Former Ducks - (2023-24 Season Edition )

[Rooch]

How do you not just love this guy? Nine years in a Duck uni, keeps his mouth shut, leads by example, and shows total decency at every opportunity.

 

[lwvs84]

The only thing to come out, I believe is his teammates comments of "avoiding the worst case" and sightings of Jamie without a sling. Still, he remains on IR without updates so it seems to me very likely he will not play much more if any this season. I think him playing this season is completely irrelevant.

For me, I hope that he can get his shoulder to where he can play without having to worry about injuring it. That has to start to become a creeping fear at this point. I don't know how those treatments are compared to knees, which for instance Teemu went through with great success. I'm sure it has been discussed elsewhere on hfboards by more knowledgeable individuals.

Sadly, I think the Flyers brass' decision not to give updates isn't because they don't know, but instead because they don't want to look bad.

Everyone wants to win a trade, but I was hoping Drysdale would be good and healthy and Gauthier would just be better. Hopefully Jamie comes back healthy next year.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

I wouldn't read too much into the Flyers not advertising JD's condition. It's obviously more than "day to day" but why do they need to tell the world the details? Teams are usually pretty tight lipped about injuries. Look at the Ducks.

Whatever it is, here's hoping the off season helps his mending and he comes to camp 100% healthy.

 

[Anaheim4ever]

Winning the trade was already likely because the Flyers were trading from a position where they had to 'Get Something' before they had nothing. The Ducks offered up their most injury prone young player. If I was Philly i'd have tried to get picks + prospects in return for Cutter but their ownership seems to want to be competitive and compete for 8th seeds like Minnesota did in the previous decade so taking a guy who can help them win games this year was more desirable even if its a injury prone guy there was still the upside Drysdale suddenly becomes durable.

If you look at Philly's injury history in the past 10 years or in their franchise history it was not a gamble I'd have made if I was them. They have so many players like the Ducks who got really unlucky with injuries. You can argue their luck with injuries is worse than the Ducks.

 

[George Binks]

Was watching the pens Avs game and I could of sworn Kenny Albert said that James Wisniewski passed away?!? Can find anything on it so hoping I just misheard him

 

[dracom]

was watching a clip of Hyman getting his 50th goal and he was mic up, and Perry congratulating him makes me miss Perry so much. Im glad he's gotten a chance to play for a cup after we let him go, but I think this team needs a guy like him not only on the ice but in the locker room. i wonder if we give him a one day contract for him to retire a duck.

 

[12ozPapa]

was watching a clip of Hyman getting his 50th goal and he was mic up, and Perry congratulating him makes me miss Perry so much. Im glad he's gotten a chance to play for a cup after we let him go, but I think this team needs a guy like him not only on the ice but in the locker room. i wonder if we give him a one day contract for him to retire a duck.

If I recall correctly, wasn’t it kind of implied that Perry did not want to be a “mentor” or whatever to young players and so he didn’t want to stay?

 

[70sSanO]

Perry and Lindholm fighting on the same night. Unfortunately neither fared well.

John

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Perry and Lindholm fighting on the same night. Unfortunately neither fared well.

John

Idk that hampus should have gotten a fighting major…. Maybe a rough

 

[Terry Yake]

If I recall correctly, wasn’t it kind of implied that Perry did not want to be a “mentor” or whatever to young players and so he didn’t want to stay?

that's what i remember as well. it was time for both perry and the ducks to go their separate ways and its worked out great for perry as he's reinvented himself as a valuable bottom pairing guy who can turn it up come playoff time

 

[All Mighty]

 

[WhatTheDuck]

His first point in seven games since the trade

 

[WhatTheDuck]

 

[All Mighty]

 

[anezthes]

I'll take Benoit over Lagesson any day and twice on leap day.

 

[Kalv]

So happy for Benny

 

[Goose of Reason]

Awesome, I'm glad he's found a home. Dude worked his ass off to get to this level.

 

[Terry Yake]

really wish they had kept benoit. not sure why they let him go in the first place

one of the few guys who wasn't afraid to throw his weight around

 

[dracom]

really wish they had kept benoit. not sure why they let him go in the first place

one of the few guys who wasn't afraid to throw his weight around

Another example of a bad defenseman here going to another team and doing well.

 

[Terry Yake]

Another example of a bad defenseman here going to another team and doing well.

really not all that surprising considering he's playing with better d-men there and on an all around better team. that helps quite a bid i'd say

 

[GreatBear]

Benoit was expected to do too much on the Ducks last year for his talent level. He is better situated in Toronto, which is paying him as a third pairing defenseman. Good for him to earn the contract.

 

[Dirk316]

Not resigning Benoit was very surprising and would have taken some of the pressure off Gudas being the only physical dman. Instead signing Haag or the rest of the garbage.

 

[MMC]

Not resigning Benoit was very surprising and would have taken some of the pressure off Gudas being the only physical dman. Instead signing Haag or the rest of the garbage.

If your best argument for keeping him is that he’s a better player than a guy who played a whopping 5 games for the NHL team this season it should be easy to see why they didn’t prioritize it

 

[Kalv]

If your best argument for keeping him is that he’s a better player than a guy who played a whopping 5 games for the NHL team this season it should be easy to see why they didn’t prioritize it

I think there are plenty of arguments why we should had resigned Benoit insted of going for Hagg. Benny is a decent NHL'er.

 

[MMC]

I think there are plenty of arguments why we should had resigned Benoit insted of going for Hagg. Benny is a decent NHL'er.

There’s no role for him on this Ducks team. Fowler, Mintyukov, Vaakanainen, LaCombe, and Zellweger are all better players with more upside