Yeah, I don't know. He doesn't seem to be able to change his pattern. And if he can't, the results won't be different. Bob has probably reached his potential.

[gotbeer]

2 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

Bob paid out over million bucks aav to each Of Gibbons and Rowney.  Rowney absolutely inexplicably got 3 years. 

JT Brown signed for 750k, 1yr Minnesota 

Derek Grant signed for 650k. 1yr Pittsburgh 

WTF

What the F*ck is wrong with Bob Murray ?  Seriously.  Both Brown and Grant are fine 4th liners.  Why then hell is this shit happening ?

I see no reason why Rowney was given a 3 year contract.  None.  He did have some success in the AHL, but 3 years?  Gibbons seems like a Grant/Brown though.  So one year for him doesn't seem to be that big of a deal.  

Only thing I can think is that both are going to be buried in the AHL as pure depth players, and Murray didn't want to do that with Brown and Grant.  So he pretty much let them go to where they could be 4th liners.  I guess we'll see if Rowney and Gibbons are on the big club come opening day.  

[arch stanton]

44 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

I see no reason why Rowney was given a 3 year contract.  None.  He did have some success in the AHL, but 3 years?  Gibbons seems like a Grant/Brown though.  So one year for him doesn't seem to be that big of a deal.  

Only thing I can think is that both are going to be buried in the AHL as pure depth players, and Murray didn't want to do that with Brown and Grant.  So he pretty much let them go to where they could be 4th liners.  I guess we'll see if Rowney and Gibbons are on the big club come opening day.  

It's my understanding that some of these guys are getting 3 year deals to make the expansion fodder

[Pujols4MVP]

10 hours ago, arch stanton said:

It's my understanding that some of these guys are getting 3 year deals to make the expansion fodder

Good point. They also have to leave a certain % of payroll exposed in the expansion draft too.
Because of Kesler's injury he'll be asked to waive his NMC for the expansion draft since no expansion team would even considering taking him then add in buying out Perry who will have only 1 year remaining on his salary.

So then they can use the 8 skaters + 1 goalie to protect: Getzlaf/Rakell/Kase/Henrique/Fowler/Lindholm/Manson/Montour + Gibson & only risk losing Cogs, Ritchie or Silf if he isn't traded already.

Since the Ducks have a ton of forwards coming up from the farm system in the next few years they can risk exposing Cogs, Silf & Ritchie.

[UndertheHalo]

Well, here it is. 

its a bit loud for my tastes to be honest, but I’m a huge fan of the mask crest and am glad it’ll be worn on the ice again.  Will have to see it in person before deciding on whether to buy or not. 

[gotbeer]

Is that the eggplant? If it is that looks awesome. 

[UndertheHalo]

Honestly I can’t tell.  

[gotbeer]

I think it is.  Looking at it at home.  It looks like the Eggplant with the teal or whatever on the bottom end.  Perfect for the #9.

[gotbeer]

It is.

https://www.nhl.com/ducks/fans/third-jersey-unveiling

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Anchored in black, the third jersey features the original "Mighty Ducks" crest with eggplant and jade striping from the Ducks iconic look of its inaugural 1993-94 season. 

The only things missing on the jersey are the 25th anniversary patch.  And the wild wing patch.

[gotbeer]

Damn, looking at the comments of other tweets and such from the nhl and addidas.  The jerseys are black.  Missed opportunity there for sure.  Black jerseys are so everybody.

[UndertheHalo]

5 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Damn, looking at the comments of other tweets and such from the nhl and addidas.  The jerseys are black.  Missed opportunity there for sure.  Black jerseys are so everybody.

Ya, I thought it looked black.  Oh well. 

[Tank]

I really liked the eggplant and teal. Very unique. Glad they're bringing it back.

[gotbeer]

And talking about huge Arbitration differences.

 

But I'd be good with $3 million hopefully over multiple years.  

[Thomas]

Well I was always curious what it would like like if Sharks jersey and a Ducks jersey got drunk and had a baby.

[UndertheHalo]

2 hours ago, Thomas said:

Well I was always curious what it would like like if Sharks jersey and a Ducks jersey got drunk and had a baby.

This is a fair observation. 

[gotbeer]

INteresting rumblings around Ottawa.  

Poll: Should The Ottawa Senators Trade Mark Stone?

UFA's after this season Duchene, Karlsson, and Stone.  They may be in full rebuild mode, and be looking for young and picks.  

[gotbeer]

Ducks, defenseman Brandon Montour agree on new 2-year, $6.775 deal

Kind of wish we went 4 years and buy out one of free agency.  But this is good to see if he continues to progress.  

[gotbeer]

 

What?  For a near cap team.  Silfverberg seems more like an ideal trade candidate than extension candidate.  

Edited July 24, 2018 by gotbeer

[Pujols4MVP]

19 hours ago, gotbeer said:

 

What?  For a near cap team.  Silfverberg seems more like an ideal trade candidate than extension candidate.  

Yeah once a guy like Silf is signed long term he's going to just barely show up in games after getting a payday.

Montour should improve alot this season cause he's going to want to raising the price on getting him extended long term by performing well in the next 2 years.

[BackUpTheTruck]

On 7/21/2018 at 2:05 PM, UndertheHalo said:

Well, here it is. 

its a bit loud for my tastes to be honest, but I’m a huge fan of the mask crest and am glad it’ll be worn on the ice again.  Will have to see it in person before deciding on whether to buy or not. 

I think those new 3rd's look pretty slick.

I will always prefer the teal and eggplant with the mask logo, but if the Ducks are to stick with the webfoot D logo and current color scheme, I would like the primary home jerseys to be orange.

[UndertheHalo]

The Athletic put out a top 50 prospects list.  The Ducks have 1 guy at 40.  Sam Steel. 

Ouch. 

[gotbeer]

On 7/27/2018 at 8:20 PM, UndertheHalo said:

The Athletic put out a top 50 prospects list.  The Ducks have 1 guy at 40.  Sam Steel. 

Ouch. 

This really doesn't surprise me much.  What, we've won the Pacific 6 out of 7 years or something like that?  We just rarely pick in the teens let alone single digits.

[UndertheHalo]

2 hours ago, gotbeer said:

This really doesn't surprise me much.  What, we've won the Pacific 6 out of 7 years or something like that?  We just rarely pick in the teens let alone single digits.

It’s true enough

[gotbeer]

What Montour’s Contract Could Mean for Kase

I'm surprised I see no writers making comparisons of Kase and his contract to Rakell.

At 21, Rakell 71 GP, 31 pts, 53.1, 53.2 Corsi Fenwick

At 22, 72 GP, 43 pts, 53.5, 54.7

At 21, Kase 53 GP, 15 pts, 52.7, 53.3

At 22, 66 GP, 38 pts, 52.7, 52.9

At 23, Rakell signed a 6 year, 22.8 million contract.  It was a gamble, but man, right now it's an absolute bargain for 4 more years.