Player Discussion Trevor Zegras : Part III

[Leonardo87]

Tongue is king.

F'ing great movie!

 

[Hockey Duckie]

I missed a good part of the last game, (along with bits and pieces of other games) but overall seems Z has tempered himself a bit over the last couple weeks, pretty much after that last penalty where he was yapping the ref and got benched again?

I also think getting asked about his benching on national TV for the next few games cemented a change was needed. Once was okay, learned from it. But when it's being asked for the next games (because different telecasts like Hulu/ESPN, TNT,...), even I think it was a psychological pounding.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

I also think getting asked about his benching on national TV for the next few games cemented a change was needed. Once was okay, learned from it. But when it's being asked for the next games (because different telecasts like Hulu/ESPN, TNT,...), even I think it was a psychological pounding.

It was overkill for sure and he handled it just fine. Despite his reputation on these dumb niche boards he seems pretty humble.

 

[Bender66]

It was overkill for sure and he handled it just fine. Despite his reputation on these dumb niche boards he seems pretty humble.

For a kid in his 20s, he seems to have a lot of self awareness. At that same age, i was an absolute in comparison

Wow. didn't know Cats UnderNeath Trees was censored. The corporations have taken over

 

[Leonardo87]

Z’s production is starting to get cold. Not sure if it’s an individual or team issue thing or both. Even the 7 point game felt him and Mac should have put up multi-points. The dream of 70 for him and 50 for Mac with 11 games left is starting to look grim. Oh well .

 

[Goose of Reason]

Z got voted the 4th best stickhandler in the league by the players

 

[Ducks in a row]

With a assist on that goal Zegras now has back to back 60 point seasons

 

[Leonardo87]

Good company, now bring back the Mighty Ducks!

 

[AngelDuck]

He’s been very good again this season. It’s really tough to criticize given what he has to work with. So excited to see him with more talent around him in coming seasons

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Good company, now bring back the Mighty Ducks!

I mean...Kariya had 108 points in his first full season and followed that up with an even better one so it's a bit of a stretch to put them together.

But still. Z is the most exciting young player we've had in a long time.

 

[Leonardo87]

I mean...Kariya had 108 points in his first full season and followed that up with an even better one so it's a bit of a stretch to put them together.

But still. Z is the most exciting young player we've had in a long time.

Him putting up back to back 60 point seasons on a very bad ducks team is a very good sign. The Getzlaf road (in regards to production) seems more realistic. But the team has to improve around him, and need to execute a better PP.

 

[Ducks in a row]

With that assist Zegras has his first 40 assist season and a new single season career high of 62 points.

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

Love this kid. I think hes a very talented player. But he has a lot of growing up to do.. He let's his anger and frustration get to him to much. Hopefully this off-season he builds that character up.

 

[Kalv]

Love this kid. I think hes a very talented player. But he has a lot of growing up to do.. He let's his anger and frustration get to him to much. Hopefully this off-season he builds that character up.

I'm sure at least part of that comes from this team being ass. He wants to win and compete. Sure he can and will mature a bit but part of his antics is who he is – a really competitive guy with some built-in trolling features
As Burkie told about Chris Pronger (but for different reasons, obviously): if you're playing on the edge, you're gonna cross it once in a while.

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

I'm sure at least part of that comes from this team being ass. He wants to win and compete. Sure he can and will mature a bit but part of his antics is who he is – a really competitive guy with some built-in trolling features
As Burkie told about Chris Pronger (but for different reasons, obviously): if you're playing on the edge, you're gonna cross it once in a while.

Thats true I guess..

 

[Mr Rogers]

a good season, but still a long, long ways to go.

I was expecting more points than this, but this team is so bad, i'm willing to write it off and am not worried about it. It was pretty obvious months ago that he wasn't going to hit 70.

 

[Leonardo87]

a good season, but still a long, long ways to go.

I was expecting more points than this, but this team is so bad, i'm willing to write it off and am not worried about it. It was pretty obvious months ago that he wasn't going to hit 70.

It's a shame the season is over tomorrow..... well not really a shame, but for Z's case he is starting to heat up again with 5 points in 5 games, that injury set him back.

But for him to hit 64 points on this team, with such a poorly executed PP, and lack of a roster, really good sign once we get a better team around him,

 

[Ducks in a row]

Zegras final goal of the season for his 23rd tying his single season high

 

[McDonald19]

Led the team with 88 PIM. He's not a fighter, he needs to calm down and stop with the slashing and unsportsmanlike conduct penalties.

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

Love this kid. I think hes a very talented player. But he has a lot of growing up to do.. He let's his anger and frustration get to him to much. Hopefully this off-season he builds that character up.

I understand this sentiment, but my counter is how many more litmus tests are we as a fan base going to need to experience? We thought things would turn when we shed the post-Stanley Cup dirty Ducks label and it didn't happen. We thought it might happen if Teemu and Getzy stopped complaining to the officials and it didn't. We thought the tide might turn when Perry was bought out and skipped town and it didn't. We thought change would come when we pivoted to having a more skilled group and it didn't; if anything, it seems to have worsened.

I'm not saying that you're entirely wrong (since I've said he does need to tone down things a bit multiple times) and I'm a conspiracy theorist by nature, but it's hard to look at this team consistently being down at the bottom of the league in penalty and PIM differential and not think that it's a systemic issue that's going to remain regardless of who the personnel is. It definitely puts more onus on Z to round it out a bit (and I think he will as he ages and there's a better team around him), but at this point, we're just gonna have to grin and bear it.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Offensive dynamo, but his temper is lacking to say the least. The guy needs a veteran mentor or something.

 

[DavidBL]

I'm really hoping as the team starts to do better this becomes less common. I can imagine the frustration is boiling over in a lot of these penalties. Not that it excuses him.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

I understand this sentiment, but my counter is how many more litmus tests are we as a fan base going to need to experience? We thought things would turn when we shed the post-Stanley Cup dirty Ducks label and it didn't happen. We thought it might happen if Teemu and Getzy stopped complaining to the officials and it didn't. We thought the tide might turn when Perry was bought out and skipped town and it didn't. We thought change would come when we pivoted to having a more skilled group and it didn't; if anything, it seems to have worsened.

I'm not saying that you're entirely wrong (since I've said he does need to tone down things a bit multiple times) and I'm a conspiracy theorist by nature, but it's hard to look at this team consistently being down at the bottom of the league in penalty and PIM differential and not think that it's a systemic issue that's going to remain regardless of who the personnel is. It definitely puts more onus on Z to round it out a bit (and I think he will as he ages and there's a better team around him), but at this point, we're just gonna have to grin and bear it.

As I've said. Z cleaning up his act will make no meaningful difference. 16 years, the refs have been taking that same pound of flesh. Guess what? It's not us. It's them.

 

[duckaroosky]

We should keep a tally of how many hate threads Zegras gets on the mainboards

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

We should keep a tally of how many hate threads Zegras gets on the mainboards

As a guy who also annoys people professionally, I identify so hard with this kid.