GDT: Game 5: Anaheim Ducks vs Los Angeles Kings, 5pm PT

[LuGBuG]

Lacombe looks like a different player though.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Racetrack intermission game

Many falls

 

[70sSanO]

This may be one of the worst offensive games in a long time, even by Anaheim standards.

John

 

[Goose of Reason]

Lacombe looks like a different player though.

He's been our best defender tonight imo

 

[Static]

I don't think they have played poorly. LA's play style is a wet blanket on space, so this isn't surprising. We have been solid defensively.

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

It’s just frustrating to have a bunch of mobile, offensively capable defensemen who don’t activate off the points at all at even strength. Don’t know if it’s a naturally conservative system or if they’re afraid to trust their instincts, but they’ve gotta push it since the forwards don’t generate enough

 

[ZegrassyKnoll]

Ole man Cronin is either too stubborn or just dumb. At the end of the 2nd against Utah, he put Vatrano on Leo’s line for a few mins and they generated chances. At the start of the third, he immediately went back to the original lineup. Not sure why but he doesn’t seem very averse to trying something different right now.

Yeah it's crazy. I get not touching the third line because they are working well and you want to ensure some offense, but the second two lines definitely need to be mixed.

It’s just frustrating to have a bunch of mobile, offensively capable defensemen who don’t activate off the points at all at even strength. Don’t know if it’s a naturally conservative system or if they’re afraid to trust their instincts, but they’ve gotta push it since the forwards don’t generate enough

Mintyukov is always like below the red line because he activates so much. And LaCombe gets the benefit of the doubt because it's his first game but he is pretty good at it.

I don't think they have played poorly. LA's play style is a wet blanket on space, so this isn't surprising. We have been solid defensively.

We don't look bad as a whole our offense just looks absolutely lifeless for 90% of the game.

And it would be fine if it happened once or twice but it's happened every game this season. I would take chaotic and messy if it meant that they were actually doing something.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Woof. This one is brutal.

The Kings haven’t had a legitimately fun team to watch since Adam Deadmarsh’s brains turned to mush.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Woof

 

[ADHB]

If you want to understand why they fail to generate things consistently, simply pause your stream or screen when the Ducks get possession. I’ll give everyone a dollar if they can find more than 2 guys on the team moving and not standing still.

 

[Ducks DVM]

If you want to understand why they fail to generate things consistently, simply pause your stream or screen when the Ducks get possession. I’ll give everyone a dollar if they can find more than 2 guys on the team moving and not standing still.

Does Dostal standing back up count as “moving”?

 

[ZegrassyKnoll]

You know what's really insane? We've taken half as many penalties through these first five games as we did through the first five last season.

We took 27 penalties through five games last year, and then 7 (!!!) penalties in game 6 alone.

 

[Ducks DVM]

You know what's really insane? We've taken half as many penalties through these first five games as we did through the first five last season.

We took 27 penalties through five games last year, and then 7 (!!!) penalties in game 6 alone.

Getting rid of Newell Brown DID do something helpful!

 

[ZegrassyKnoll]

Getting rid of Newell Brown DID do something helpful!

Maybe the guys really liked Newell, and took penalties to spend more time with him.

 

[HanSolo]

I somehow almost forgot this is supposed to be a rivalry game.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Win a period, win a game. We can’t win 3 periods but sometimes we can win one.

 

[ZegrassyKnoll]

I somehow almost forgot this is supposed to be a rivalry game.

It's really not the same without Doughty

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

I somehow almost forgot this is supposed to be a rivalry game.

You’re not alone, there are around 40 guys on the benches in the same boat.

 

[HanSolo]

Puck management already horrendous.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Take a shot for f***’s sake.

 

[Ducks DVM]

First line absolute fail as a 5 man unit.

Love that check from Fabbri.

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

At this point, someone just needs to run the guy preventing you from getting to the puck. Force the refs to call interference

 

[Static]

Terrible terrible terrible turnovers every shift this period.

 

[Arthuros]

Cronin needs to let Zegras off the leash to try all kinds of stuff now.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Can we please stop with the dump and chase?