Confirmed with Link: Ducks hire Rich Clune as an assistant coach

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https://x.com/i/web/status/1804245990658150410

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Ducks Name Clune Assistant Coach | Anaheim Ducks

The Ducks have named Richard Clune Assistant Coach. Clune, 37, joins the Ducks organization following two seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs in various coaching roles, beginning his post-playing career as a Player Development Coach in 2022 and joining the Toronto Marlies as Assistant Coach...

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https://x.com/i/web/status/1804247304104480877

 

[duxfan1101]

 

[Dostwall]

Exactly the stat I was looking for!

21.9% would’ve tied for the league lead in the AHL.

 

[Unholy]

Cool, seems like Leafs fans liked him so really not much else to go on. Power play help always a plus

 

[GermanRocket7]

Does this pose the end of our clueless 6on5 situations at the end of a game?

 

[Ducksforcup]

Seems like a great hire to address an organizational need.

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

I have No Clune who this is.. lol

 

[SmokeyDuck]

I have No Clune who this is.. lol

Really? I remember when he played for LA lol. Nice pun.

 

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https://x.com/i/web/status/1804275777187598759

 

[Terry Yake]

i vaguely remember him with the kings and preds. 4th line goon type

can't be hard to be an upgrade over newell brown.......right?

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

I have No Clune who this is.. lol

I feel like he was still playing like a year ago lol

Not like he has a high bar to jump over.... but hopefully he can bring some creativity to our Powerplay... or structure at least.

 

[robbieboy3686]

I feel like we need to be cluned in more about this hire.

 

[la patineuse]

I have No Clune who this is.. lol

I remember him when he played for Nashville.

 

[Deuce22]

Brown didn't have a Clune.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

Here's hoping he's better than the last Marlies coach we employed (via EDM).

 

[Leonardo87]

This is good. Ducks have enough skill on the roster to ice a Top 10 PP in the league.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

these guys just don’t want to hire improvements through experience.

Another rookie hire with this franchise

 

[Sean Garrity]

The first question I asked was does he coach the powerplay, followed by does he coach it well lol.

 

[dracom]

The first question I asked was does he coach the powerplay, followed by does he coach it well lol.

". The Marlies posted a 26-21-8 record after he joined as an Assistant Coach, while improving the power play dramatically from 13.0% (10-77) when he arrived to 21.9% (43-196) the remaining 55 games."

from the Ducks official account of the signing. seems like a good PP guy

 

[Sean Garrity]

". The Marlies posted a 26-21-8 record after he joined as an Assistant Coach, while improving the power play dramatically from 13.0% (10-77) when he arrived to 21.9% (43-196) the remaining 55 games."

from the Ducks official account of the signing. seems like a good PP guy

Oh sorry, I should’ve said I read the article and found out haha, but thank you for not telling me to “read the article"!

 

[dracom]

Oh sorry, I should’ve said I read the article and found out haha, but thank you for not telling me to “read the article"!

lol i didn't even realize that part was already posted in this thread.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

This is good. Ducks have enough skill on the roster to ice a Top 10 PP in the league.

Yup. We've done it a couple of time for stretches last year, but were not consistent.

2023-24	Ducks	PP Splits
Game Set	Games	PPG	PPO	PP Eff
Total	82	42	235	17.9%
1 to 25	25	18	81	22.2%
26 to 49	24	10	71	14.1%
50 to 62	13	8	35	22.9%
63 to 82	20	6	48	12.5%

We also get to add Cutter, hopefully a healthy Zegras, and top-6 RW acquisition for next season!

 

[JabbaJabba]

It's time to turn power kill into power play. Good hire.