GDT: #8 ⋅ ANA @ NJD ⋅ 4:00 PM PDT

[ohcomeonref]

another piss poor game. might need to take a break from these games for a bit. why should i bother to show up and watch when the coach and half the team doesnt?

If I had anything else in the world to do, I would. I'm stuck with these losers

 

[Hockey Duckie]

No, roasted Duck sadly.

is that an NY pizza topping option?

 

[The Duck Knight]

Hazy- "When the Ducks have their legs moving they're a good team"

No, when they skate they look like they may in fact be an NHL team. A good one? That's a stretch.

 

[duckaroosky]

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

This is the team. Last year you could say it was because of injuries. This year, I guess you can say it’s still early, things could change. But it won’t be early much longer.

Best case scenario is Dostal keeps the record respectable, the light switch turns on for the kids somewhere in there, and we end up with the first decent season in a long time. Pretty long odds for that IMO.

 

[ohcomeonref]

This is the team. Last year you could say it was because of injuries. This year, I guess you can say it’s still early, things could change. But it won’t be early much longer.

Best case scenario is Dostal keeps the record respectable, the light switch turns on for the kids somewhere in there, and we end up with the first decent season in a long time. Pretty long odds for that IMO.

I want to know where the guys from the beginning of last year went.

 

[Leonardo87]

This is the team. Last year you could say it was because of injuries. This year, I guess you can say it’s still early, things could change. But it won’t be early much longer.

Best case scenario is Dostal keeps the record respectable, the light switch turns on for the kids somewhere in there, and we end up with the first decent season in a long time. Pretty long odds for that IMO.

Yeah this right here. It’s only Game 8, with a brutal schedule to start, the kids are gonna have to get better as we chug along this season. Unless one or two of our kids breaks out it’s going to be just shuffling chairs on the deck of the Titanic.

It’s a shame I felt they put on a great effort against the Rangers after a poor 1st period, and could have gotten at least a point out of that game.

Tonight it was just not good at all.

 

[The Duck Knight]

I want to know where the guys from the beginning of last year went.

Personally I think they got sick of Cronin's message. That Lyubushkin interview makes it seem plausible that a bunch of young players wouldn't be huge on Cronin as a coach. And I don't need an insider to see accountability is preached but not handled the same player to player.

 

[KelVarnsen]

I want to know where the guys from the beginning of last year went.

Cronin coached it all out of them. Last year, early, they were just going on talent. Now that Ole Cro has had them for a year, this is who he molded them to be.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Cronin coached it all out of them. Last year, early, they were just going on talent. Now that Ole Cro has had them for a year, this is who he molded them to be.

I wonder who still thinks he is a 'good development coach'.. lmao

 

[Terry Yake]

should we start a tank thread already?

 

[Leonardo87]

should we start a tank thread already?

 

[Hockey Duckie]

This is the team. Last year you could say it was because of injuries. This year, I guess you can say it’s still early, things could change. But it won’t be early much longer.

Best case scenario is Dostal keeps the record respectable, the light switch turns on for the kids somewhere in there, and we end up with the first decent season in a long time. Pretty long odds for that IMO.

It's another development year in Verbeek's reset rebuild. The problems identified last year (ES offense) continues to resurface early this season. And our older vets are now looking older. Shining lights are Dostal and Terry.

Anaheim did have a decent 2/3rds of a season in 2021-22 as we were 3rd in the Pacific at all-star break and 4 points away from 3rd in the Pacific at the TDL. Everything cratered after the TDL and we finished 23 points away from 3rd in the Pacific. Finished with the 10th worst record in the league. We've been abhorrent since.

 

[AngelDuck]

I’m frustrated. We feel completely hopeless aside from 2-3 players who have been great

 

[MMC]

Anaheim did have a decent 2/3rds of a season in 2021-22 as we were 3rd in the Pacific at all-star break and 4 points away from 3rd in the Pacific at the TDL. Everything cratered after the TDL and we finished 23 points away from 3rd in the Pacific. Finished with the 10th worst record in the league. We've been abhorrent since.

Yeah no, the collapse started well before the trade deadline

 

[Mr Rogers]

looking for something positive, pretty good game for Gauthier after a rough one I thought. Feels like every one of our rookie forwards has been snakebitten for several games before they finally get one.

 

[FiveTacos]

By all means, keep standing still all over the ice. It's working so well.

We'll be well prepared for when we face a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Yeah no, the collapse started well before the trade deadline

There was a dip, not a collapse before the TDL.

All-star break: 3rd in the Pacific
TDL: 4 points from 3rd in the Pacific
End of season: 23 points from 3rd in the Pacific

We didn't have Manson in 12 out of the last 14 games before the TDL because he was on IR at All-Star Break, when Verbeek was hired. Verbeek sat on his hands between All-star break and a couple of days before the TDL to get some defensive help in waiver pickup Sustr.

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[MMC]

There was a dip, not a collapse before the TDL.

All-star break: 3rd in the Pacific
TDL: 4 points from 3rd in the Pacific
End of season: 23 points from 3rd in the Pacific

We didn't have Manson in 12 out of the last 14 games before the TDL because he was on IR at All-Star Break, when Verbeek was hired. Verbeek sat on his hands between All-star break and a couple of days before the TDL to get some defensive help in waiver pickup Sustr.

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You always mention the injury to Manson but I feel like that actually works against what you're trying to argue rather than supporting it. A team completely falling apart due to an injury to one player is a pretty good indicator that their success was fraudulent

 

[Ducks DVM]

Tonight was why I argued Gudas didn’t belong anywhere near top pairing minutes. He was a slug on the ice.

 

[Ducks DVM]

People ain’t gonna like this…

 

[Leonardo87]

People ain’t gonna like this…

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Nah it’s pretty accurate, Leo was bad, and Cutter had a solid game.

Oh the Fowler part….. lol

 

[slippingsloth]

So. To the faithful does anyone think we see .500 points percentage again this season?

 

[Ducks DVM]

So. To the faithful does anyone think we see .500 points percentage again this season?

Do you mean at any point, or at the end?

We have NYI, Pittsburgh, and Chicago as our next 3, I can see the team being back to .500 points percentage after that span.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

People ain’t gonna like this…

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I think most of us help fowler has a strong first half of the season so we can maybe get something of value for him

Unfortunately so far this year his good games to bad games ratio is pretty ehhh