Terry Yake
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- Aug 5, 2013
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surprised sprong didn't get a hat trickMulti points nights for Heinen and Sherwood. Wooof
this team is pathetic, and it starts at the top. the samuelis don't care about winning
surprised sprong didn't get a hat trickMulti points nights for Heinen and Sherwood. Wooof
We're about two coaches and one more failed GM away from that point.I wonder at what point Sabres fans were resigned to just not being good ever again, because I'm starting to inch there ever so slowly
i would say i did it just for fun, then i realized i would be lying.I didn’t even bother watching the 3rd. I had seen enough.
Baby’s not walking yet.Will be interesting to see whether they can apply some of that sustained pressure from last game against a non-terrible team. I won’t ask for converting chances or anything outlandish like that. Just, execute a system against a team that isn’t as pathetic as we are. Baby step 1.
Other than new or improving young players, the Ducks essentially swapped Lyubshkin and Henrique for Dumoulin and Fabbri. While I like both players, it's essentially treading water. The team is essentially the same.
I've been pretty unimpressed by Zellweger, LaCombe and Luneau so far.
The other teams don't even look like they're trying. It's just like the most casual NHL game/scrimmage. Making their after game dinner plans as they stroll to a 5-1 win.This really is unwatchable hockey. I can handle boring hockey if the team is clearly competitive and executing on a viable plan. I can handle bad hockey if the team is playing in an exciting way that shows they have skill and potential but just aren't there yet.
But please don't give me both.
It comes into sharper focus when you watch the games on the opponent’s broadcast. They’re just so excited to be firing on all cylinders, entering the zone at will, there’s a sense of inevitability that they’ll win.The other teams don't even look like they're trying. It's just like the most casual NHL game/scrimmage. Making their after game dinner plans as they stroll to a 5-1 win.
Adding vets who would help turn the corner is going to have to be via trade. You could do what chi did and add the likes of Hall, TT, Bertuzzi, but they are at this point more secondary guys. Going to have to give to get.It's too many support players. The Ducks have a lot of solid players who would be successful in other situations. The vets they have are not on-ice leaders but off-ice leaders. They need players who can pull them back in and settle games down. The Ducks don't have those players and PV tried/failed in obtaining them.
It's a failure of the GM to properly add to his team, failure of the coach to properly use the players he has been given, and failure of the players (especially the vets) for not showing a consistent effort every night. When a team is failing at all 3 levels, it's a recipe the creates the Anaheim Ducks.
In season shake up is going to be difficult to pull off. Again, that's a complete failure on PV to only have brought in Dum and Fabbri. Adding guys via free agency, probably a tough sell to players with options as the Ducks are still 2 seasons away from really getting to the PO while the kids improve.The milk is spoiling. I do wonder if a roster shakeup is needed or if the coaching really is what is ruining us. It is never just one thing, but I don't know the best way forward.
Something needs to change, so maybe just start pulling levers? Not like things can be much worse.
Verbeek has been around the league long enough to know weather the coaching is competent or not. He’s in his 3rd season as Gm, he knows he’s mentioned back to back years “ we want to be competing for a playoff spot “ he knows how he’s looking. If it’s the coaching, he will make a move sooner than we think. If it’s player related, trades and core shake ups coming ( think drysdale ) but multiple movesThe milk is spoiling. I do wonder if a roster shakeup is needed or if the coaching really is what is ruining us. It is never just one thing, but I don't know the best way forward.
Something needs to change, so maybe just start pulling levers? Not like things can be much worse.
Maybe, but everything falls on verbeek. If he is undoing something, he is undoing something he did, and with that comes implied admission of failure. Hockey GMs are notoriously conservative.Verbeek has been around the league long enough to know weather the coaching is competent or not. He’s in his 3rd season as Gm, he knows he’s mentioned back to back years “ we want to be competing for a playoff spot “ he knows how he’s looking. If it’s the coaching, he will make a move sooner than we think. If it’s player related, trades and core shake ups coming ( think drysdale ) but multiple moves
One player isnt going to change anything. There is an infrastructural error somewhere in this franchise that must be rooted out.In season shake up is going to be difficult to pull off. Again, that's a complete failure on PV to only have brought in Dum and Fabbri. Adding guys via free agency, probably a tough sell to players with options as the Ducks are still 2 seasons away from really getting to the PO while the kids improve.
Going to have to be a trade. Ducks since missing the PO have had 10 first round picks (3 are now gone from 2019 and 2020 drafts), and 9 second rounders. If they need to part with some of these assets or future assets, they probably need to do something significant in the off-season at least to jump start the team.
Verbeek has said before that he’s more patient than most. That’s why I’m pretty sure Cronin finishes The season out, but doesn’t return next season. Also, next season guys like gaucher, sennecke and possibly our Viking dman make the team. More and more the team is completely turned over into a verbeek team( by then no Fowler Gibson either) we have cap space and also in a better position to hire an actual veteran coach, given we’re much further along ( I’m praying Carolina gets bounced early and we can pick their head coach up )Not enough is talked about (some here have mentioned it) how much a franchise is really just a chemistry experiment. It is never as easy as [good player] + [smart coach] = success.
I have no doubt we employ talented players and that cronin knows hockey better than I will ever dream, but these ingredients don't work together. We can't keep testing it looking for different results, something has to be changed.
Maybe, but everything falls on verbeek. If he is undoing something, he is undoing something he did, and with that comes implied admission of failure. Hockey GMs are notoriously conservative.
One player isnt going to change anything. There is an infrastructural error somewhere in this franchise that must be rooted out.
I understand patience, but these are also formative years for a lot of kids on this roster. What will happen to them toiling away in bad conditions of losing and personal failure? The culture being fostered is just as important to development as any physical skill.Verbeek has said before that he’s more patient than most. That’s why I’m pretty sure Cronin finishes The season out, but doesn’t return next season. Also, next season guys like gaucher, sennecke and possibly our Viking dman make the team. More and more the team is completely turned over into a verbeek team( by then no Fowler Gibson either) we have cap space and also in a better position to hire an actual veteran coach, given we’re much further along ( I’m praying Carolina gets bounced early and we can pick their head coach up )