GDT: #8 ⋅ ANA @ NJD ⋅ 4:00 PM PDT

[dracom]

Fowler, Killorn, Vatrano. Total blackholes

would it kill verbeek to just trade for a single player that's like 27/28 that's actually a top line player that can show the rest of the team how to play? cause the vets we do have aren't cutting it

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Fowler, Killorn, Vatrano. Total blackholes

I expected Vatrano to come down from last year…. Which was why I was on board moving him. But didn’t expect this much

Killorn was always a bad signing

Fowler shoulda been moved last year or in the offseason, he just looks like he doesn’t care at all anymore

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

These guys suck, not even fun to watch

It starts at the top.. in this case Cronin and Verbeek make this team worse

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

Carlson is the only dynamic forward we have on the team. Zegras and McTavish are all mid

 

[dracom]

Can’t wait until Cronin is gone man..

shame it won't happen until he's done far too much damage to the future core

 

[Ducks DVM]

maybe we should go back to the lines that were working yesterday... i mean yah we lost and only scored 1 goal but we played a pretty damn even game against NYR.

Team is tired, back to back on a road trip, why not start by blendering the lines, then continue having them be completely random from shift to shift.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Looks like Philly got the last laugh on gauthier

 

[Wheatens]

Starting to think that mixing your lines on a back to back, whilst on the road, is not the right move. Perhaps when you have a practice or 2...?

 

[ohcomeonref]

I wonder if it's pure exhaustion, they just quit 5 minutes into the game.

 

[Ducks DVM]

“McTavish stopped moving, however”…again

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

Looks like Philly got the last laugh on gauthier

Way to early for that cmon man

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

I wonder if it's pure exhaustion, they just quit 5 minutes into the game.

Cronin bout to bag skate them during intermission

 

[JAHV]

I'm all for a coach forcing these guys to work hard in camp and all that, but at some point, that should pay off in more strength and stamina. We certainly aren't seeing it yet.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Way to early for that cmon man

I meant sending him to play in Anaheim

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

That sequence with Luneau was incredible. Being chased up the wall and all 3 forwards supposed to be functioning as puck support are just standing in the middle of the ice waiting for a suicide pass

 

[JAHV]

And a dump in...and back out. So painful to watch.

 

[ohcomeonref]

I'm so, so disappointed in Z.

Edit: nice flash by him there though

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

No system in place to handle pressure.

 

[HanSolo]

Looks like Philly got the last laugh on gauthier

He's a rookie, I don't get these doomer takes about this kid. He's learning.

 

[JAHV]

Even on a good shift, they don't take a shot.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Looks like Philly got the last laugh on gauthier

Drysdale has 3 points and a -8 in 8 games, so…

 

[ohcomeonref]

He's a rookie I don't get these doomer takes about this kid. He's learning.

Everyone is getting antsy, we want progression. I agree it's too early for Gauthier though

 

[Ducks DVM]

That sequence with Luneau was incredible. Being chased up the wall and all 3 forwards supposed to be functioning as puck support are just standing in the middle of the ice waiting for a suicide pass

Fabbri forechecked. But neither of the other two did anything useful.

 

[Vaakou]

We need to trade for a top winger. Inject some hustle and skill.

 

[JAHV]

Yeah, Gauthier hasn't come out of the gate a finished product, but it's weird to give up on a player after 8 games or whatever.