Speculation: 2023-24 Roster Thread

[DuckDuckGetz]

So that means are least Jamie is back right? Have to feel for Vaaks, I feel like he’s played himself out of being the odd man out.

On the plus side, I think he has played himself into a contract with the team (if he wants to stay here). It's hard because I could absolutely see us shipping out Lyubushkin at the TDL and having Vaak slot into that role but I'd also love to re-sign Boosh for ~2 more years.

It's a good problem to have, but still a problem.

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

On the plus side, I think he has played himself into a contract with the team (if he wants to stay here). It's hard because I could absolutely see us shipping out Lyubushkin at the TDL and having Vaak slot into that role but I'd also love to re-sign Boosh for ~2 more years.

It's a good problem to have, but still a problem.

Honestly.. We gotta ship a d man out.. And I would not be surprised to see Bush get traded... Vaks has been playing great and they are defensively sound with Gudas..

 

[DuckDuckGetz]

Honestly.. We gotta ship a d man out.. And I would not be surprised to see Bush get traded... Vaks has been playing great and they are defensively sound with Gudas..

Age/contract-wise he definitely makes the most sense. I just worry because as Hazy and Ahlers like to point out every game, he is a league leader in blocked shots and I feel like moving him out could leave a literal and figurative hole.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Remember when we were concerned that Benoit wasn’t re-signed because he was the bottom pairing guy who blocked shots and hit?

Lybushkin is a good 6D, but guys like him aren’t horribly difficult to replace. Makes sense to get back at least the pick we spent to get him, assuming we aren’t miraculously in playoff position.

 

[Leonardo87]

Drysdale most likely back tomorrow night, with Mac and Z maybe back by Sat.

So could have everyone possibly back including Lundy by Jan. Good stuff.

 

[FiveHoleTickler]

Drysdale most likely back tomorrow night, with Mac and Z maybe back by Sat.

So could have everyone possibly back including Lundy by Jan. Good stuff.

Just hope no one else gets injured in the meantime!

 

[Daz28]

Drysdale most likely back tomorrow night, with Mac and Z maybe back by Sat.

So could have everyone possibly back including Lundy by Jan. Good stuff.

It's really happening. Knock on wood.

Killer-Leo-Terry
FTT-Mac-Strome
Zegs-Rico-Lundy
Max-Sam-Silf
Cam-JD
Boosh-Minty
Goodass-Jack
Johnston in for Max, and Leason spells Silf
Vakks spells Boosh

 

[JAHV]

Do people here still think Lundestrom can be a useful NHL player? I know we have to account for the Eakins effect, and I know he was stapled to zombie Silfverberg most of last season, but he's been bad for pretty much his whole career, outside of that shooting percentage fluke a couple years ago.

He's decent on the PK, but otherwise, he's a defensive forward who isn't actually effective at defending. He's got a bit of speed, but not much physicality. He's not good at faceoffs. He's got slightly better hands than Max Jones, which is purposefully damning with faint praise. He's not a playmaker. I think he could be fine as a 4th line center on a team that's got some beef elsewhere in the lineup, but on an already small team, it is helpful to have a bigger, meaner guy like Carrick as a 4th line forward. I don't think he's good enough to be a 3C on a playoff team.

Sorry, I know I'm being a bummer, but I just have not liked what I've seen from Lundestrom. I'm definitely willing to see what he looks like under Cronin, but I don't have a lot of hope for his future.

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

It's really happening. Knock on wood.

Killer-Leo-Terry
FTT-Mac-Strome
Zegs-Rico-Lundy
Max-Sam-Silf
Cam-JD
Boosh-Minty
Goodass-Jack
Johnston in for Max, and Leason spells Silf
Vakks spells Boosh

Silf Is done.. Leason is a better option..

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

Do people here still think Lundestrom can be a useful NHL player? I know we have to account for the Eakins effect, and I know he was stapled to zombie Silfverberg most of last season, but he's been bad for pretty much his whole career, outside of that shooting percentage fluke a couple years ago.

