Player Discussion Mason McTavish

[FiveTacos]

Nah you bridge him. To much inconsistency. Bridge him and bring in a new coach

A lot of teams that have locked up young guys to 7 or 8 year deals based on potential or just a season or two of production will regret it. Not all are gonna pan out long term, even when they show early promise.

For every guy you end up having to pay more for long term because he got a bridge deal and then exploded, you probably avoid a couple bad contracts because you bridged them and they regressed or plateaued.

 

[SI]

I would be down for a Dobson for McTavish base if Verbeek had another deal lined up to move Zellweger for a young top 6 forward. Without a corresponding move though a forward for D just doesn't really work.

Does Anaheim really need more young F's?
The team is brewing with lots of young talent up front -

1. Carlsson
2. MacTavish
3. Zegras
4. Gauthier
5. Sennecke
6. Galimov - who I assume is coming over next season
7. Pastujov - lighting it up in the AHL
8. Colangelo
9. Gaucher - more of a 3C
10. Nesterenko
11. Pettersson

Not to mention that Anaheim could draft one of McQueen, O'Brien, Desnoyers, or Frondell in this year's draft.
Moving Trouba and that contract out and keeping Zellweger might be a stronger roster move

Anaheim D
Mintyukov - Dobson
LaCombe - Gudas
Zellweger - Helleson
with Luneau in the AHL waiting to push for a spot and Stolberg a season away from being brought over.

Anaheim F -
Gauthier - Carlsson - Sennecke
Killorn - Zegras - Terry
Vatrano - Strome - Pastujov/Colangelo
Nesterenko - Lundestrom - Leason

 

[The Duck Knight]

Does Anaheim really need more young F's?
The team is brewing with lots of young talent up front -

1. Carlsson
2. MacTavish
3. Zegras
4. Gauthier
5. Sennecke
6. Galimov - who I assume is coming over next season
7. Pastujov - lighting it up in the AHL
8. Colangelo
9. Gaucher - more of a 3C
10. Nesterenko
11. Pettersson

Not to mention that Anaheim could draft one of McQueen, O'Brien, Desnoyers, or Frondell in this year's draft.
Moving Trouba and that contract out and keeping Zellweger might be a stronger roster move

Anaheim D
Mintyukov - Dobson
LaCombe - Gudas
Zellweger - Helleson
with Luneau in the AHL waiting to push for a spot and Stolberg a season away from being brought over.

Anaheim F -
Gauthier - Carlsson - Sennecke
Killorn - Zegras - Terry
Vatrano - Strome - Pastujov/Colangelo
Nesterenko - Lundestrom - Leason

There just isn't enough PP and offensive minutes to go around for a D with Minty/Dobson/Lacombe/Zell/Luneau. Every one of those guys could in theory be a PPQB. There is also no moving Trouba sadly so we're stuck with him one more year. And I definitely think Zell has the lowest ceiling of that group of 4 young D. So he'd be the one I'd move if need be. We absolutely can use another scoring forward. No lineup with Killorn and Strome in the top 9 at this point is serious about winning hockey games.

 

[HanSolo]

Does Anaheim really need more young F's?
The team is brewing with lots of young talent up front -

1. Carlsson - Valid
2. McTavish - Valid looking like a future 2c tho.
3. Zegras - struggling. Team might move on from him unless he's willing to take the same money on his next contract. Doubtful.
4. Gauthier - should be a first line winger for this team or second line depending on how transactions/development shakes out.
5. Sennecke - probably our best bet in the system for a top 6 winger with good production.
6. Galimov - who I assume is coming over next season - maybe but no telling how well he'll adapt to NA hockey.
7. Pastujov - lighting it up in the AHL - still a long road ahead. Nowhere near a lock to be a solid top 6er.
8. Colangelo - has looked great but we'll see how much more he can develop.
9. Gaucher - more of a 3C - dude will be lucky to carve out a career as a fourth liner at this rate.
10. Nesterenko - has looked pretty good in his recent call up. Not sold he can be a top 6 guy.
11. Pettersson - long term project. Until I start seeing real numbers when he plays in the SHL, he's not really close.

Comments for the forwards. The only guys I feel really confident in becoming top 6 quality forwards are Leo, Cutter, Mac and Sennecke. Zegras still demonstrates talent but we've reached a point on his production where there's serious concern that he might not be able to produce enough to find a place on Anaheim's top 6 going forward if enough guys out produce him. Guys like Colangelo, Galimov, Pastujov, Nesterenko, have shown varying degrees of potential to be solid second liners but there isn't enough of a sample for real confidence.

The upper end guys have higher likelihoods of reaching top line quality but I wouldn't say it's a guarantee for any of them just yet. Gauthier by virtue of how he plays and the likelihood that he becomes a yearly 30 goal scorer probably has the easiest road but if the Ducks don't develop the other three properly they could end up with a hell of a lot of second line quality guys. Right now the Ducks need to hedge their bets as much as possible when it comes to young forwards because, historically, they haven't been the best at developing forward talent. Goalies and defensemen? Different story.

 

[Anaheim4ever]

Comments for the forwards. The only guys I feel really confident in becoming top 6 quality forwards are Leo, Cutter, Mac and Sennecke. Zegras still demonstrates talent but we've reached a point on his production where there's serious concern that he might not be able to produce enough to find a place on Anaheim's top 6 going forward if enough guys out produce him. Guys like Colangelo, Galimov, Pastujov, Nesterenko, have shown varying degrees of potential to be solid second liners but there isn't enough of a sample for real confidence.

The upper end guys have higher likelihoods of reaching top line quality but I wouldn't say it's a guarantee for any of them just yet. Gauthier by virtue of how he plays and the likelihood that he becomes a yearly 30 goal scorer probably has the easiest road but if the Ducks don't develop the other three properly they could end up with a hell of a lot of second line quality guys. Right now the Ducks need to hedge their bets as much as possible when it comes to young forwards because, historically, they haven't been the best at developing forward talent. Goalies and defensemen? Different story.

Same.
Z has been playing better lately but so has Carlsson, McTavish, Gauthier, Colangelo
Colangelo 6 points in 6 last games
McTavish 6 points in 6 last games
Gauthier 5 points in 6 last games
Carlsson 4 points in 6 last games
Zegras 4 points in 6 last games

Last year McTavish's biggest problem was the dumb penalties he took(86 PIM in 64 games), this year he appears to have really fixed that as he's got less than half of last years penalty minutes in nearly the same amount of games played (32 in 61games). This tells me he's smart enough to fix things in his game without it cratering the rest of his game.

 

[MCB]

with Luneau in the AHL waiting to push for a spot and Stolberg a season away from being brought over.

Solberg is on his way to SD now.