The Official Anaheim Ducks '13-'14 thread

[nate]

Fasth in goal tonight.

[nate]

Lindholm and Holland are the other two healthy scratches.

[halobob]

Damn was hoping to see Lindholm.  Surprised to see Fasth in goal to start the season.

[xboom28x]

Can't wait for the game tonight! Does this mean Silfverberg will be on a line with Getz and Perry?

[HaloCory22]

I think Palmieri was getting a lot of looks in practice this week with the top line.

[halobob]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Maroon get some time on the 1st line tonight.

[henry]

Can't wait for the game tonight! Does this mean Silfverberg will be on a line with Getz and Perry?

 

yesterday Silfverberg was practicing on the second line with Selanne and Perreault.

 

I know Boudreau always plays with different lines, but I like the idea of the Silfverberg-Perreault-Selanne line.

[HaloCory22]

I'm drooling at the thought of Getz-Perry-Palmieri. Now that's a physical top line with some young speed in Palmieri. I can see Palms setting up many goals for Getz/Perry and vice versa. Me gusta!

[nate]

Can't wait for the game tonight! Does this mean Silfverberg will be on a line with Getz and Perry?

 

Selanne and the new C Peraultz or however you spell it.

[Tank]

Just bought the DirecTV NHL package.  Can't wait for the game tonight.

 

that's the good news. the bad news is that it's on a 42 hour delay.

[Punk]

Man, I can't wait to go to the Senators vs Ducks game. It's been a LONG time since I've been to a Ducks game. The last time I went, the Honda Center was the Arrowhead Pond, and the Ducks were the Mighty Ducks!

 

I snapped some pictures of some stuff that I have from back in the day. I have some more stuff, I just have have to find it.

 

 

 

[HaloCory22]

Awesome stuff, Primitive!

 

 

Looks like Maroon is in the top line and Palmieri is in the 4th. Wtf? Palmieri earned more than that.

[nate]

BB seems to like to keep his top guys spread out a bit.  Last season he always had a lower line type forward with Getz and Corey.

[deepdrive]

It seems to me that if you want to get the most out of Perry, you need someone that is a scoring threat of the Etem, Palmieri, Silfverberg caliber with him. Maroon doesn't cut it.

[gotbeer]

Gametime.  Phew, that offseason for the Angels was quick.

[gotbeer]

If the first shift is any indication.  It's going to be a great season.

[nate]

Man, they look good so far!

[nate]

Beleskey just had an awful shift.  He was so slow moving and defensively he couldn't keep up with his man.  Colorado had some decent scoring chances because of it.

[nate]

Seriously, Beleskey looks like a Molina out there.

[nate]

Beauch is understandably rusty out there.

 

Down 1-0 after the first.

[gotbeer]

Layed a big egg tonight.

[HaloCory22]

That was embarrassing to watch. How about that fight at the end though? Roy and Bruce going at it. Wonder how many F bombs were exchanged there.

[deepdrive]

Damn, they looked like the Angels.

[xboom28x]

Douche move by Roy to put his goons out there at the end to start crap. That said, we played like crap. I am very concerned about the defense. This is going to be a long season if it doesn't get fixed.

 

As for BB's lines, I like the idea of splitting the talent, however, I'm not sure that is the best idea with this team. We need to score plenty of goals and that is hard to do when you don't have a "top line" because you want to throw someone less skilled and more physical with Perry and Getz.

 

Perry is a whole 'nother issue. He cannot miss point blank like that often. He is starting to become the Vernon Wells of hockey.

[halobob]

I'm pretty sure Maroon has been near top of the league in scoring in every league he has been in before the NHL.  He definitely has the skill to score goals and dish the puck.  Last night was embarrassing but it was not as bad of a game as the 6-1 score shows.  They were really carrying the play to open the game up until Beauch's turnover that led to the 1st goal.  Colorado definitely had a bounce in their step after that. I expect them to come out with a fire under their asses against Minnesota on Saturday.  Cheer them onto victory xboom!