He's decent on the PK, but otherwise, he's a defensive forward who isn't actually effective at defending. He's got a bit of speed, but not much physicality. He's not good at faceoffs. He's got slightly better hands than Max Jones, which is purposefully damning with faint praise. He's not a playmaker. I think he could be fine as a 4th line center on a team that's got some beef elsewhere in the lineup, but on an already small team, it is helpful to have a bigger, meaner guy like Carrick as a 4th line forward. I don't think he's good enough to be a 3C on a playoff team.

Sorry, I know I'm being a bummer, but I just have not liked what I've seen from Lundestrom. I'm definitely willing to see what he looks like under Cronin, but I don't have a lot of hope for his future.

The guy has spent most of his career injured. Wasn't he at one time viewed as a D first, potential low scoring 3C? Maybe we already have our top 3 Cs, but maybe we don't. Given that management has made it clear that winning is secondary to development this year (and maybe next), I have no problem giving him a chance to see where he might slot in and build chemistry with somebody.

 

[DuckDuckGetz]

Do people here still think Lundestrom can be a useful NHL player? I know we have to account for the Eakins effect, and I know he was stapled to zombie Silfverberg most of last season, but he's been bad for pretty much his whole career, outside of that shooting percentage fluke a couple years ago.

He's decent on the PK, but otherwise, he's a defensive forward who isn't actually effective at defending. He's got a bit of speed, but not much physicality. He's not good at faceoffs. He's got slightly better hands than Max Jones, which is purposefully damning with faint praise. He's not a playmaker. I think he could be fine as a 4th line center on a team that's got some beef elsewhere in the lineup, but on an already small team, it is helpful to have a bigger, meaner guy like Carrick as a 4th line forward. I don't think he's good enough to be a 3C on a playoff team.

Sorry, I know I'm being a bummer, but I just have not liked what I've seen from Lundestrom. I'm definitely willing to see what he looks like under Cronin, but I don't have a lot of hope for his future.

Lundestrom is better with the puck on his stick in the defensive zone than 90% of our forwards. Offensively, though, I (mostly) agree with you. But I'm also not sure he's ever been given a fair crack.

 

[Daz28]

Do people here still think Lundestrom can be a useful NHL player? I know we have to account for the Eakins effect, and I know he was stapled to zombie Silfverberg most of last season, but he's been bad for pretty much his whole career, outside of that shooting percentage fluke a couple years ago.

He's decent on the PK, but otherwise, he's a defensive forward who isn't actually effective at defending. He's got a bit of speed, but not much physicality. He's not good at faceoffs. He's got slightly better hands than Max Jones, which is purposefully damning with faint praise. He's not a playmaker. I think he could be fine as a 4th line center on a team that's got some beef elsewhere in the lineup, but on an already small team, it is helpful to have a bigger, meaner guy like Carrick as a 4th line forward. I don't think he's good enough to be a 3C on a playoff team.

Sorry, I know I'm being a bummer, but I just have not liked what I've seen from Lundestrom. I'm definitely willing to see what he looks like under Cronin, but I don't have a lot of hope for his future.

I'm not sleeping on him one bit. He may not round his offense game out until later in the year, but he's got some wheels, and he'll get to play with some better players, too. Sometimes that does wonders.

 

[GreatBear]

The Gulls are playing tonight. I suspect that the Ducks want Clang available to play in that game. Stalock has been scratched by the Gulls lately.

 

[DavidBL]

Lundestrom is better with the puck on his stick in the defensive zone than 90% of our forwards. Offensively, though, I (mostly) agree with you. But I'm also not sure he's ever been given a fair crack.

