Speculation: 2022-23 Roster Thread

[Deuce22]

Stephens is saying he thinks Fowler is going to take a defense first mentality this season and allow his partner to do the transition stuff.

So do the thing he isn’t good at and not do the thing he is. Brilliant

 

[bsu]

So do the thing he isn’t good at and not do the thing he is. Brilliant

I guess he looks around and sees that's what we need, but I don't know how good he'll be at it

 

[Bergey37]

Stephens is saying he thinks Fowler is going to take a defense first mentality this season and allow his partner to do the transition stuff.

Makes sense if he's paired with Klinger.

And I daresay, he's better defensively than a lot of folks here give him credit for.

 

[bsu]

Makes sense if he's paired with Klinger.

or Drysdale (Stephens mentioned both)

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

Makes sense if he's paired with Klinger.

And I daresay, he's better defensively than a lot of folks here give him credit for.

I think he for sure is. I remember some posts from the season complaining that he was killing penalties at all but he always has, even when we were good and defense was a strength. I definitely think there's some issues with defensive ability on our backend but he's certainly not one of them.

 

[Deuce22]

Fowler’s best quality on defense is getting the puck out of the zone. Clearing the crease or digging the puck out of corners, not so much.

 

[Paul4587]

Fowler’s best quality on defense is getting the puck out of the zone. Clearing the crease or digging the puck out of corners, not so much.

Agreed. He’s pretty good mostly at defending in transition too but he can get a bit hemmed in once the other team is established in the o zone.

 

[Sean Garrity]

Fowler’s best quality on defense is getting the puck out of the zone. Clearing the crease or digging the puck out of corners, not so much.

Sure, he's not great at the things that require the more physical aspects of defense, and I don't think anyone here would or has argued that he is. He plays to his strengths, he's never going to muscle guys in front of the net or consistently win board battles, but he uses his skating and brain to play solid defense.

 

[Deuce22]

Sure, he's not great at the things that require the more physical aspects of defense, and I don't think anyone here would or has argued that he is. He plays to his strengths, he's never going to muscle guys in front of the net or consistently win board battles, but he uses his skating and brain to play solid defense.

He is best playing with someone that will stay at home and enable Fowler to skate the puck up the ice. He shouldn’t be the stay at home guy for Klingberg or Drysdale.

 

[bsu]

Who knows maybe he knows it's best for how he'll age and with all the young guys coming up. Play more of a mature game we'll see if he starts hitting the weights to get bigger if he really is thinking to try that.

 

[Sean Garrity]

He is best playing with someone that will stay at home and enable Fowler to skate the puck up the ice. He shouldn’t be the stay at home guy for Klingberg or Drysdale.

I agree, but we don't really have any of those at the moment.

 

[Duck Off]

Where is Stephen’s saying all this?

 

[Sean Garrity]

Where is Stephen’s saying all this?

Crashthepond did an interview with him that was aired on Twitch. The link was posted (maybe deleted) in one of the threads.

 

[DigiDuck]

Who knows maybe he knows it's best for how he'll age and with all the young guys coming up. Play more of a mature game we'll see if he starts hitting the weights to get bigger if he really is thinking to try that.

It really comes down to...Cam just seems like a good guy who doesn't have a mean bone in his body. Some people are like that. Sure it makes him a soft player, but he is what he is. In a DFD role, his smarts might offset his lack of physicality.

And honestly, I think he would've had a better peak if he and the org committed to a more dedicated role. He's always been asked to do more than he's capable of. They forced him to be the do-it-all workhorse despite it being evident he always played better when he had a more focused role. I mean, look how well he played when he had freaking Ben Lovejoy being reliable, and then Despres being an even better version of that and he could focus mostly on the offensive side of the game. Even stints of being paired with Vats and Montour where he was the more defensive minded guy, he just seemed more responsible and aware because he knew had to be.

A Fowler-Klinger pairing will be amazing in transition, but early on in the year might not be pretty when they get hemmed in. Still, what have we got to lose?

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

I would be pretty disappointed if Shattenkirk is on the opening night roster. I don’t trust any of him, Drysdale, or Klingberg in the defensive zone. Really need to swap him out for a defensive minded RHD (EJ, Gudas, Mayfield?)

I trust Klingberg in the D zone out of those three.

I’m fine with Drysdale and his development, but I often wonder if it ‘stalled’ out a bit. Maybe I’m just expecting too much

 

[bsu]

Anaheim Ducks mailbag, part 1: John Klingberg's future? A statue for Ryan Getzlaf?

Is there any chance Anaheim circles back around Jakob Chychrun this offseason?

theathletic.com

 

[All Mighty]

 

[Gliff]

I was at that game in 444 right above the net. Luongo was such a beast that game. I genuinely feel bad for him lol.

 

[bsu]

NHL contract efficiency rankings: Grading every team in the league

The best and worst contracts are the most interesting but those are teasers for a this project where the league is graded on a whole.

theathletic.com

 

[KelVarnsen]

Interesting to look at Boston. They rate Lindholm's contract as a D-.

Wow.

The article says, "The issue there is age. Lindholm is 28 and paying that much for a defenseman's 30's while already in decline has a huge potential for disaster. It's why Lindholm ended up as an honorable mention for one of the worst contracts."

 

[KelVarnsen]

If you look at Pittsburgh, they rate Rakell as a C.

The write up, while talking about Jeff Petry says, "He doesn't have the worst contract on the team--those belong to Jason Zucker, Rickard Rakell and Brock McGinn...."

So the author apparently isn't fond of Rakell's contract either.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Interesting to look at Boston. They rate Lindholm's contract as a D-.

Wow.

The article says, "The issue there is age. Lindholm is 28 and paying that much for a defenseman's 30's while already in decline has a huge potential for disaster. It's why Lindholm ended up as an honorable mention for one of the worst contracts."

it would be a terrible contract here too.

 

[bsu]

If you look at Pittsburgh, they rate Rakell as a C.

The write up, while talking about Jeff Petry says, "He doesn't have the worst contract on the team--those belong to Jason Zucker, Rickard Rakell and Brock McGinn...."

So the author apparently isn't fond of Rakell's contract either.

A lot of people don't like that writer... at all.... but I post anything I see pertaining to the Ducks since it's so few. If you look on Twitter or The Athletic comments it's pretty amusing on his posts lol

 

[KyleJRM]

Rating teams by contract efficiency and not counting ELCs is certainly an interesting choice.

 

[Kalv]

Interesting to look at Boston. They rate Lindholm's contract as a D-.

Wow.

The article says, "The issue there is age. Lindholm is 28 and paying that much for a defenseman's 30's while already in decline has a huge potential for disaster. It's why Lindholm ended up as an honorable mention for one of the worst contracts."

Ok, it's not the best contract in the world, but I think he goes a bit overboard here. I'm sure East Coast experts will start to appreciate him more now that he's with Boston