GDT: 2022 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

[HunterDuck]

We just saw the Bolts come back down 2-0, but they weren’t losing those games like this

 

[Boo Boo]

Man, Perry has gone from one of my favorite players, to someone I can’t stand watching play.

Is there a need to be in every single scrum?

Uhhhh yes? What kind of ducks fan are you hahaha

 

[dracom]

Man, Perry has gone from one of my favorite players, to someone I can’t stand watching play.

Is there a need to be in every single scrum?

That’s how he’s always played…

 

[Leonardo87]

Extra point is good.

 

[Mr Rogers]

They say it's not over til you lose a home game but gotta feel ominous if you're a Lightning fan.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Uhhhh yes? What kind of ducks fan are you hahaha

I’ve been a Ducks fan for a long time. I get that he’s a cult hero and a fan favorite here, but watching his sore loser attitude in a 5-0 rout while providing no offense whatsoever is pretty pathetic

 

[Ducks DVM]

If Perry doesn’t retire, I’m putting a substantial sum on Tampa to lose in the Finals next year as soon as they’ll let me.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Man, Perry has gone from one of my favorite players, to someone I can’t stand watching play.

Is there a need to be in every single scrum?

Perry is in the class of players you love on your team and hate on the other 31. Same as Pronger, Kesler, etc.

Not as bad as a Marchand/Torres who should just be despised regardless, but he’s a career douchebag.

 

[All Mighty]

I’ve been a Ducks fan for a long time. I get that he’s a cult hero and a fan favorite here, but watching his sore loser attitude in a 5-0 rout while providing no offense whatsoever is pretty pathetic

That happened dozens of times when he was a Duck.

 

[Terry Yake]

Only good thing about Colorado winning would be cogs and manson getting to lift the cup. Not a fan of that team otherwise, despite how fun they are to watch

 

[70sSanO]

Somewhere Mike Smith is smiling.

John

 

[Deuce22]

Colorado's D is so superior to Tampa's. McDonough is on fumes. Hedman is going to have to play 30 minutes for Bolts to have a chance.

 

[Bergey37]

Manson wins a cup, then comes back to Anaheim to help with their rebuild, gets to stay in OC where he apparently likes it, takes a decent deal that doesn‘t handcuff the Ducks too much. Would be a nice story. Lol.

I actually believe that has been the plan since there was "no talk of an extension." COL wants him, so trade, let him go for a Cup, and talk new contract in free agency.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

I actually believe that has been the plan since there was "no talk of an extension." COL wants him, so trade, let him go for a Cup, and talk new contract in free agency.

Why on earth would he come back here?

 

[Bergey37]

Why on earth would he come back here?

Because he lives here and his family likes it here? He's under no pressure to sign here, and he can uproot and go if he wants. But id the family wants to stay, he'll talk.

 

[KickHisAssZegrass]

Manson loves So Cal. If the Ducks dont want him he'll go to LA

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

Why on earth would he come back here?

Is that really a ridiculous idea? I don't think he wanted to leave and his wife's from there, not exactly getting crazy with that one.

 

[tomd]

Manson loves So Cal. If the Ducks dont want him he'll go to LA

LA is the last place he'll go unless he learns to play the left side over the summer.

 

[ADHB]

Yeah I mean he might get some decent offers, but if his personal life takes any sort of precedence, returning to Socal has to be high on his list. Young family, wife is local, he’s lived here his whole career…

 

[AngelDuck]

good for him if he wants to come back here and I’d take him back and name him captain probably. But I think he’ll sign up out a contender. There’s other good areas to raise a family

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

good for him if he wants to come back here and I’d take him back and name him captain probably. But I think he’ll sign up out a contender. There’s other good areas to raise a family

I feel like this is a default answer for most UFAs, and its not that the logic doesn't check out, but what contenders are all these guys signing with?
In an ideal world, everyone would want to play for a team with legitimate cup aspirations. This isn't an ideal world.

 

[Kalv]

"What did you say about me?" - Pears to all the fans that don't appreciate him suddenly when he's on another team

 

[AngelDuck]

I feel like this is a default answer for most UFAs, and its not that the logic doesn't check out, but what contenders are all these guys signing with?
In an ideal world, everyone would want to play for a team with legitimate cup aspirations. This isn't an ideal world.

I agree, there are cap ramifications, and if he can’t get what he’s asking for from a contender then maybe he comes back

I just personally think there’s going to be a reasonable 3 year offer to him from a team with a shot at winning in the first 2 of those years. Maybe I’ll be wrong

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Because he lives here and his family likes it here? He's under no pressure to sign here, and he can uproot and go if he wants. But id the family wants to stay, he'll talk.

So it was framed unequivocally to be funny, because yeah, we can all imagine reasons, I was just trying and failing to think of legitimately motivating ones. Other than he has a house here (I guess) and some family ties, which historically has been hugely overrated as a factor in a coveted UFA's decision on where to sign, I don't see the draw for him.

Doesn't mean I think he definitely won't end up here, of course he could, but I bet if he does it's because of something we don't know right now.

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

I agree, there are cap ramifications, and if he can’t get what he’s asking for from a contender then maybe he comes back

I just personally think there’s going to be a reasonable 3 year offer to him from a team with a shot at winning in the first 2 of those years. Maybe I’ll be wrong

Yeah, that more or less shouldn't have even been directed at you, I get the idea of specifically thinking Mansons in that range where he fits in on a good team and will go there, I'd just been sitting on that take for a while and wanted to point it out.