GDT: #2 ⋅ ANA @ VGK ⋅ 7:00 PM PDT

[HanSolo]

All 150lbs wet of him

Oh James!

 

[Ducks DVM]

All 150lbs wet of him

It worked though.

 

[Leonardo87]

Zegras put his entire being into that reverse check

Good defensive play though. Lol.

 

[190Octane]

this game is blacked out for me, because AZ is Vegas broadcast territory now i guess, Any tips for how I can still watch? black outs are so stupid, especially when im not even in market...

VPN ftw

 

[JAHV]

Puck support is poor. McT turns it over again.

 

[Static]

Mac, come on man

 

[slippingsloth]

I said it a ton last year. Zegras before he got hurt was so important for the ducks getting out of their own zone when he was on the ice. He just understands how to help on the half wall up to the blue line to help first pass out from dmen.

 

[Unholy]

I do like the pairing of Minty and Dumo

 

[Ducks DVM]

McTavish broke up a pretty promising rush there

 

[Deuce22]

I do like the pairing of Minty and Dumo

Our best

 

[DarthYenik]

Needed that whistle

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

You think would be defensively responsible with a line of Cutter-Leo-Z?

I say try it and see what happens.

Probably not, but we're already running one of those with the Strome line.

Leo and Cutter want to go though, and if Killorn is not up to the pace, I want someone else up with them who can play their game.

 

[KelVarnsen]

Eichel bullied Strome there

 

[Ducks DVM]

Strome a little lackadaisical there. He will figure out the speed of the NHL in a year or two I assume.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

I do like the pairing of Minty and Dumo

I like dumo more than I liked bush with minty

 

[AngelDuck]

Vaakanainen is a very steady player that should be playing

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Our best

Not shocked, people here like to sleep on the kids

Anything to keep a certain player here

 

[ADHB]

Nice having Dumoulin’s experience back there. You can tell he knows how to play winning defensive hockey. I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure he led the Pens in ice time for dmen one of the seasons they won a cup.

 

[Static]

So our defensive plan is to be passive at the points and hope our young dmen win battles in the crease? That seems smart?

 

[Leonardo87]

Strome a little lackadaisical there. He will figure out the speed of the NHL in a year or two I assume.

 

[slippingsloth]

So our defensive plan is to be passive at the points and hope our young dmen when battles in the crease? That seems smart?

Not to be cheeky but its better than our old dmen passing blind into the slot

 

[JAHV]

So our defensive plan is to be passive at the points and hope our young dmen when battles in the crease? That seems smart?

It looks like an improvement from last season where they played press man everywhere and got skated to death every shift before giving up a grade A chance or taking a penalty.

 

[mightyquack]

So our defensive plan is to be passive at the points and hope our young dmen when battles in the crease? That seems smart?

Same as on the PK, not a fan of it at all. Even if we had big bruisers on the back end, we should be pressuring the points more IMO.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

So our defensive plan is to be passive at the points and hope our young dmen when battles in the crease? That seems smart?

To be fair a lot of our young dmen don’t seem to mind battling…. Luneau and Mintyukov both are surprisingly physical down low

 

[Mr Rogers]

Killorn really struggling with speed. Hopefully just a rust thing to start off