The Official 2016-2017 Anaheim Ducks Thread

[HaloCory22]

16 hours ago, tennischmp said:

I wonder who everyone wants next round 

Edmonton for sure. Much rather face Talbot than Jones.

[Pujols4MVP]

Boudreau's Wild knocked out in game 5 of the first round with Blues.

[gotbeer]

5 hours ago, Scioscia4MVP said:

Boudreau's Wild knocked out in game 5 of the first round with Blues.

On the bright side.  At least he didn't get knocked out in game 7. 

And looks like Edmonton is going to advance also.  2-0 Oilers in the third.

[gotbeer]

Bring on the Oilers.  Let's send another Canadian team packin.

[tennischmp]

Well we got the young/inexperienced/fast team instead of the old and experienced. Hopefully their inexperience will show more than their quickness and youth. Too bad it didn't go 7

[gotbeer]

Ducks defenseman Shea Theodore emerges as scoring threat

[tennischmp]

33 minutes ago, Vladdylonglegs said:

Ducks are going to be completely overmatched against the Oilers. Edmonton was able to handle the Sharks rather easily because the Sharks are old like the Ducks.

I say Edmonton in 6.

Thanks this means Ducks will win in 6

[gotbeer]

Hahahhaha.

Wild coach Boudreau says Blues 'weren’t the better team'

The word that comes to mind about this.  Adjustments.  Bruce should look it up some time.

[nando714]

The rise of the oil. Should be a fun series

[Pujols4MVP]

3 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Hahahhaha.

Wild coach Boudreau says Blues 'weren’t the better team'

The word that comes to mind about this.  Adjustments.  Bruce should look it up some time.

Boudreau is like the guy who beats everyone in Chess going undefeated & qualifiys for high end tournament & fails quickly in the tournament against people he previously beat cause he didn't make adjustments & was predictable.

[gotbeer]

Ducks' Fowler back in practice, should return to lineup soon

[HaloCory22]

On 4/22/2017 at 10:26 PM, Vladdylonglegs said:

Ducks are going to be completely overmatched against the Oilers. Edmonton was able to handle the Sharks rather easily because the Sharks are old like the Ducks.

I say Edmonton in 6.

How old do you think the Ducks are? Our Dmen alone are average age of 25. Forwards on the higher side of 28. Sounds like a team in their prime imo.

[HaloCory22]

Also,

The more I think about it and a buddy of mine made a great point. I think we'll be seeing Holzer and Theodore sitting for Cam and Vats. Theo has 5 points but also against a pretty shitty Brian Elliott. This series will be about defense for the Ducks. Montour has looked a lot better defensively than Theodore. Ducks will get their goals on Talbot for sure. 

[mrwicked]

On 4/22/2017 at 10:26 PM, Vladdylonglegs said:

Ducks are going to be completely overmatched against the Oilers. Edmonton was able to handle the Sharks rather easily because the Sharks are old like the Ducks.

I say Edmonton in 6.

Ha. The Sharks are nothing compared to the Ducks physically. And the Sharks ran out of gas a month ago. 

Kesler will have fun shutting down McDavid. Their D is super suspect, and we have way more depth on both ends.

It won't be a sweep, but Ducks have zero excuses for not getting to the WCF. Only way the Oilers move on is if Talbot goes full Jiggy. 

[mrwicked]

On 4/23/2017 at 8:37 AM, gotbeer said:

Hahahhaha.

Wild coach Boudreau says Blues 'weren’t the better team'

The word that comes to mind about this.  Adjustments.  Bruce should look it up some time.

The Wild WERE the better team - look at all the stats.

They just ran into a freak mode Allen. Nothing you can do about that - a hot goaltender can win you a series. 

[HaloCory22]

Joe Thornton played with a torn MCL/ACL. Holy shit.

[mrwicked]

1 hour ago, HaloCory22 said:

Joe Thornton played with a torn MCL/ACL. Holy shit.

Hopefully he can recover and play a few years. He was not looking good since coming back. He's a baller, would gladly take him on the Ducks (but I'm sure he'll stay in SJ if he can play).

[gotbeer]

2 hours ago, HaloCory22 said:

Joe Thornton played with a torn MCL/ACL. Holy shit.

 

Stanley Cup Playoffs.  Where a torn MCL/ACL = rub some ice on it, wrap it up, and man up.

[HaloCory22]

He'll be 38 in October. The media is attacking him and calling him reckless for this lol. The dude is 37 and this might have been his last chance at a Cup. The one thing he's been trying to get his entire career. Fuck off, media.

[UndertheHalo]

this was definitely it for san jose.  they'll need to go into some kind of rebuild mode.  

Edited April 25, 2017 by UndertheHalo

[Pujols4MVP]

Sharks

10 hours ago, HaloCory22 said:

How old do you think the Ducks are? Our Dmen alone are average age of 25. Forwards on the higher side of 28. Sounds like a team in their prime imo.

Plus cause of Rakell, Ritchie & Silfverberg being under 28 they will continue to make the playoffs.

The Sharks young guns consists of just Hertl as even Coutoure is 28.

Pavelski turns 33 this year. Luckly for the Ducks their old guys Getzlaf & Perry turn only 32 next month & Kesler turns 33.

Martin Jones is young but Gibson is even younger.

The team that will outlast the Ducks is when Edmonton gets more experienced & the Ducks get even older. Arizona is still years away imo & they really need more D-men to develop & some goalies to eventually replace Mike Smith.

[Pujols4MVP]

2 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

this was definitely it for san jose.  they'll need to rebuild soon.

The phrase "Shark Tank" will have a new meaning next season. The Tanking Shark Tank lol.

[UndertheHalo]

8 minutes ago, Scioscia4MVP said:

Sharks

Plus cause of Rakell, Ritchie & Silfverberg being under 28 they will continue to make the playoffs.

The Sharks young guns consists of just Hertl as even Coutoure is 28.

Pavelski turns 33 this year. Luckly for the Ducks their old guys Getzlaf & Perry turn only 32 next month & Kesler turns 33.

Martin Jones is young but Gibson is even younger.

The team that will outlast the Ducks is when Edmonton gets more experienced & the Ducks get even older. Arizona is still years away imo & they really need more D-men to develop & some goalies to eventually replace Mike Smith.

yea completely different situation with the Ducks.  I'm sure we'll all discuss that a lot in the offseason tho.

San Jose has the guys you noted plus Burns worth trying to fast track a rebuild to compete with but its gonna be tough because their farm system sucks.  Like, its fucking terrible. The good news for them I guess is that they can probably be pretty creative this offseason with all the expansion draft craziness thats gonna be going down.  They really cant put off restocking the farm for much longer tho.  Pretty much, they gotta figure out how to replace Thorton and Marleau while somehow improving their mediocre development system and then have maybe a 3 year window max to win their cup.  If they cant manage it (and its fucking tall order in a super tough west) they're looking at pretty lean times.  Not an easy gig for the San Jose front office.

Edited April 25, 2017 by UndertheHalo

[UndertheHalo]

Game day guys !! How we feeling about it ? I'm taking the Ducks in 6.  Should know soon whether Fowler starts tonight or not. 

[HaloCory22]

About damn time! Hockey is back! I think Vatanen is out tonight. So Theo draws back in with KB2. Hampus with Manson and Fowler with Montour.