Speculation: 2024-25 Coaching/Management/Ownership

[70sSanO]

One other piece on Yandle. Keith’s brother played for UNH and Keith had committed to UNH to play with him.

Whether Wikipedia is correct or not, it stated Keith Yandle was denied admittance to UNH due to academics.

This doesn’t doesn’t change whether a Cronin phone call happened, but Yandle didn’t change his mind and decommit from UNH as he says. Ultimately he never attended college.

John

Edit added: It may very well had been a situation where Yandle painted a picture of changing his mind going to UNH and Cronin found out the next day that wasn’t true and academically he couldn’t attend Northeastern either.

And Cronin called Yandle and the conversation may not have been exactly as Yandle presented it, but I’m guessing it wasn’t pleasant. But this is all conjecture.

 

[Terry Yake]

can't wait to hear the stories about cronin from his former ducks players once he's gone. i have a feeling there are some good ones

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/anaheim-ducks/latest-news/diagnosing-the-ducks-offensive-struggles

An article by Patrick Present. Couple things I agree with: the players seem to be doing the things that they’ve been asked to do but the team still sucks. Cronin, predictably, doesn’t know what’s happening and is hoping guys start scoring.

Just wanted to highlight this passage from the article:

The strengths of the Ducks' most important pieces seem to contradict that philosophy. The roster, as constructed, more so resembles the strengths of teams like the Vegas Golden Knights, Dallas Stars, and New Jersey Devils.

Those teams prioritize generating opportunities off the rush by keeping teams to the perimeter, protecting the middle, and eliminating seams until they cause a turnover before sending numbers out of the zone on the counterattack with possession.

On the cycle, their possession-based offense keeps pucks on the sticks of their best players as they support, weave, switch, and open up lanes for shots or dangerous passes.

The Ducks, while remaining diligent in their man coverage, aren't manufacturing the turnovers they need and are often hemmed in their zone as a result. This has led to a higher volume of shot attempts for opponents and the players on the ice, expelling the majority of their shift energy defending, limiting their own dangerous potential on the counter.

Yeah, exactly. PV wants a heavy, crashing team, hired a coach that agreed with him, but he built a team of crafty guys, snipers, and east-west players.