Around the League 2018-19 Part 2

[Arthuros]

I'd selfishly would have loved to see that combo. Fortunately, prime Backstrom and Ovechkin was probably just as good. While I think Getzlaf's peak was higher than Backstrom's, there's no denying Backstrom is every bit the player Getzlaf is. Frankly, I think Backstrom has been underrated his entire career.

I like watching the Caps when the Ducks aren't on - Backstrom's a hell of a player too.

I do wonder at what point Backstrom is no longer underrated, because everyone seems to be saying he's underrated.

 

[alcolol]

I like watching the Caps when the Ducks aren't on - Backstrom's a hell of a player too.

I do wonder at what point Backstrom is no longer underrated, because everyone seems to be saying he's underrated.

Good point. Winning the cup last season gave Backstrom the recognition he deserves.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

I like watching the Caps when the Ducks aren't on - Backstrom's a hell of a player too.

I do wonder at what point Backstrom is no longer underrated, because everyone seems to be saying he's underrated.

Lidstrom went through like 3 years where he was known as the league's most underrated defenseman. They would make a point of saying it ten times during every nhl2nite broadcast. It was annoying. Maybe it's a special slot reserved for Swedes on teams with Russians who are better than they are.

 

[AngelDuck]

Sharks have scored 68 (!) more goals than the Ducks this season.

Terry, Perry, and Sprong probably help it a little bit next season but Goal scoring has to be addressed this offseason. The Ducks have gotten nothing out of too many players this year.

They've scored way less goals than tank teams like Ottawa and Detroit. It's unacceptable

 

[dracom]

Sharks have scored 68 (!) more goals than the Ducks this season.

Terry, Perry, and Sprong probably help it a little bit next season but Goal scoring has to be addressed this offseason. The Ducks have gotten nothing out of too many players this year.

They've scored way less goals than tank teams like Ottawa and Detroit. It's unacceptable

Remove Randy and our goal scoring will immediately go up. Doesn't matter who Murray adds to the roster if Randy is still here.

 

[AngelDuck]

Remove Randy and our goal scoring will immediately go up. Doesn't matter who Murray adds to the roster if Randy is still here.

It will help but the roster lacks playmakers down the middle. It’s pretty clear

 

[JohnnyDrama]

Sharks have scored 68 (!) more goals than the Ducks this season.

Terry, Perry, and Sprong probably help it a little bit next season but Goal scoring has to be addressed this offseason. The Ducks have gotten nothing out of too many players this year.

They've scored way less goals than tank teams like Ottawa and Detroit. It's unacceptable

Ottawa is purely because of the strategy they employ to take as many risks as possible while playing limited d, presumably to try and attract some fans to games, haven’t watched enough Detroit games to comment but probably similar. If our strategy met theirs somewhere in the middle we’d be fine. Unfortunately we still have a dinosaur behind our bench

 

[Paul4587]

Sharks have scored 68 (!) more goals than the Ducks this season.

Terry, Perry, and Sprong probably help it a little bit next season but Goal scoring has to be addressed this offseason. The Ducks have gotten nothing out of too many players this year.

They've scored way less goals than tank teams like Ottawa and Detroit. It's unacceptable

Rakells due a bounce back too. But yeah it’s pretty sure. We need a quantity for quality trade because we lack any sort of high end talent up front but have loads of middle 6 depth. And as much as I like some of our prospects I don’t see any of them with close to prime Getzlaf/Perry upside.

 

[Anaheim4ever]

So it was during an intermission last night that Chiarelli was fired during an Oilers game.
Can we do the same thing with Carlyle on the last game of the season after the Tank is complete ? Fire him during a intermission lol.

 

[kducks]

I wish our team had the balls to troll like this.

 

[snarktacular]

Doesn't seem to be any reason to fear something like that here. For one, we already have a very good GM, something they've lacked in Edmonton since the 90s. For another, nothing suggests Carlyle is in line for an executive job, just something in the organization. Our higher up structure has been set for years. The last time randy was out of a job, bob placed him as a pro scout, beneath the director.

Nobody complains about an old boy's club when guys like Marchant and Nieds are kept on.

Rehiring Carlyle in the first place, keeping him on for so long, blaming players and not the coach all reek of favoritism. That scouting job was a little suspect too, but it's hard to tell if he was actually good at scouting or not. Giving someone a chance to try something out is fine. But keeping them on without regards to merit is what gets me.

