GDT: Game 74: Sharks @ Ducks 7:00pm NBCSCA

[StrawHatEklund]

Outshot Ducks 14-4 in the 2nd and outplayed them for much of the game besides early in the 1st and losing….

Just want points for the young core at this point.

 

[Hodge]

Stop creating a strawman.

Zetterlund being a better player than Ostapchuk isn't an outlandish take. If Zetterlund was traded for just a 2nd round pick, I'd be fine. Instead, SHarks added a 4th to get Ostapchuk.

Again, Ostapchuk had 52 NHL games prior to coming to the Sharks. He wasn't useful then either.

What part of "he's 21 years old and shouldn't have been playing in the NHL this season" do you not understand?

 

[TheBeard]

Is it verified that Zetterlund wanted 5 million/season?

No, but I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up around that AAV.

 

[DarrylshutzSydor]

Lol what a joke. He's already proven to be a good AHL player. There will always be a place in the NHL for a big physical center who can drop the gloves even if it's as a 4C or extra forward. Zetterlund was not gonna fetch more than this if we waited until the offseason to trade him without a contract in place.

Why hasnt he dropped the gloves more than once with the Sharks? I'd be ok with the player you describe but Ostapchuk isnt it

 

[Hodge]

Also, preferring a 4th round pick to Ostapchuk just shows you have no idea how to properly value draft picks.

 

[karltonian]

i continue to not be a fan of the smith-celebrini-toffoli alignment. smith is not a good f1

 

[TheBeard]

Why hasnt he dropped the gloves more than once with the Sharks? I'd be ok with the player you describe but Ostapchuk isnt it

Because the one team he did he got the snot kicked out of him by Wilson.

 

[Juxtaposer]

Stop creating a strawman.

Zetterlund being a better player than Ostapchuk isn't an outlandish take. If Zetterlund was traded for just a 2nd round pick, I'd be fine. Instead, SHarks added a 4th to get Ostapchuk.

Again, Ostapchuk had 52 NHL games prior to coming to the Sharks. He wasn't useful then either.

You'd seriously rather have a 4th round pick than Ostapchuk?

 

[Hodge]

Why hasnt he dropped the gloves more than once with the Sharks? I'd be ok with the player you describe but Ostapchuk isnt it

This is only his 7th game with the Sharks and fighting Tom Wilson has to count extra even if he got creamed.

 

[The Nemesis]

Why hasnt he dropped the gloves more than once with the Sharks? I'd be ok with the player you describe but Ostapchuk isnt it

Because it's not 1973?

 

[DarrylshutzSydor]

This is only his 7th game with the Sharks and fighting Tom Wilson has to count extra even if he got creamed.

I've seen enough to know he will not be a regular nhl'er, waste of roster space bring up Ethan Cardwell

 

[Hodge]

I've seen enough to know he will not be a regular nhl'er, waste of roster space bring up Ethan Cardwell

Ostapchuk is almost a year younger than Cardwell. Way too early to write him off as a NHLer. Plenty of useful bottom six forwards on Cup winners don't become NHL regulars until they're 23 or 24.

 

[Anomie2029]

You'd seriously rather have a 4th round pick than Ostapchuk?

Would I rather have a 4th over someone who projects to be a 4th liner at best?
Yes.

 

[coooldude]

People losing their shit

This team was destined for bottom 3, but somehow we are all still extremely angry, angsty, surprised, and frenetically pinning blame on any and every 2nd, 3rd, 4th line player, and of course coach.

If only we set the right lines, had a better system, and our team of half-AHLers played like top line NHLers, maybe we wouldn't be a bad team any more!

From my point of view, this season is a win:
- Celebrini is legit, even though he seems to be hitting the end of season wall + has little help
- Smith showed massive flashes, even though he has a long way to go to even be a 0.8ppg player
- Eklund took a necessary step and will either be a core piece or a big trade piece
- Mukh has been our best D for the past month and could solidify as an actual middle pair guy on a good team
- our prospects nearly all had successful seasons, including the most important ones of all, Askarov and Dickinson (and Cherny)

Who gives a shit if we gave up a 3-1 lead in the first in game 74? Who gives a shit if Ostapchuk looks bad and Goodrow sucks? At least we played a very solid 2nd. Hopefully the kids get a point and we lose to the Oilers on Thursday.

 

[The Nemesis]

I've seen enough to know he will not be a regular nhl'er, waste of roster space bring up Ethan Cardwell

If you could predict player futures with certainty after 6 and a half games then why are you wasting your time on a hockey message board instead of getting paid big bucks by an NHL club?

I'm never more suspicious of someone's arguments than when they present them as unimpeachable.

 

[Lebanezer]

Oh f*** me.

 

[Anomie2029]

Ostapchuk is almost a year younger than Cardwell. Way too early to write him off as a NHLer. Plenty of useful bottom six forwards on Cup winners don't become NHL regulars until they're 23 or 24.

You: Ostaphuck is good but he shouldn't be playing NHL.

You when someone suggests he should be in the AHL: But Ostapchuk is younger!

Which is it? FFS.

 

[Friday]

WTF why

 

[Timo Time]

f*** off dude are you kidding me

 

[karltonian]

wtf just happened

 

[DarrylshutzSydor]

Oh Blin!

 

[hohosaregood]

they gotta retaliate for that

 

[Bizz]

that should be a f***ing match penalty. f***ing gutless crap by 77 there.

 

[hohosaregood]

vatrano's a piece of shit

 

[Hodge]

Would I rather have a 4th over someone who projects to be a 4th liner at best?
Yes.

You're lucky if a 4th round pick sniffs the NHL at all, let alone makes it to as many games as Ostapchuk has already played.