GDT: Anaheim @ San Jose, 7pm Pacific

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Lineups to be announced.

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[Mr Rogers]

I think Sennecke will be in again, practice probably starts in a little while

 

[la patineuse]

So this is the Ducks last game until their season opener in eight days, that is the front end of back-to-back road games? Thanks as usual NHL schedulers for crappy scheduling.

 

[91Fedorov]

I would love to see

Gauthier / Carlsson / Killorn
Zegras / McTavish / Sennecke

if Terry is still out.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

So this is the Ducks last game until their season opener in eight days, that is the front end of back-to-back road games? Thanks as usual NHL schedulers for crappy scheduling.

Didn't this happen to us last year too?

 

[Hockey Duckie]

I would love to see

Gauthier / Carlsson / Killorn
Zegras / McTavish / Sennecke

if Terry is still out.

I'd like to see Colangelo in that RW2 slot. Sennecke will most likely be returned to junior, especially since he need to put on more mass. With Colangelo, we know he'll be available to the Ducks if they need a top-6 RW this season.

 

[JAHV]

So this is the Ducks last game until their season opener in eight days, that is the front end of back-to-back road games? Thanks as usual NHL schedulers for crappy scheduling.

They really have stuck it to the team and the fans. This is the second year in a row that every other team will have played its first game before the Ducks. That's garbage.

 

[HanSolo]

I would love to see

Gauthier / Carlsson / Killorn
Zegras / McTavish / Sennecke

if Terry is still out.

Terry was in line rushes yesterday. Let me find the tweet.

 

[HanSolo]

Terry was in line rushes yesterday. Let me find the tweet.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841908437267194304

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841908761109397875

 

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Fourth line/bottom pairing death battle tonight.

 

[Mr Rogers]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1842257152121122942

Maybe no Beckett

 

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Fourth line/bottom pairing death battle tonight.

Or it's a full lineup! Looks like olen is the odd man out?

 

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Everyone rallying around lacombe the last couple days.

 

[Mr Rogers]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1842267176805548190

Everyone rallying around lacombe the last couple days.

The rhetoric around lacombe and luneau…just feels like Zell might be the odd man out at the outset

 

[cheesymc]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1842267176805548190

Everyone rallying around lacombe the last couple days.

I can't stop envisioning some demon's in his closet. Did he get bullied? Maybe he needs to get his first fight under him. Should go after the Cooley, Mark Dano look-alike punk.

 

[robbieboy3686]

The rhetoric around lacombe and luneau…just feels like Zell might be the odd man out at the outset

Zell is tiny. It is what it is. Can’t say I disagree ( and I’m saying that as someone who’s been hyper critical of lacombe )

 

[Mr Rogers]

Zell is tiny. It is what it is. Can’t say I disagree ( and I’m saying that as someone who’s been hyper critical of lacombe )

He wasn’t impactful in the games he’s gotten, he essentially has to be scoring and driving offense much more than other guys. He’s still very young so I think he can improve defensively

 

[McDonald19]

I can't stop envisioning some demon's in his closet. Did he get bullied? Maybe he needs to get his first fight under him. Should go after the Cooley, Mark Dano look-alike punk.

Did he get called Beavis growing up?

 

[robbieboy3686]

Did he get called Beavis growing up?

I mean that’s a certainty. He needs to go full out bobby ‘water boy’ Boucher and envision the teasing and turn it into rage

 

[Reveille1984]

Yeah, I think Zell is the odd man out until someone inevitably gets injured.

Luneau came into camp looking like a grown man, and we all know Verbeek is a size queen.

 

[JAHV]

Ugh, is Zellweger really going to get sent back down? He has nothing to learn in San Diego - he already dominated there.

I said I'd be shocked if that happened, but I suppose I shouldn't be. Verbeek's infatuation with size is infamous.

 

[KelVarnsen]

Wouldn’t surprise me if Zell was traded. PV wants his boys big.

I hope not but wouldn’t surprise me.

 

[91Fedorov]

He wasn’t impactful in the games he’s gotten, he essentially has to be scoring and driving offense much more than other guys. He’s still very young so I think he can improve defensively

I agree. I only saw him live in one game, but Zel does not look ready for the NHL. He got pushed around way too much. I don't think it's fair to just label this a PV size thing. Against the Kings he didn't look good.

 

[AngelDuck]

Wouldn’t surprise me if Zell was traded. PV wants his boys big.

I hope not but wouldn’t surprise me.

Uh, it’s pretty obvious that Zellweger is Fowler’s replacement in a couple months.

The ducks have a good problem right now. Finally

In 3 months the defense will be:

LaCombe-Gudas
Mintyukov-Luneau
Dumolin-Zellweger
Vaakanainen

Or some combination of such

 

[Mr Rogers]

I agree. I only saw him live in one game, but Zel does not look ready for the NHL. He got pushed around way too much. I don't think it's fair to just label this a PV size thing. Against the Kings he didn't look good.

Agreed. I think Verbeek is/was a lot higher on Zell than Drysdale (I think it’s important to note that Verbeek likely scouted Drysdale heavily leading up to the 2020 draft since Detroit was right in that range which is why I don’t buy claims that he had no assessment yet of that aspect of his game leading up to the trade.) despite Zell being even smaller. He really values his smarts for the game which are undeniable. Pat values size for sure but also smarts, you just can’t be small and have mediocre or questionable hockey sense.