To be fair, even if Carlyle is moved upstairs there isn't really a reason to think he's not suited for it. Lowe had some apparent temperament issues with the whole Perry thing and Burke spat, so that case was more clear.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Rehiring Carlyle in the first place, keeping him on for so long, blaming players and not the coach all reek of favoritism. That scouting job was a little suspect too, but it's hard to tell if he was actually good at scouting or not. Giving someone a chance to try something out is fine. But keeping them on without regards to merit is what gets me.

To be fair, even if Carlyle is moved upstairs there isn't really a reason to think he's not suited for it. Lowe had some apparent temperament issues with the whole Perry thing and Burke spat, so that case was more clear.

Oh for sure, he's the beneficiary of being friends with Murray. Waiting too long to fire coaches is kind of Murray's thing, though. And it seemed like Murray was reluctant to bring him back until the players themselves advocated for it.

I dunno. We have top notch people in most of our exec positions so I'm not too worried about it. This season been allowed to die a horrible screaming death, but I think Murray tipped the owners hand when he publicly admitted (twice) that this group isn't good enough to win anything. That's ownerspeak for "i'm not paying two coaches if the team sucks anyway" IMO.

 

[Anaheim4ever]

If what happend to this team with the injuries & worst coach in NHL being brought back happened to other teams instead of the Ducks, how well would they handle it ?

Say the Sharks had Carlyle, had Pavelski go thru what Kesler did(their the same age), one of their top D was made of glass like Fowler(if Burns became glass like Fowler), if one of their top young wingers missed alot of games like Rakell, for them that would be Kane, say another one of their young forwards had season ending surgery like Kase, for them thats Meier or Hertl, say another one of their players has been missing a whole season like Perry, for them if that happened to Thornton.

How would the Sharks survive all of that in one season ? They don't have a Gibson to keep them afloat & imagine their players with Carlyle.

 

[dracom]

I think the Ducks season killed a lot of my interest in hockey this season. I normally enjoy the All-Star stuff, even the all-star game, but this year I just didn't care at all. Doesn't help that Gibson wasn't really good.

 

[bsu]

I think the Ducks season killed a lot of my interest in hockey this season. I normally enjoy the All-Star stuff, even the all-star game, but this year I just didn't care at all. Doesn't help that Gibson wasn't really good.

same.

 

[pesko]

I think the Ducks season killed a lot of my interest in hockey this season. I normally enjoy the All-Star stuff, even the all-star game, but this year I just didn't care at all. Doesn't help that Gibson wasn't really good.

I doubt Gibson cared very much either.

 

[Fighter]

Completely missed the ASG, was it good or should I look for the mascots game instead? Anything interesting in the skills competion?

 

[bsu]

Completely missed the ASG, was it good or should I look for the mascots game instead? Anything interesting in the skills competion?

Everything was as exciting as watching one of our games this season. Take that however you want to.

 

[Paul4587]

Completely missed the ASG, was it good or should I look for the mascots game instead? Anything interesting in the skills competion?

Gaudreau and Kane in the puck control drill were both awesome. The hardest shot was the least interesting it’s been in years. It’s worth a watch if you have time but don’t go out of your way to.

 

[Fighter]

Everything was as exciting as watching one of our games this season. Take that however you want to.

Glad I didn't miss sleep for that then...

 

[Fighter]

Gaudreau and Kane in the puck control drill were both awesome. The hardest shot was the least interesting it’s been in years. It’s worth a watch if you have time but don’t go out of your way to.

Yeah, the hardest shot is the one I was most interested to and I looked at Carlson one, nothing really eye-popping I'd say.

 

[Exit Dose]

How'd the skills competition go for Gibson?

 

[Paul4587]

How'd the skills competition go for Gibson?

Alright, the goalies only had one event where they competed to see who could put together the longest streak not getting scored on. Each goalies faced 9 shooters on breakaways and if they were on a current streak after 9 shooters they kept going until scored on. Gibson I think had a streak of 3 and from what I remember stopped over half the shots he faced. Lundqvist dominated everyone with a streak of 12 I think it was.

 

[pbgoalie]

Lundqvist won the skill competition,
But I thought Vasilevski put on a shot! Man he was good

 

[mightyquack]

Honestly I've lost all interest in the ASG since it become 3v3 and made the teams divisional instead of conference. I know the ASG wasn't fantastic by any means before that, but previous format was way better IMO.