2023-24 San Diego Gulls/Tulsa Oilers

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[TheGoodShepard1]

Gulls win 4-2 and Suchanek continues to impress me. I really do think he’s gonna get a contract

 

[Giguere27]

Gulls win 4-2 and Suchanek continues to impress me. I really do think he’s gonna get a contract

I expect us trading Alexander at the deadline and signing Suchanek afterwards.


He‘s my darkhorse for making the NHL in the future as he put up good/great numbers on every level.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Gulls win 4-2 and Suchanek continues to impress me. I really do think he’s gonna get a contract

He's very small. Looks very vintage out there, Irbe or Hebert style, back when butterfly was relatively new.

 

[All Mighty]

One of the best giveaways I’ve seen.

 

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Gulls up 2-1 with goals from nester and de Leo

 

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[Hockey Duckie]

Good eye and cross-ice pass from Hinds to De Leo.

 

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Gulls win 3-2 in the shootout, Nesterenko and Tracey get the shootout goals

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Gulls win 3-2 in the shootout, Nesterenko and Tracey get the shootout goals

Tracey helps earn the second point with the game winning shoutout goal.

Suchanek doing well again. Stopped 32 out of 34 and did his job in the shootout. Hope he earns a contract from the Ducks at the end of the season.

 

[forever1922]

Tracey helps earn the second point with the game winning shoutout goal.

Suchanek doing well again. Stopped 32 out of 34 and did his job in the shootout. Hope he earns a contract from the Ducks at the end of the season.

I have a question for Gulls viewers.

How much of the Gulls surge and Suchanek's success is tied together. Is it all because of Suchanek's key saves or have the Gulls improved this much defensively and on even strength?

It was really worrying through the first 20ish games, I think the Gulls were at .27ppct at one point, just abysmal. Highlights made it seem they got scored on at will with no push back whatsoever, often surrendering 3+ goals in a row.

I've said it before, for this franchise's future the Gulls success this season is more important than the Ducks.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

I have a question for Gulls viewers.

How much of the Gulls surge and Suchanek's success is tied together. Is it all because of Suchanek's key saves or have the Gulls improved this much defensively and on even strength?

It was really worrying through the first 20ish games, I think the Gulls were at .27ppct at one point, just abysmal. Highlights made it seem they got scored on at will with no push back whatsoever, often surrendering 3+ goals in a row.

I've said it before, for this franchise's future the Gulls success this season is more important than the Ducks.

I haven't watched the Gulls, but I've been keeping track of them via weekly production updates on prospects, reading the Defend the Nest recaps (when he does them), and reading/asking posters who watch the Gulls questions such as @The Midnight Burrito .

The Gulls went 2-10-3 in the first 15 games. After winning the first two games of the season, they proceeded to go on a 13-game win streak.

Fortunes changed when two things happened: 1) Suchanek called up and 2) De Leo finally returned to the line after being injured in pre-season. Game 16 recap by official website: here.

De Leo's return put a lot of forwards into better groupings/lines, which triggered the offense. De Leo playing on the top line has been instant offense and shelters the other lines. In a previous post, I denoted how the Gulls' 3rd line was on fire on a Dec 17th post, from the Prospects thread.

Since Tracey has returned from injury, he's been playing on the third line with Gaucher and Caulfield for the past seven games.

Past 7 games: Tracey-Gaucher-Caulfield, 3rd line
- Tracey: 4g + 4a = 8 pts, +6 rating
- Gaucher: 3g + 3a = 6 pts,+5 rating
- Caulfield: 2g + 5a = 7 pts, +4 rating

Before being a part of this line
- Tracey: 10 games, 1g + 1a = 2 pts, and -4 rating
- Gaucher: 16 games, 2g + 2a = 4 pts, and -4 rating
- Caulfield: 16 games, 3g + 0a = 3 pts, and -4 rating

Unfortunately, the Gulls eventually got tagged with multiple injuries to the forward group such that they had to go sign an ECHL forward to play. Yeah, it was that drastic a situation with the Gulls. That's why the Gulls have been having a roller coaster ride of wins and losses after stringing together a 6-2-2 late Nov to Dec run.

As of Jan 8, Suchanek has posted a 0.930 Sv % and a 2.14 GAA. His record is 4-2-1. The team has won twice since Jan 8th with Suchanek in net for both games.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Suchanek is by the far our most likely goalie prospect to make a spectacular save. He's an energizer bunny in there. But again, he's small, and I'd worry that at the NHL level those open corners would be pretty juicy targets.

Given the injuries to Perreault and Regenda, I'd say Tracey maybe the most likely forward call-up. Caulfield and Gaucher have been playing well but they both seem pretty green.

 

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[The Midnight Burrito]

Gulls lose in OT. Clang played well, pretty good games for Gaucher and Caulfield. Tight checking game with not much going on. Agozzino had a bunch of chances but, well, they are baby Ducks after all, so no finish.

 

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Nice to see Pastujov finally healthy (and Helleson and King)

 

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Olen 1+1, gulls up 2-0.