The Official 2022-2023 Anaheim Ducks Thread

[gotbeer]

2 minutes ago, deepdrive said:

Yeah I knew that. I didn't phrase the sentence correctly. When he comes back there is no place for him unless we have injuries to cover.

If McTavish gets ten games in can he be sent to SD?

No, unfortunately.  Only to the juniors.  

And I don't know if the 9 game tryout would count, since he did it last season.  

[deepdrive]

11 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Looking at his stats, I don't think he's a pugilist.  Only when he was on the Calgary Flames under 18 team did he have more penalties minutes than games.  Usually pugilists will have big penalty minutes.

Just a presence would help this team. A scrummer, a hitter, would would make a difference. Enough of those guys can back teams off.

[deepdrive]

12 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

No, unfortunately.  Only to the juniors.  

And I don't know if the 9 game tryout would count, since he did it last season.  

10 games starts your NHL clock, correct?  That doesn't allow him to go to SD?

[gotbeer]

3 minutes ago, deepdrive said:

10 games starts your NHL clock, correct?  That doesn't allow him to go to SD?

Nope.  Not that I know of.  It's based on age I think.  There are some that got in via a loophole (Perreault, Pastujov) due to playing in the AHL while the juniors were shut down due to covid.  

[gotbeer]

Opener is about an hour away.  

I was thinking about lines.  I would like to see the third line become Lundestrom/Jones/Regenda.  I think this is a going to be a move for the future, as Lundestrom 22, Jones 24, and Regenda 22 are right in the same area.  Where Grant is 32.  That would move Silfverberg 31 and Mahura 23 down to line 4.  But those two have been disappointing for so long, that they should have one foot out of the door.  

If the Lundestrom/Silfverberg/Mahura doesn't show big progress, I think the move will be made by December.

[gotbeer]

And Terry starts the season off the way he ended it.  

[gotbeer]

Gibswim in form.  Easy cross ice pass missed.

[deepdrive]

Kind of ugly so far. I thought we upgraded our defense a little. 

Actually, the forwards aren't defending very well either.

[gotbeer]

Another clear shot that Gibswim wiffs at.

[gotbeer]

Ducks exiting the zone is just atrocious.  

[gotbeer]

Kraken making the Ducks look like chum.

[gotbeer]

Getz sounds good doing commentary in the booth.  definitely had more insight into the game than our current announcers.

[gotbeer]

These refs just suck.

[gotbeer]

Wow.  What a OT goal.  We were dead in the water and snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.  

[gotbeer]

I guess last season wasn't a fluke for Terry.  2 goals, game winner, and an assist.  

[gotbeer]

I mean, everybody that was expected to showed up for the third.

Terry 2 goals, 1 assist.

Z 1 goal 1 assist

Strome 1 goal, 2 assists

Mctavish 2 primary assists

Vatrano with a goal.

Klingberg 2 assists.

Black hole was line 3 and 4.  

[Brandon]

Missed the game as I couldn't find a stream (they all kept showing an old poker taping for some reason).

But followed the comeback. Terry with +3 is solid as is 2/3 on the PP.

But it looks like penalties were an issue as well as the PK.

[arch stanton]

The play in OT is why I won't miss Burakovsky's 60 points too much this year

[deepdrive]

1 hour ago, gotbeer said:

Getz sounds good doing commentary in the booth.  definitely had more insight into the game than our current announcers.

I missed some of his appearance. But, from what I heard I was thinking he'd be a good replacement for Hazy.

[deepdrive]

12 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Missed the game as I couldn't find a stream (they all kept showing an old poker taping for some reason).

But followed the comeback. Terry with +3 is solid as is 2/3 on the PP.

But it looks like penalties were an issue as well as the PK.

I forgot that the stream I started using at the end of last season wasn't Reddit. Try:

nhl66.ir

next time if you have problems. Easiest one I've found to get on.

[deepdrive]

25 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

I guess last season wasn't a fluke for Terry.  2 goals, game winner, and an assist.  

Yeah, Troy is the real deal.

I thought he might struggle without Getzlaf, but McTavish has more NHL skill than expected (so far).

[Brandon]

How did McTavish look? I was reading about him the other day and am kind of pumped on the dude.

[deepdrive]

You know it's funny. No one had McTavish in the running for the Calder. With his personality type, talent, and confidence to be here, that could change soon.

[deepdrive]

1 minute ago, Brandon said:

How did McTavish look? I was reading about him the other day and am kind of pumped on the dude.

He looked like he definitely belonged up here.

[deepdrive]

#3 overall pick. But it was considered a down year in the draft. 

When Bob picked him I think most Duck fans thought that he had some skill, but that it was more of a 'grit' pick. It's starting to look like the skills are better than expected. The guy is really looking legit as a future force.