Lundys issues in the o-zone are him holding onto the puck too long

 

[DuckDuckGetz]

Lundys issues in the o-zone are him holding onto the puck too long

Yup.. his greatest strength in the d zone becomes his downfall. A tragedy as old as time

 

[Leonardo87]

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Drysdale has barely played the last 2 years, I wouldn't be counting on him for anything he's probably the one that should be on the trade block

 

[Gliff]

Drysdale has barely played the last 2 years, I wouldn't be counting on him for anything he's probably the one that should be on the trade block

Glad you aren’t GM. Talk about trading an asset at a low point. The Ducks need to see who he is. When he was last on the ice he scored almost 40 as a 19 year old. He has had 1 major injury. It isn’t like he has missed half of his games played in a 10 year career.

 

[FlyingV09]

I feel like we need to see guys like Lundestrom and Drysdale play a significant amount of time to see what we have there. The problem is somebody needs to go to make room for the surplus of players we have now.

 

[mightyquack]

Moving Drysdale would be a massive mistake. Don't think anyone other then Mintyukov has a high a ceiling as he does in our system at the moment.

 

[Leonardo87]

Moving Drysdale would be a massive mistake. Don't think anyone other then Mintyukov has a high a ceiling as he does in our system at the moment.

Minty and Drysdale are the only D I see now who have Top pairing potential. The other guys in the system I think are more #3's and #4's but these two are the best we have, unless we are drafting another stud D in this upcoming draft.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Drysdale has barely played the last 2 years, I wouldn't be counting on him for anything he's probably the one that should be on the trade block

Why the incessant "let's trade a youth" scenarios? It makes no sense, especially since we're stuck in the middle of a rebuild and our GM just said the playoffs might be the goal in two years? We're going to lose some vets in the near future and in a couple of years. You have to replenish those losses. Conflate that with we still don't know who will be NHL established. Think checkers, not chess.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

I feel like we need to see guys like Lundestrom and Drysdale play a significant amount of time to see what we have there. The problem is somebody needs to go to make room for the surplus of players we have now.

1. Anaheim has a plethora of fringe NHL/AHL'ers in the forward grouping. Gaining a Lundestrom would be considered an upgrade, especially if Rico is pegged to move at the TDL.

2. With the roster freeze for Christmas break, moving players isn't a problem with respect to the waiver wire. It's a great time to see Drysdale debut back onto the ice.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Knowing we're going to lose Silf after this season (or sooner) and the emergence of McGinn, I feel better now knowing we have McGinn under contract for another season. McGinn and Carrick (not under contract for next season) are good, seasoned vets to have around in the bottom-6, otherwise we'd be fielding a bunch of youths.

 

[FiveHoleTickler]

Do people here still think Lundestrom can be a useful NHL player? I know we have to account for the Eakins effect, and I know he was stapled to zombie Silfverberg most of last season, but he's been bad for pretty much his whole career, outside of that shooting percentage fluke a couple years ago.

He's decent on the PK, but otherwise, he's a defensive forward who isn't actually effective at defending. He's got a bit of speed, but not much physicality. He's not good at faceoffs. He's got slightly better hands than Max Jones, which is purposefully damning with faint praise. He's not a playmaker. I think he could be fine as a 4th line center on a team that's got some beef elsewhere in the lineup, but on an already small team, it is helpful to have a bigger, meaner guy like Carrick as a 4th line forward. I don't think he's good enough to be a 3C on a playoff team.

Sorry, I know I'm being a bummer, but I just have not liked what I've seen from Lundestrom. I'm definitely willing to see what he looks like under Cronin, but I don't have a lot of hope for his future.

I think you're an outlier on this one. Most here have said repeatedly that he could be a top 6 option if given better linemates. While I don't agree with that either, I do think he's a useful player with some offensive upside.

The shooting percentage fluke you alluded to is absolutely an outlier, but I think that was enough of an indication to show that he's capable of producing at a decent pace for a third line center.

He's also responsible with the puck, which I think will fit well with what Cronin is trying to instill in this team.

Also, I think you're exacerbating a lot of the negatives you see in his game. His hands aren't on Zegras' level or anything, but slightly better than Max Jones' is a bit of a ridiculous take in my opinion.