Former Ducks 2022

[The Midnight Burrito]

he was still 10x better than f***ing guhle

Which was why he also returned a 1st round pick.

 

[AngelDuck]

Montour is a good example of why we have to be very patient with a player like Drysdale

 

[pbgoalie]

i'll never understand why they traded montour

Hard to play with

Meaning fast, talented, wild.

We need plodding, lost, confused

 

[Kalv]

Montour is a good example of why we have to be very patient with a player like Drysdale

We are learning from our mistakes, we were patient with Shattenkirk these past seasons and look – he really started to play well

PS
I think he has been better than he was given credit for.

 

[Mr Rogers]

Hard to play with

Meaning fast, talented, wild.

We need plodding, lost, confused

totally agree. Vaaks is the epitome of your bottom sentence

 

[DuckDuckGetz]

There's also the "Bob Murray hates any player that goes to arbitration" theory

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Which was why he also returned a 1st round pick.

And that trade helped to land Zegras in the draft b/c that TDL was the start of the Ducks' rebuild.

 

[FiveHoleTickler]

 

[DavidBL]

Really cool interview. Thanks.

 

[Hamilton Bulldogs]

We are learning from our mistakes, we were patient with Shattenkirk these past seasons and look – he really started to play well

PS
I think he has been better than he was given credit for.

Im not sure if shattenkirk has gotten better or if the ducks have brought in so many players that are worse that by comparison he looks alright.

Either way I think his last two seasons were at least acceptable

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Nothing but praise for Murray, Eakins and especially Getz.

 

[Arthuros]

Im not sure if shattenkirk has gotten better or if the ducks have brought in so many players that are worse that by comparison he looks alright.

Either way I think his last two seasons were at least acceptable

Last season was terrible. Unfortunately, this season has been alright.

Yuck.

 

[All Mighty]

 

[Boo Boo]

Glad this is behind us so we can go back to having players enthusiastic about being ducks in our system

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

With the Sharks after all. What an asshole to want to be with that team.

 

[GreatBear]

He certainly will be given a chance with the Sharks to make the NHL. But that is the same approach as taken by Nesterenko, refuse to sign with the team that drafted you and sign instead with a team where you have a better chance to make the line up. I guess Nesterenko is karma's way of trying to balance out our loss of Thrun.

 

[pbgoalie]

Im not sure if shattenkirk has gotten better or if the ducks have brought in so many players that are worse that by comparison he looks alright.

Either way I think his last two seasons were at least acceptable

See? When you lower the bar enough, bad things look better!!!

 

[Anaheim4ever]

He certainly will be given a chance with the Sharks to make the NHL. But that is the same approach as taken by Nesterenko, refuse to sign with the team that drafted you and sign instead with a team where you have a better chance to make the line up. I guess Nesterenko is karma's way of trying to balance out our loss of Thrun.

Yep, easier for a college forward to crack the Ducks lineup than a Dman because of all the Ducks Dmen prospects.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Yep, easier for a college forward to crack the Ducks lineup than a Dman because of all the Ducks Dmen prospects.

All of our prospects are still a year or more away from the NHL. Thrun and LaCombe have years of body development as well as playing against bigger competition for longer as they're seniors. I'd say it' pretty much equal opportunity at forward and defense at the NHL level if you have talent better than what's on our roster today.

 

[AngelDuck]

Loser move by Thrun. Good riddance. Getting a pick was the right capl

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Loser move by Thrun. Good riddance. Getting a pick was the right capl

It could have been worse. Thrun could have strung us along, knowing full well he wouldn't sign with us. Then he signs with someone else and we get no pick.

The situation does suck for us because we lose a player who can help us today for a draft pick in the 2024 draft, which could be a 5-year wait on top of the the 4-year wait for Thrun. At least we got a 3rd round pick than nothing. We got a 2024 3rd round pick for Kulikov, but had to take a cap dump of McGinn for an additional two more seasons after this season. That's some value that Thrun has to get a return like that without ever playing an NHL game.

 

[Boo Boo]

It could have been worse. Thrun could have strung us along, knowing full well he wouldn't sign with us. Then he signs with someone else and we get no pick.

The situation does suck for us because we lose a player who can help us today for a draft pick in the 2024 draft, which could be a 5-year wait on top of the the 4-year wait for Thrun. At least we got a 3rd round pick than nothing. We got a 2024 3rd round pick for Kulikov, but had to take a cap dump of McGinn for an additional two more seasons after this season. That's some value that Thrun has to get a return like that without ever playing an NHL game.

I see what you mean and somewhat agree but honestly that’s kind of what he did. Thrun could feasibly have told us way earlier than he did but waited until 1 month left of senior year to inform management of his intentions.

 

[Terry Yake]

getting a pick for a guy who wasn't going to sign is a win. losing thrun doesn't really sting at all with the LHD in the system who are already better

 

[dracom]

Montour with the OT winner for the Panthers against the Leafs. Always sucks seeing guys we gave up on absolutely killing it on other teams.

 

[HanSolo]

Montour with the OT winner for the Panthers against the Leafs. Always sucks seeing guys we gave up on absolutely killing it on other teams.

Now has the all time best season by a Panthers defenseman. It sucks but I'm happy for him. He always seemed to be a firecracker that was just lacking the game sense to be a star player. Seems he's figured it out and then some.