The Official 2017-2018 Anaheim Ducks Thread

[nate]

Roy looks great.  

[gotbeer]

Roy is the surprise of the season like Kase was last season.  Which is good to produce from your farm every year.

[gotbeer]

Forgot this tidbit that was odd about games in Vegas.  A season ticket holder was talking to me and asked.  How long are intermissions in Anaheim.  I said 20 minutes.  They said, in Vegas they are 18 minutes.  I couldn't confirm it, but sounded weird.  

[gotbeer]

Henrique and Perry are really becoming a good combination.

[UndertheHalo]

Been really impressed with Henrique.  Perry made a great play there as well. 

[gotbeer]

Dammit.  Now Ritchie hasn't returned to the game.  

[gotbeer]

we look so bad in OT.  So bad.

[UndertheHalo]

16 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Dammit.  Now Ritchie hasn't returned to the game.  

Not that he matters.  At all. 

 

8 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

we look so bad in OT.  So bad.

They’re horrendous.  It’s crazy how they can’t even execute passes.   Just another blown point.

[nate]

 

[Pujols4MVP]

11 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

They’re horrendous.  It’s crazy how they can’t even execute passes.   Just another blown point.

They might as well just pass the puck back & forth for 4 minutes to force a shootout.

If i recall its legal cause a team did that during regulation once moving the puck back n forth between team mates to mock another teams Trap style play and as long as the puck is moving the play is legal, if the puck stops motion they blow the whistle & its a face off.

 

[Pujols4MVP]

11 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

Not that he matters.  At all.

Yeah he can be replaced by Blandisi without anyone noticing, Blandisi has potential too.

[UndertheHalo]

2 minutes ago, Scioscia4MVP said:

Yeah he can be replaced by Blandisi without anyone noticing, Blandisi has potential too.

I sincerely have doubts that he’ll ever amount to much more then Blandisi career wise.  You want to be patient and hope for the best.  But really, Ritchie hasn’t shown anything.   He just doesn’t appear to be very good. 

[gotbeer]

1 hour ago, UndertheHalo said:

I sincerely have doubts that he’ll ever amount to much more then Blandisi career wise.  You want to be patient and hope for the best.  But really, Ritchie hasn’t shown anything.   He just doesn’t appear to be very good. 

I'm just accepting that Ritchie is who he is.  And at this point, there is nothing wrong with him and Wagner on the fourth line.   They have the possibility to score.   But they are big enough to cause havoc, and put some big hits down.  The thing I don't get about him, is he is a really big dude.  And yet he seems to get pinned on the boards, and outworked in the corners a lot.  With his size, I would think that the crease is his bread and butter.  And when he blocks out the sun in the crease, he looks good.  Then he won't go there for the next 30 minutes.

[UndertheHalo]

1 minute ago, gotbeer said:

I'm just accepting that Ritchie is who he is.  And at this point, there is nothing wrong with him and Wagner on the fourth line.   They have the possibility to score.   But they are big enough to cause havoc, and put some big hits down.  The thing I don't get about him, is he is a really big dude.  And yet he seems to get pinned on the boards, and outworked in the corners a lot.  With his size, I would think that the crease is his bread and butter.  And when he blocks out the sun in the crease, he looks good.  Then he won't go there for the next 30 minutes.

I agree with everything here. 

Like I said. Not much more then Blandisi.  Who is, a fine 4th liner.  

[Pujols4MVP]

42 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

I agree with everything here. 

Like I said. Not much more then Blandisi.  Who is, a fine 4th liner.  

Blandisi has better wheels too, giving him a chance with Ritchie out will be interesting to see how he does.

[deepdrive]

I don't think Ritchie lasts long with us. He's a forth line talent that thinks he's top 6 material. That kind of situation usually requires a couple team changes to work itself out (if it ever does).

[Pujols4MVP]

Do the Angels now have a better farm system than the Ducks with singing of Ohtana & Maitan ? The Ducks system has moved down to only the top 15 range but its still got quite a few decent talented guys: Steel/Mahura/Larsson/Jones/Wellinksi/Terry/Comtois/Morand/Eriksson-Ek/Kopacka/Pettersen/Roy

Mahura had a Hat trick last night, 28 points in 26 games, a bummer we'll probably never see him play Top 4 D with the Duck current D depth.

I wonder what will happen with Mahura, will they keep him and eventually someday have a 3rd pairing of Mahura/Larsson ? with Larsson being the 2way defender out of the two. 

[Pujols4MVP]

http://reginapats.com/video/recap-pats-fall-7-5-to-kelowna-on-teddy-bear-toss-night

Josh Mahura hat trick highlights. its a bummer the Regina Pats suck this year cause its been mostly Steel & Mahura doing all the scoring.

[nate]

They will be with the Gulls next year.

I don't think anything will happen with Ritchie... if anything he is a 4th liner that gets paid like one.  He doesn't have any trade value except for a throw in like Blandisi was.

[nate]

Stephens thinks there is a chance Silf and Getz are back Monday.

[gotbeer]

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Eric Stephens: Looking like forwards Ryan Getzlaf and Jakob Silfverberg could return to the lineup on Monday. Their top-six at practice yesterday: Rakell-Getzlaf-Perry and Cogliano-Henrique-Silfverberg.

 

[gotbeer]

NHL salary cap to rise to between $78-82M next season

Just in time for us to lock up Gibson, Montour, Kase, Ritchie, Roy long term.  Although Gibson has a year after this one, along with Henrique and Silfverberg.  And not sure if Ritchie or Silfverberg will get a huge bump.  

[Pujols4MVP]

Ritchie is out & Blandisi is in for Mondays game.

Haven't seen much of Blandisi but him having decent wheels which when compared to Ritchie skating at 1mph has to be a good thing for the forward defense on line 4.

Not expecting a goal out of him but wouldn't be surprised, this is his chance to impress Carlyle.

[UndertheHalo]

Looks like they sent Kevin Roy down. 

[HaloCory22]

Cap's back tonight.