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The Ducks don't have a second round pick. Also the coyotes have a stacked system. They have two of the top five rated prospects in the world. Plus they have young talent playing in the NHL now. If they get some help on D, then they'll be scary on a couple years.

100% agree. Vats is a RFA; big difference in terms of value compared to an UFA.

How good is Lindholm? Dude is only 22 as well. The Ducks better sign him long term.

PP points don't count towards +\-

I thought Ritchie looked pretty ineffective today. Seemed a bit out of shape. I saw him huffing it a couple times on the way to the bench.

Lindholm has been great. I think he's rounding in to the top pairing defenseman the Ducks need.

"LONG RANGE XTND FCST MDLS CONTINUE TO INDICATE DRY CONDS UNTIL NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH WITH A PATTERN SHIFT ARRIVING SOME TIME AROUND THE FIRST OF MARCH." So AO with NOAA forecasting something like this, does that mean it will definitely rain a lot at the end of the month (seeing as they are hacks and all)?

Skinner from the Canes or Nuke from Dallas

I have to think it would be for Despres considering he missed over 40 games. Vatanen and Stoner generally get the easier assignments (even when taking BB's role three pairings all game strategy).

Apparently the pairings at practice: Fowler-Bieksa Lindholm-Manson Despres-Vatanen Not a fan of splitting up Fowler and Despres, but it could be to get Despres back in to the swing of things.

We're all dying to know, how brown were the fairways?

What's crazy is the Ducks were advanced statistics outliers for the last few years; they always outperformed the predictors. Now, they completely flipped the switch.

The Bryzgalov debacle was just awful by Burke. It's one thing to help out a player by facilitating a trade. Giving him away, to a division "rival" (I used quotes because the Coyotes were, well the Coyotes) was some of the worst asset management this team has ever seen. Some people forget how good Bryz was in those first four years with the yotes.

You're right. We're all going to die.

Want objective? Lindholm is one of the top possession defenseman in the league, top rated for QoC (quality of competition), and is only 22. All of this after the start of the season with the pylon that was Bieksa, who has admittedly looked better recently. Your Lindholm hate is nearly as subjective as anything on puck of a feather. Edit: holy shit, I just skimmed the article. He uses multiple stats that support his point. He also only uses 5v5 stats. Nate, come on. Your analysis has consisted of: "he looks bad" or "he's a turnover machine," which is pure conjecture.

Wrong, two in five El Ninos are drier than normal.

Silfverberg's last five games: three goals and four assists. It would be huge if he goes into his playoff mode from last year.

Cory is taking the AO El Niño approach with the Ducks... Sadly you're probably not wrong about the result against the Caps.

You do realize that Accuweather predicted less than a quarter of an inch about a week before that early January storms, right? They're all using the same satellites, the fact that you take over a month in advance forecast to heart is laughable. AO = Aneurysm Oracle

Or it's because he wasn't an attention seeking doucher. I've never understood wearing your jersey to another team's stadium, particularly when it's a rival.

That second article is awful. The trade proposals are laughable. Yeesh.

That is INSANE!

Yeah but Theo has ONLY scored one goal (here's for me hoping that I can jinx him into scoring again)!

FYI Cam scored 40 points his rookie year. Theo hasn't scored yet. Just food for thought.

Why Cam and not Theo? Cam is more proven, getting paid 4 million for the next two years, and is much better defensively.