branmuffin17
Registered User
Okay, so I'm just curious about everyone's state of mind, after the first 5 or so games of the new season. To be fair, the Ducks have played like crap, and against some fairly low teams at that.
There are a whole lot of negatives, and some positives. To summarize some:
There are a whole lot of negatives, and some positives. To summarize some:
- Injuries: The most glaringly obvious...Getzy, Eaves, Lindholm, Vatanen, Kase, Kesler, Miller...this list is bad enough as it is, but Gibby has already given us a minor scare with that warmups hand/wrist thing. I’m SURE we’ll be a better team once everyone is healthy (will everyone be healthy, ever???), but HOW much better?
- Stepping up: After game 1, Perry looks like he’s regressed to last-year Perry. Not good. Raks is okay, but not producing all that much. Silf isn’t producing. This is all to be expected, since they’re asked to carry a larger load since others are out, but sometimes when teams need heroes, some key players step up. Not here.
- Coaching: PP and PK aside, Carlyle is being normal Carlyle. 4th line = 5 min per game. Boll Ras Shaw Grant in the lineup, when Kerdiles, Roy, Kossila, and others are with the Gulls. Megna not working out? Why not get Larsson or Welinski up here for a couple just to see? (I didn’t check waiver status on all of them, so understood of some could be nabbed if we brought them up and tried to send them back down)
- Penalties: seriously, they’re going to learn sometime not to take stupid penalties, right? Right???