GDT: Ducks at Canes - Eric Staal Jersey Retirement Night.

[Tryamw]

Teams seem to be picking out soft spots in the Canes D-zone set up

Between the circles

 

[cptjeff]

The last really positive thing he did for the org was the 2009 run over 15 years ago.

He's a big what if for me. What if he didn't end up on a team where he won the cup immediately, a team that was just happy their transcendent stat willingly signed a second contract with no drama and didn't push him, leading to a country club atmosphere? He basically admitted when he went to the Rags and sucked eggs was a wakeup call he had to start taking conditioning seriously. Weird legacy, the new team has attracted a ton of new fans and old fans like me have moved on

I'm not gonna litigate the Staal era tonight. We'll remember the good years he had here and applaud him tonight, even if I don't think his legacy is quite what they've been trying to sell it as.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Between the circles

Its where the hand-off from wing covering to a defenseman and the D are either late or the wing is handing off too early.

 

[WreckingCrew]

Genuinely curious, how many times in the past month+ have we NOT given up the first goal? Generally fairly early too

 

[Borsig]

I'm not gonna litigate the Staal era tonight. We'll remember the good years he had here and applaud him tonight, even if I don't think his legacy is quite what they've been trying to sell it as.

I don't think his jersey deserved to hang next to the likes of Francis and RBA. He fell off hard and fast. Unlike his brother. He was simply lazy af post 2009.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Between the circles

Both Drury and Blake had their sticks in the wrong position, and Burns was right in front of Kooch, essentially providing a screen

 

[Borsig]

1 goal 3 shots

Patternistic

 

[Rick Davis]

Anaheim definitely not looking like a team that got hammered 6 nil last night…

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Roslovic kills off any offense that top line tries to generate

 

[Tryamw]

Anaheim definitely not looking like a team that got hammered 6 nil last night…

Or they are. As they took it personally

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Away jerseys with that much orange against a team wearing all red should be illegal.

 

[Tryamw]

Ghost fail

 

[Tryamw]

Dostal eating or gloving every puck

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

Can't believe Ghost is actually back, I assumed he was out until March or April. Rod is many things, but wanted in the field of medical prognosis is not one of them.

 

[Stickpucker]

Our 2C is on the ice right now. He sure looks like he could still play.

35 year old Eric Staal has more offense in his pinky thank Kotkaniemi has in his entire body.

38 year old Staal is on par.

40 year old Staal could probably still give him a run for his money.

In a professional tryout for who is better it's probably 45 / 55.

 

[AD Skinner]

I actually like these duck jerseys and totally get why the canes would wear red tonight with the festivities and stuff since staal never wore the current black, but the orange and red look a lot more similar in action than I would have thought

Edit I didn’t see AD had addressed this already my bad

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Our 2nd line is the only one who generated much that period

 

[Tryamw]

Ducks on ice but no goal

 

[Justicebork]

KK with plenty of ice time in the first out of spite for the Staal argument above

 

[WreckingCrew]

Our 2nd line is the only one who generated much that period

Canes put forth the final-year Eric Staal effort in that period!

 

[Unhinged Finn]

I missed Ghost. He is our only D that can move the puck along the blueline.

 

[Derailed75]

Not the best 20 not the worst. Should be 1-1 but Dostal holy hell!

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

Teams seem to be picking out soft spots in the Canes D-zone set up

The goal visualizer on NHL.com is so cool, it makes it easy to see what happened: Jaaska vacated his zone and followed (what he thought was) his man into the slot, Ducks get it to the guy in the vacated zone, which draws Slavin and Drury, and the guy gets it to the goalscorer in the high slot, which I think was Drury's zone, to pick a corner.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

The goal visualizer on NHL.com is so cool, it makes it easy to see what happened: Jaaska vacated his zone and followed (what he thought was) his man into the slot, Ducks get it to the guy in the vacated zone, which draws Slavin and Drury, and the guy gets it to the goalscorer in the high slot, which I think was Drury's zone, to pick a corner.

The replay just looks bad. Drury is looking directly at Harkins skating towards him in the high slot, and doesn't hinder him in any way. And then he doesn't get his stick in the passing lane to stop it.

 

[Stickpucker]

I don't think his jersey deserved to hang next to the likes of Francis and RBA. He fell off hard and fast. Unlike his brother. He was simply lazy af post 2009.

Comrade, it just goes to show the brightest flames burn the fastest.

I will put my body on the line and have a Bojangles supremes meal with honey mustard, as the good lord intended, to honor E.Staalo and lock in the win.