Post-Game Talk: Ducks visit Avalanche 6PM PDT October 18 2024

[AngelDuck]

Remember, half the board said that Troy Terry wasn’t worth the contract we gave him last year

LOL

 

[Dryish]

Remember, half the board said that Troy Terry wasn’t worth the contract we gave him last year

LOL

Last year he was not worth the contract we gave him.

 

[Mr Rogers]

I thought Terry wasn’t nearly as bad last year as the board sentiment would indicate. I think his raw stats bear that out as well. Was anybody good last year outside Vatrano? I mean Terry was literally one of our better players last year even if it wasn’t as good as other seasons he’s had.

And he’s been fantastic so far this year, our best player outside Dosty imo.

 

[AngelDuck]

Last year he was not worth the contract we gave him.

He was though. 7 million is not as much as it used to be and he played at a 60 point pace on an awful team

And also, there were plenty of people saying the 7 year deal was a mistake.

Killorn is the one boat anchor contract we have. Big mistake there by Verbeek and it’s being compounded by forcing him with carlsson

 

[FiveTacos]

There's a reason why a lot of guys don't get it together until they're 22-25. Meanwhile we're trotting out a lineup with 6 guys who are 19-21, and relying on them for some heavy lifting at that.

Just as a point of reference, the 91-92 Nords finished with 52 points in 80 games, and that was an IMPROVEMENT. But they already had:

Sakic, 22
Sundin, 20
Nolan, 19
Leschyshyn, 22
Foote, 20

They didn't break out until the following year. And then regressed to back under .500 the year after that.

The NHL is hard. Even high picks and future stars don't put it together as a team when they're still so young, despite flashing talent individually.

 

[JAHV]

I appreciate the resilience of this team. In a game where they got caved in, they didn't give up.

That said, this was embarrassing and, in most other ways, discouraging. Particularly from a coaching aspect, the Ducks had no answer to get the puck out of the zone, or to stop Colorado through the neutral zone, or to sustain pressure. Just ugly.

From a player standpoint, there were a few bright spots (Terry, Dostal, ummm maybe Carlsson), but there were some very disappointing performances. Killorn looks like a corpse. He's awful. McTavish, after a positive game, looked bad again. Harkins and Johnston were so, so terrible. I never want to see them in a Ducks sweater again. Fabbri had a rough game.

I can only hope that was an aberration.

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

I hope Reimer plays tomorrow. Lukas has gotta be exhausted.

Dostal gets the net tomorrow, Reimer can draw the San Jose assignment Tuesday night.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

If Newell Brown had an evil mustache he’d be twirling it and laughing right now.

 

[ohcomeonref]

What we saw last night is more or less what I expect from the team defensively. It's our offense that has me scratching my head raw.

 

[Leonardo87]

What we saw last night is more or less what I expect from the team defensively. It's our offense that has me scratching my head raw.

I don’t think we will see these kinda games as much as last year. It was a difficult situation, lots of travel and then to end up in a high elevation area. Giving them the benefit of the doubt.

If they can take 3 points out of 4 in the next two game home stand , then will be happy, and will start to think they can put together a solid season. Still too early .

Again the PP, is a major issue. Don’t even know what else to even say at this point.

 

[All Mighty]

Some handsome guy posted this idk what it means.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

I don’t think we will see these kinda games as much as last year. It was a difficult situation, lots of travel and then to end up in a high elevation area. Giving them the benefit of the doubt.

If they can take 3 points out of 4 in the next two game home stand , then will be happy, and will start to think they can put together a solid season. Still too early .

Again the PP, is a major issue. Don’t even know what else to even say at this point.

3 out of 4 points could be feasible as we're facing potentially another team without a great netminder in the Kings and we face the Celebrini-less Sharks. I still wouldn't feel great about the outlook of our season beating up on Sharks and teams with not-so-great goalies. If we win convincingly, then optimism springs.

 

[Mr Rogers]

Clune might be a fine coach and probably is more modern than Brown - and if he's a better fit for Cronin, then great - but now i'm really skeptical that there will be any impact attributable to either of them with regards to the PP. IMO it's all about lack of execution, our PPs so far have been a splitting image with last year. even if/when the PP improves, i really don't think i'll be convinced that it had much to do with the change in assistants. Kings PP doing alright certainly doesn't hurt Brown either.