The Official 2017-2018 Anaheim Ducks Thread

[gotbeer]

Gibson looks horrible.  Every shot is popping out and away from him.

[gotbeer]

And again, Beuch and Montour on the ice, and they can't clear the zone.  Colorado is cheating alright, giving no room to the slow D.

[gotbeer]

Geeze.  Gibson WTF was that?

[UndertheHalo]

Gibson looks awful tonight.  Hopefully he settles down after the intermission. 

Edited October 16, 2017 by UndertheHalo

[UndertheHalo]

Let’s see if our power play ceases being pathetic here. 

Edited October 16, 2017 by UndertheHalo

[UndertheHalo]

Negative. 

[gotbeer]

Hey look at that.  Montour/Beuch on the ice.  Can't clear the zone.  Ducks take a penalty.  

[UndertheHalo]

Megna is our only regular defenseman.  He did a nice job clogging the shooting lanes there at the end of the period. 

[gotbeer]

5 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

Megna is our only regular defenseman.  He did a nice job clogging the shooting lanes there at the end of the period. 

Megna Mountour would be a good combination.  Then limit the Bieska Beuchemin to like 2 minutes.

[UndertheHalo]

4 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Megna Mountour would be a good combination.  Then limit the Bieska Beuchemin to like 2 minutes.

I’m sure it’s future pairing .  They’re probably pretty familiar with each other.  Megna should be getting the big mins.  But for now it looks like we’re fucked with Bieksa and Beauchumin.  Cuz veterans.  

Edited October 16, 2017 by UndertheHalo

[gotbeer]

Megna/Bieska seem to be getting a lot of playing time this period.

[nate]

You guys are funny.  Beauch has probably been the third best Dmen in this game.

Gibson giving up terrible rebounds so far.

[gotbeer]

Wagner.  Showing some wheels on that shortie.

[nate]

Wagner!

3 SH goals and 0 PP goals

[gotbeer]

And why wasn't there a potential penalty on that one?  Looked like a slash and throwing the stick on that play.

[nate]

Manson, as always, is the worst dman on the ice.

[gotbeer]

Wonder what a Megna/Fowler combo would be like

[nate]

Pretty much any time a Ducks player does something stupid you can be guaranteed that it was either Manson or Boll

[nate]

This team straight up sucks

[Thomas]

Do you guys think Gibson's development was handled well by the team? It seemed rushed to me. Or is this mostly on Gibson?

[Thomas]

13 hours ago, Vladdylonglegs said:

I seriously doubt this team's ability to keep itself within the general vicinity of the playoff race until they're back at full strength sometime next year.

It's pretty damn hard with the points structure the way it is in the NHL to fall out of contention.

[UndertheHalo]

54 minutes ago, Thomas said:

Do you guys think Gibson's development was handled well by the team? It seemed rushed to me. Or is this mostly on Gibson?

i don't think theres anything wrong with Gibson's development.  His biggest issue has been staying healthy.  Otherwise he's been one of the better goalies in the league.  We were bitching about him giving up some rebounds last night, for myself anyway, i was probably exaggerating about how he looked overall .  So far this season he's been the Ducks best player by a lot imo.  The team just has 2 many good players out.  That they're in most of these games....even the one last night speaks pretty well of Gibson's play.  The team has been pretty bad.

Edited October 16, 2017 by UndertheHalo

[tennischmp]

Shots against: 30, 37, 29, 41, 39, 31. Not going to win you many games 

[HaloCory22]

I think we all knew the first two months were gonna be awful. Yet, I'm still mad about it lol. They look so bad it's honestly kinda sad. I still think we need a piece on offense even when we're 100% healthy. Scoring is gonna be a struggle.

[nate]

7 hours ago, Thomas said:

Do you guys think Gibson's development was handled well by the team? It seemed rushed to me. Or is this mostly on Gibson?

I think they took it really slow.  Before this year there was always a co-goalie rather than a backup that he split games with.  I would think he would be sitting more if Miller wasn't hurt.

Gibson has been injury plagued which kinda forced the Ducks to slow down his development.