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Check the standings. In just the few remaining games, Calgary has a lot of room to still move up or down for the lottery. They have to say it doesn't factor in, but so often it is obvious it does. For the Ducks, a third place finish gives us about a 70pc chance of getting a top 4 pick. Top 4 pick for the next guy is about 30pc. In the year we drafted Drysdale, one place sooner would have given us Jake Sanderson (Whom I'm pretty sure we would have taken).

10 grown men in a small area on ice skates going all out. If you're not used to watching out for yourself (rookies), things are going to go bad until you figure it out. It's a skill they don't impress enough on younger players. Kind of stupid, but seems to be the norm in professional sports. I always thought Josh Manson's dad talked to him after he signed his big contract with the Ducks. The guy noticeably ratcheted down the contact afterwards. It prolonged his career, so...

Game 8. On the road, but the audio sounds like they had a good game. Good game; zero points. As good as gets closing out the year.

Well, game 9 going about how you would expect. Edmonton is really on their game right now. Do they think they'll play the Kings instead of Vegas if they win the division?

Yeah, but it's funny money. With no cap issues, it's not that big a deal. And, in three years when it matters, the contracts will be gone.

Oh, I guess Silfverberg actually did deliberately shoot it onto his pads. Hard to tell the difference between that and what he normally does.

Count them on your fingers nine games until hockey gets fun again.

Lol. We're practicing for next year when we turn this all around.

We don't look good right now. One guy can't change that. But, it's good to have him back healthy. I see where Colangelo is in the NCAA playoffs too. I wonder where the Ducks stand on signing him.

By the time Monday rolls around, no one will care what happened in Seattle.

50/50 We're going to try real hard to not get another. But if we're down by 2 with less than 30 seconds... Things could get ugly.

Did you hear Heyward say Silfverberg's intent was to soot the puck into the pads of Grubacher and play the rebound. Yeah, sure.

Seattle hasn't really played that well tonight. We've had a bad game. Dostal has looked decent, though. Verbeek has to do something with Gibson in the next year.

Have to be good at something. Well, in addition to the great assists we give.

You know, it's not just the assists we provide for the other team. It's the quality of those assists that is hard to take. So often, they are the best assists of the game.

Why is our first power play unit Strome and Silfverberg ?

Ten to go.

Our defender's would have a lot more points if they were given assists on opponents goals.

Hard to even recognize this team.

He's in Russia, isn't he ? I think that still knocks him out of the top 4, much like Michkov. Like you say, he's going to be tempting to teams. But I don't see the Ducks using a top 4 pick on him. We would probably have to fall to the 6th pick or lower before I think we would take a chance on him. But hey, Verbeek has definitely made some picks that were outside of what the mainstream thought.

The Athletic (Wheeler) posted a top 64 prospects list. Some big boys @ RHD. I bet Verbeek is salivating. Probably have to win the two spot in the lottery to get Levshunov. But some of the others look like they have promise. Like Parekh if the points we have no way to know about, check out. Verbeek should have a good shot at someone with his two firsts and an early second. I'm sure (should I be ?) our first will go to the best player available. But Verbeek showed in the last draft that in the second he will go for need. I think Edmonton's late first and our early second could fall into that catagory.

The Ducks looked good. Nothing wrong with that game.

Yeah, I was including them in my statement and maybe a couple guys in development ( below AHL).

You take the offense we have now and let them mature 3-5 years. Then add another high end defender fr.om the draft. I think even Doughty has to say chance for a dynasty.

Alhers starts listing the Ducks who have looked good tonight. Then he adds Carlsson with ' he's looked uneffected tonight'. Really John ?