Hockey Duckie
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I'm hoping Gaucher will be that enforcer who can contribute on the ice, including on the PK.
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I'm hoping Gaucher will be that enforcer who can contribute on the ice, including on the PK.
I was hoping Max Jones would develop into the hard-hitting, hard-forechecking guy who would also provide some backbone. He did not. I don't need fighting - I don't think it's a deterrent of anything any more and it's not enjoyable to me, although I realize mileage may vary. But I have no problem with a tough guy in the bottom 6 who can kill penalties and make life difficult on the other team.
Johnston is not that.
Johnston is not that.
mightyquack
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You can point out Dostal had a bad November, and he did, not totally unexpected for a goaltender in their first full NHL season (also only 4 games so not the biggest sample size). But then you should point out that he not only bounced back, but was extremely good the rest of the year (0.908) even with a poor February thrown into the mix which is a far bigger sample size.
From December to the end of the season Dostal was ranked 22nd in sv% among all goaltenders with 20+ games played in that time (and that includes 6 goaltenders ahead of him that played 10+ games less then he did).
For comparison, Gibson ranked 53rd and last among all goaltenders with 20+ games played in that same time period.
Just look at the splits by month (Dostal - Gibson)
October (0.921 v 0.902)
November (0.823 v 0.907)
December (0.918 v 0.902)
January (0.919 v 0.892)
February (0.867 v 0.885)
March (0.907 v 0.844)
April (0.911 v 0.778*)
* Gibson played only one game in April.
Saying Gibson and Dostal were close in performance this past season is just flat out wrong. Heck even if you include their final figures, 0.902 v 0.888 is a pretty huge difference. Another example, the difference between Dostal and Gibson's sv% (0.014) is the same difference between 1st and 17th based on sv% among goaltenders that played 35+ games last season.....seems pretty big to me.
This also shows it's wrong to say Gibson 'carried the load' in December given Gibson only played 3 more games and was ok compared to Dostal.
Dostal is 24 years old and now has played 1.5 NHL seasons, he's ready to be the full time netminder. I agree getting a good back up for Dostal is important, as in today's NHL you need a good back up as well, which is why Gibson should be shown the door. He's a below average NHL goaltender at this point in his career.
robbieboy3686
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From what I can tell, Flyers fans hate D-Lo and can't wait to get rid of him.
All Mighty
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He hasn’t been good and the contract they gave him was never going to look smart.
Yeah it's funny to me that this conversation always comes back to "We should have kept Deslauriers!"
No, we shouldn't have.
Hockey Duckie
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I'm not opposed to Dostal being 1G, but getting rid of Gibby feels akin to getting rid of Fowler. Goalies are fickle and Dostal needs to develop that consistency, which he proved last year he was not. After witnessing Dansk flub in pre-season, we were hot to trot on that waiver wire. What a blessing in disguise the injury happened in pre-season and not the regular season.
Dostal's Nov games
- Nov 1, Ari: 0.914 Sv%
- Nov 10, Phi: 0.857 Sv%
- Nov 15, Col: 0.789 Sv%
- Nov 26, Edm: 0.625 Sv%
To start December, it was Gibson's 4 games to Dostal's 2 games. Dostal had a good showing in his first Dec game with 0.960 Sv% vs Chicago, but stumbled against the NYR with a 0.872 Sv%.
I'm happy that Gibby was there to shelter Dostal because Dostal has great potential. Dostal hit another bump in February.
Pre All-Star productions (Feb 1 - 3)
A healthy Gibby (pre All-Star) is similar to Dostal (pre All-Star).
Games from Oct to Feb
- Gibby = 37 games (1,111 SA)
- Dostal = 22 games (819 SA)
If you give me the choice between Deslauriers and Johnston, I take Deslauriers all day long. It's not even close.
If you give me the choice between Deslauriers and virtually any other NHL player, I'm probably taking the other guy. Deslauriers seemed to be a great locker room presence. He was not great at hockey.
If the coach/GM insists on having an enforcer-type, you can do worse than Des. But I'd rather get a guy who can play hockey.
Smirnov2Chistov
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I don't get the teams love over Leason. Doesn't move the needle enough for me. Not sure why they even brought him back
A large reach, covers a lot of ice. Skates well. Pat has mentioned he likes those things on the PK. I think cronin mentioned those things in regards to Leo too
Des works in the right situations and is better at hockey than Ross. its an enforcer type, you arent asking for 20 min of ice time. Ross gets like 8min, same with Des. Reaves is the same.
If thats the type of player you are looking for, Des is the better option
If thats the type of player you are looking for, Des is the better option
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He was pretty solid for us all season, good 4th liner.
Yep. Exactly what I was gonna say before I scrolled down. He's not some big depth scorer but he'd be able to land a 4th line spot on more teams than not. Solid bottom 6 soldier.
Leason also seems to still be getting better. Not writing him off yet
91Fedorov
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I would just love to see him add at least a little bit of aggression to his game. It feels like his size is under used the way he plays.
The Athletic put out their contention cycle opinions. Their viewpoint on the Ducks is interesting:
Also this:
Also this:
I'm hoping that around this time next year, they're in between Montreal and Buffalo (albeit a touch higher on the future rating axis).
