Former Ducks (2024-25 edition)

[Anaheim4ever]

Some players just will never win it all imo, Auston Matthews seems to be following that same path as Jumbo as a guy who destroys the regular season but chokes in the playoffs.
If you are building a team for the Cup, you take a Barkov +Thachuk, Eichel + Stone or Mackinnon, + Rantannen duo over a Matthews + Marner.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

 

[Frosted Tips]

That was wild I don't think I've seen this before

 

[WhatTheDuck]

That was wild I don't think I've seen this before

Haha yeah I don't recall seeing it either. It was posted recently in the fights section of this forum and it had to be shared

 

[ZegrassyKnoll]

Not that the trade boards are experts at evaluating trade values, but the talk of Marcus Petersson easily fetching a 1st and/or a good prospect is still kind of crazy to me.

Unlike Montour and Theo, who I think clearly had flashes of high-end talent, he seemed like bottom 4 guy through and through with us. Good for him for getting there, I guess.

 

[Static]

https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/anaheim-ducks/latest-news/ryan-kesler-regrets-trade-to-ducks

Kesler really doesn't seem to think highly of his time here.

 

[Frosted Tips]

https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/anaheim-ducks/latest-news/ryan-kesler-regrets-trade-to-ducks

Kesler really doesn't seem to think highly of his time here.

I think not ending up winning a cup is the key here. I think the way he's looking at this is that he asked to be traded from the place where obviously his heart is at to here to chase the dream of winning the cup. Sounds like he absolutely loves Vancouver and Canucks and that's ok. Not winning the cup is obviously a big disappointment for him and I can understand it. Not sure if this necessarily means that he didn't enjoy or like it here. He's probably just thinking that if he wasn't going to win the cup anyway, then he would've preferred to stay as a Canuck for life.

But who knows really. I absolutely loved this guy as a Duck and it truly stings that they weren't able to win the cup when the window was open.