The Official 2022-2023 Anaheim Ducks Thread

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1 hour ago, gotbeer said:

NHL Rumors: Who would be the best fit defenseman for the Toronto Maple Leafs?

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Once again, the problem with these articles is we have no way of knowing how much the writer knows versus just printing a bunch of stuff he made up in his head.

I'm sure a number of guys are available. But, Vatranno? Henrique - maybe, why not Strome? Some are easy to say; others are going to have to be wait and see until we have more experiences that we can use to understand Verbeek. better.

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Early game.  And getting embarrassed by the expansion team right away.

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Lol at Gibswim on the first Kraken goal.  Flopping away instead of following the player.

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21 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Lol at Gibswim on the first Kraken goal.  Flopping away instead of following the player.

Okay, but you should be fair and post something about Zegwander. The last two goals were more his fault than Gibson's.

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Well that's a first.  Elbowed by your own teammate.

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the way Grant plays.  He's going to get us another draft pick in a trade for the third time.

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5 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

the way Grant plays.  He's going to get us another draft pick in a trade for the third time.

Career trade potential 

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Ducks actually scoring on the PP.  Nice pass by Terry to Rico.

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4 minutes ago, deepdrive said:

Career trade potential 

Can't wait till we sign him in the offseason.  

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Wonder who the Ducks EBUG is?

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Just another step closer to a top 5 pick.

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40 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Just another step closer to a top 5 pick.

We really need top 4 if the people who rate the draft are correct. After that you're looking to find what others missed.

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45 minutes ago, deepdrive said:

We really need top 4 if the people who rate the draft are correct. After that you're looking to find what others missed.

Actually, reading up on it a bit, there is only two lottery draft picks.  So no matter what we will pick no higher than 3rd.  Even if we have the worst record, you know two teams will jump over us.  

[mrwicked]

we're due to finally not get knocked back in the draft.

first overall this year.

it's a lock.

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1 hour ago, mrwicked said:

we're due to finally not get knocked back in the draft.

first overall this year.

it's a lock.

Are you saying that you don't buy into the conspiracy theory that the NHL won't let the Ducks win a lottery?

Hmm... 

nope, you're wrong.

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4 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Can't wait till we sign him in the offseason.  

Yeah and this time don't give him more than a year. If you have to pay him a little more, do it. This is costing us draft picks.

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7 hours ago, deepdrive said:

Yeah and this time don't give him more than a year. If you have to pay him a little more, do it. This is costing us draft picks.

It would be funny if that is his actual hockey strategy.  Think about it.  You know you are a good in demand 4th liner.  You win faceoffs, kill penalties, play in the dirty areas.  But you won't make the big Terry and Z bucks.  So, spend 9 months of the year living in Southern Calolfornia making a million or two a year.  And 3 months playing on a cup contender.  Rinse and repeat, and every year, you play for the cup, but get to live in warmth and sunshine for your family.

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5 hours ago, gotbeer said:

It would be funny if that is his actual hockey strategy.  Think about it.  You know you are a good in demand 4th liner.  You win faceoffs, kill penalties, play in the dirty areas.  But you won't make the big Terry and Z bucks.  So, spend 9 months of the year living in Southern Calolfornia making a million or two a year.  And 3 months playing on a cup contender.  Rinse and repeat, and every year, you play for the cup, but get to live in warmth and sunshine for your family.

Not a bad gig. Though I think the guy is worth more than we pay him. Never have understood why teams won't pay him 2M a year.

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5 hours ago, deepdrive said:

Not a bad gig. Though I think the guy is worth more than we pay him. Never have understood why teams won't pay him 2M a year.

You pay for points

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15 hours ago, arch stanton said:

You pay for points

Yeah, I agree. But his points have been enough for 2M wouldn't you say? And, a smart GM would look more at goals and assists that were primary and meant something. 

I don't know. The guy has just always seemed like a solid, contributing role player to me. But, I goess the market speaks for itself.

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In the cap era each skill set has a basic price. If you overpay your bottom six then your top six suffers 

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39 minutes ago, deepdrive said:

Yeah, I agree. But his points have been enough for 2M wouldn't you say? And, a smart GM would look more at goals and assists that were primary and meant something. 

I don't know. The guy has just always seemed like a solid, contributing role player to me. But, I goess the market speaks for itself.

I guess if you look at it this way Grant might be overpaid.

Grant.  $1.5 million.

Perry, Maroon.  $1 million.  

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NHL99: Paul Kariya, dog on his chest, feet in water, is content away from hockey

 

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Anaheim Ducks quarter-season stock report: It’s nearly a full-on ‘crash’

Ouch. 

 

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1 hour ago, gotbeer said:

I guess if you look at it this way Grant might be overpaid.

Grant.  $1.5 million.

Perry, Maroon.  $1 million.  

The way I'm looking at it that these guys are all put into a pool of players a GM can get in a certain price range. Some are worth more; some less; some not worth having. But due to the lack of truly quality GM's, the better ones get stuck signing for an amount lower than their worth. There's just not enough vision by enough teams to see actual value to elevate their stature. They just get lumped into a group. The so-so GM's can't see their value. So, the better GM"s get them for a 'going rate' due to the lack of competition for their services.

Perry was worth a lot more to the last three teams he played for than he was paid. I know he's skewed that recently by his willingness to play for only a very select group of teams. But, it's still a similar situation.