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HanSolo said:
This. There's a few kids in the top 6-7 range I'd love to see the Ducks nab but 2023 was a special exception. The season was already shot, the talent at the top was can't miss, and there weren't as many kids in active NHL development.

We're at a point now where a little under half the active lineup is part of the team's work in progress youth core with a number of them who would be considered top prospects leaguewide if they were still in juniors, the AHL or Europe.

If it's between a 7th overall pick and a 10th or eleventh pick, I'd really rather see the team doing whatever they can to use the remaining time wisely to have something to build on next season. The only real benefit I see to losing right now is it might move us closer to firing Cronin and Clune (god willing), but that should happen regardless.
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Agree to the last paragraph, at least with respect to finishing strong. I sort of have a feeling whoever we take at, say, pick 9 or 10, would be the same player we take at 5 or 6.
 
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ADHB said:
Agree to the last paragraph, at least with respect to finishing strong. I sort of have a feeling whoever we take at, say, pick 9 or 10, would be the same player we take at 5 or 6.
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That certainly could happen. Like if Madden and co are set on Desnoyers or McQueen at #6 and he's there at #9 they still get their guy.
 
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Cronins PP solution is just shoot more and go to the net? No formation changes. No system changes. No added movement. Just shoot. Geez I can be a NHL coach at this point and I really don’t know shit about Hockey.
 
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KelVarnsen said:
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Cronins PP solution is just shoot more and go to the net? No formation changes. No system changes. No added movement. Just shoot. Geez I can be a NHL coach at this point and I really don’t know shit about Hockey.
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Just posted this in the coaching thread and said almost exactly the same thing. He’s a joke.
 
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KelVarnsen said:
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Cronins PP solution is just shoot more and go to the net? No formation changes. No system changes. No added movement. Just shoot. Geez I can be a NHL coach at this point and I really don’t know shit about Hockey.
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That screenshot of Leo with the puck and no one is by the net is basically the issue in a nutshell. Was posted in the coaching thread I believe.
 
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Leonardo87 said:
That screenshot of Leo with the puck and no one is by the net is basically the issue in a nutshell. Was posted in the coaching thread I believe.
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Was that the same wide shot where Mac was chillin on the half wall (any further back and he'd be in the crowd) with two guys on the goal line and the other two guys so far back at the blue line that they weren't even in the frame?
 
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Cronins PP solution is just shoot more and go to the net? No formation changes. No system changes. No added movement. Just shoot. Geez I can be a NHL coach at this point and I really don’t know shit about Hockey.
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We've been hearing about "simple solutions" from Cronin for his entire tenure. If he were just telling them to shoot the puck from anywhere, they'd be listening. The message (whatever it is) isn't getting through, and that means it's time for a change at the top.
 
I just don’t want to see anyone get hurt. And I want Cronin gone. So I don’t need nor want meaningless points down the stretch. We can play well and lose and that’s fine by me.
 
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