2024-25 San Diego Gulls/Tulsa Oilers

[Mr Rogers]

Very much the same going on with the Gulls in terms of very little offense occurring. Even if the guys currently on the Ducks figure it out (McT, Leo, Zegs), Sennecke is the only forward we have coming up with big scoring potential so we're gonna still need to acquire depth scoring somehow. Drafting/development of forwards has just been so disappointing.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Sorry, but I must disagree a little bit. It's quite a big problem, that veterans Ryan Carpenter (captain) and Pavol Regenda are not scoring enough. When Meyer has played / been healthy, he has been decent.

Jan Mysak is a hard working guy and skates (and defends) well, but if he is your best scoring center, you have a problem. He is not a playmaker or a creative player.

I really hope that Ducks could send Harkins back to San Diego. At this moment Gulls' team structure (is that right word? team hierarchy?) is so bad. There is no 1st line center, borderline 2nd line veteran (Carpenter) and defensiveminded 3dr/4th -liners Mysak/Gauncher/Lopina.

You are reiterating the point of me starting off with, "the roster is crap and an afterthought by GM Verbeek".

We don't possess enough NHL fringe players to keep some of our top prospects in the AHL such as Zell last year and Colangelo this year. OTOH, Helleson looking good at the NHL level, but meh in the AHL level shows concern about our AHL coaching and development.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Hopefully that speaks to Gaucher having some underlying value as a center, that hasn't necessarily shown in his personal statistics at the AHL level. As far as a bottom six center goes, if they are doing all the little things to elevate their wingers or line as a whole, that's far more important than offensive numbers

The problem is Gaucher doesn't show up on the scoresheet often unless it's Caulfield playing next to him. This has been going on for two seasons. Throw any scoring winger with Gaucher-Caulfield and points will appear. Last year, the wingers were Tracey and Pastujov. This year, it's Sidorov and possibly Myatovic. I think last night was Myatovic's first game with the duo?

Caulfield could be that glue gem in the making and find that niche in the bottom-6.

 

[ZegrassyKnoll]

Very much the same going on with the Gulls in terms of very little offense occurring. Even if the guys currently on the Ducks figure it out (McT, Leo, Zegs), Sennecke is the only forward we have coming up with big scoring potential so we're gonna still need to acquire depth scoring somehow. Drafting/development of forwards has just been so disappointing.

San Diego's goal scoring is middle of the pack, they're getting killed by goaltending - both goalies are sub .900.

 

[Vino]

You are reiterating the point of me starting off with, "the roster is crap and an afterthought by GM Verbeek".

We don't possess enough NHL fringe players to keep some of our top prospects in the AHL such as Zell last year and Colangelo this year. OTOH, Helleson looking good at the NHL level, but meh in the AHL level shows concern about our AHL coaching and development.

You wrote: "The few vets we have had, they tend to produce well." In my mind veterans don't tend to produce well and that's the problem. And the roster is not crap, it's mostly okei and I like some kids quite a lot (Hinds, Sidorov, Myatovic. Luneau and Pastujov lately).