GDT: #28 ⋅ ANA @ TOR ⋅ 4:00 PM PST

[Leonardo87]

easy win

 

[Lord Flashheart]

We need Earl Sleek in times like these.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

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Why do I have three legs?

The Duck doesn't. It is walking around drunk after eating an obscene amount of Taco Bell splurged over with an inordinate bunch of hot sauce packets to make believe that is a third leg. Then the Duck realizes it's producing its own version of a soft serve ice cream that is hot sauce tinted to match its own legs.

Huh... guess that sums up the Verbeek-Cronin era.

 

[Terry Yake]

This.
Boudreau as interim coach followed by Paul Maurice taking over next season.
I swear that even when Boudreau is 90 he'll be better coach still than Cronin is now.

Boudreau only turns 70 in January.
Somehow Darryl Sutter is only 66 years old but looks 90.

a lifetime in hockey + farm living will do that to you

 

[Terry Yake]

You get a call from the Samuelis and learn they have made you GM for the day. You can make three moves before the game tonight. What are they?

fire cronin
name myself HC
waive killorn

 

[Hockey Duckie]

View attachment 944019Might as well get this in early

0-4 since captain cams return, ruined the team chemistry.

W/ cam senators completely abuse us

W/o cam we beat the sens

Coincidence I think not

You do realize we have to be good to actually suck again. We haven't left region of suck-titude under Verbeek.

We started to suck worse in the five games prior to Fowler's return. Anaheim faced only one above-.500 team in that prior 5-game set to where it should have earned a record of 4-1-0 (8 pts). Instead, we struggled to a 2-2-1 (5 pts) against three weak teams in Buffalo, Seattle x2, and Ottawa. We had to go to a shootout with Ottawa.

With Fowler back, the team has gone 0-3-1 (1 pt). It should have been 1-3-0 (2 pts) if Dostal didn't have a mental lapse on a loose puck behind the net. We continue the bad trend of struggling against sub-.500 teams.

Fowler returned on the Dec 4th. We were having a difficult time generating offense consistently before Fowler and that lack of offensive production continued when Fowler returned. Fowler has contributed to scoring in two games, including the SOL against Montreal to earn a loser point.

Conclusion: We had a suck-ass team with or without Fowler.

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Minty Tangent

Our worst defenders are Minty and Gudas before the Trouba trade. Gudas is our worst defender, but Minty struggling as a youth needed a rest. I would prefer to healthy scratch Gudas, but that would never happen. One of them needed to be healthy scratched.

Last night's game, Minty was paired with Zell. Cronin figured replace a youth with a youth and things should go well. Minty and Zell are OFD's still learning how to play defense. That duo had to be separated in game because they were not working. Which should highlight LaCombe's defense being very underrated.

 

[Rybread86]

You get a call from the Samuelis and learn they have made you GM for the day. You can make three moves before the game tonight. What are they?

Fire Cronin and promote Clune to Interim while we look at permanent candidates
Find a trade for Fowler ASAP even if it means losing out on return. Relieving the logjam seems more important right now than maximizing his return.
And the final one.... Probably trade Gibson with retention. I wanted to say trade Johnston but he can be benched and it doesnt cost you much of anything. Different problem for a different day.

 

[Frosted Tips]

I'm already sick of this

 

[JonathnTaylorTavares]

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In my defense I didnt say who it would be an easy win for