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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 3 at 6:14 p.m.
Thread: Vrana
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Swampy_Rabbit</b></div><div>Cant imagine this would be wise given A) the amount of Cap/paychecks up coming and B) current chances for Bedard.</div></div>

Ducks would likely be fine when it comes to extensions this summer. Kulikov, Klingberg, Shattenkirk, Beaulieu, Megna, Stolarz, Grant and Moore are all UFAs and I expect each one to either traded or simply not extended. That would add up to $19.95M + $8,610,833 already there in this scenario (= $28,560,833). Let's assume Zegras gets $8-8.5M which seems realistic atm. Terry could get something like $7.5M. That leaves us with approximately $12.5M. The only three that I think are going to get $1M+ AAV are Drysdale, Comtois and Dostal. Doubt Drysdale gets his big pay day now considering his injury and him not having broken out like Zegras yet. Comtois won't be getting too much either and I could see Dostal getting like $1.25M. The remaining space would be enough to sign a few ELCs and minor extensions and there would likely still be some space.
Forum: Mock-DraftDec. 16, 2022 at 10:35 a.m.
Thread: Top 15 2023
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Marchy6363</b></div><div>Cooley is not even in the league and Wright is absolutely invisible… Slaf is the best player from the draft</div></div>

So because a player gets into the league ahead of another, he's automatically better? Right... explain to me how Nico Hischier is better than Cale Makar, Jason Robertson, Elias Pettersson, Miro Heiskanen, Nick Suzuki and Jake Oettinger. Wright is getting f***ed over by the coaching staff. And claiming a player is the best from a certain draft after half a year is nonsensical and stupid. Cooley and Wright could both very well become the best players from the 2022 draft, just like anyone else, even Ivan Zhigalov (Mr. Irrelevant from the 2022 Draft). You cannot win an argument in which you call a player the definitive best from his draft just months after being drafted.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 16, 2022 at 1:37 a.m.
Thread: Comtois is our guy
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Lenny7</b></div><div>I'm a bit hesistant to hope for a Marty St. Louis type coach...the run and gun offence is fun to watch, but it'd just be another year of Gibby getting shelled. I'm still thinking the Trotz train is probably the best option, TBH...I think he does really well creating structure, which is something this team has been desperately missing since (shoot me for saying this...) Randy Carlyle. Carlyle obviously sucked all of the offence out of the team, but at least we'd see some semblance of defence (when they were healthy...). Trotz in NY (and Washington) did the best he could with what he was given. The unfortunate bi-product in Long Island was that it absolutely sapped the offence out of Barzal, but that team, even last year, played excellent team defence, which I think it's the foundation of what this team needs to build on.</div></div>

Yeah, with St. Louis type coach I meant how he works with young players, etc., not his coaching style for the whole team. While Trotz would be great as a HC, I'm not sure he's the best fit for the Ducks. Obviously team defense would likely be great but, as you said, he could have a negative impact on the offensive development of McTavish, Zegras, etc. But I agree that this team needs defensive first and I think especially Drysdale and Zellweger (hopefully next year) could really benefit from him as a coach, also considering they're smaller than others. Another coach that could work until at least the end of the season would be Seth Appert imo. Not sure I'd want him long-term, but I think he'd work well for the now.
Forum: NHLDec. 16, 2022 at 1:33 a.m.
Thread: Prospect Discussion Thread #3
<div class="tweet"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dostal joins <a href="https://twitter.com/AlysonLozoff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">@AlysonLozoff</a> after his 2nd career NHL win!<a href="https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">@AnaheimDucks</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FlyTogether?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">#FlyTogether</a> <a href="https://t.co/xW3VreF102" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/xW3VreF102</a></p>— Bally Sports West (@BallySportWest) <a href="https://twitter.com/BallySportWest/status/1603582021707747329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">December 16, 2022</a></blockquote>

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Dostal with his second start of the season tonight. Had 1.33 GSAx, .920 s% Looked really good, a few things in his game still to be worked on (like rebound control) but that's common for Goalies that age. Second NHL game with a s% north of .920 (his overall s% is severely pulled down by the TOR game where he had a .667 s% on 15 shots, couldn't watch the game so not 100% sure why that happened but probably just him having a bad night).
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 15, 2022 at 1:54 p.m.
Thread: Comtois is our guy
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Lenny7</b></div><div>I *Hope* Verbeek doesn't do anything wild like non-tender Comtois. Eakins usage with him isn't conducive to putting up offence unfortunately. I would hope that, with a new coach next year (!!!), and Bedard playing with McTavish (please...), that they'd add a couple of good players, and that he'd end up playing in a more offensive role on the 2nd or 3rd line (or hell, put him with Z and Terry like it should have been all along!)</div></div>

Totally agree. I do think Bedard would possibly play with Zegras on his Wing instead of McTavish, so that the Ducks have a bigger, more two-way oriented C in the Top 6. But who knows Zegras might just develop really well defensively and be just that.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Lenny7</b></div><div>I'd just like to see an entertaining squad on the ice that can build toward something.</div></div>

Same, I'm "fine" with losing games this year but I'd like the young players to develop and play well (and be put in situations in which they can actually play really good Hockey). Ideally it's similar to St. Louis in Montreal last year as in the team still finishes last but the young players play really well because their coach trusts them and plays them properly.
Forum: Mock-DraftDec. 14, 2022 at 12:26 p.m.
Thread: 2023 December Mock 1.0
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>Anaheim becomes the new Buffalo</div></div>

I sure hope not. I think Verbeek's smarter than that and just lets the team finish the season and then does the coaching change. Not toooo horrible of a move if you ask me (as long as he hasn't lost the locker ream and team morale isn't downright atrocious) because lets be real here, what's better: Getting a Top 3 pick and at least a franchise, potentially even generational player or finishing 22nd and barely getting a Top 10 pick. Although these last few games have definitely been affecting my opinion on this. Zegras looked so upset and just really dejected after tonight, if it keeps going this way, I hope the change comes after New Years. This does remind me a lot of Yzerman's first season in Detroit lol
Forum: Other LeaguesDec. 10, 2022 at 2:07 p.m.
Thread: NCAA Hockey Realignment & Expansion
Had some fun and tried to realign and expand the NCAA. I know it's pretty unrealistic in its entirety, but there might be some ideas that could work (most prominently Illinois adding a D1 program). Any thoughts on this from the college hockey fans on here?

N: New
M: Moved

Big 10:
Illinois (N)
Michigan State
Michigan
Minnesota
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Penn State
Rutgers (N)
UCLA (N)
USC (N)
Wisconsin

Hockey East:
Boston College
Boston University
Connecticut
Maine
UMass-Lowell
Massachusetts
Merrimack
New Hampshire
Northeastern
Providence
Quinnipac (M)
Syracuse (N)
Vermont

ECAC:
Brown
Clarkson
Colgate
Cornell
Dartmouth
Harvard
Pennsylvania (N)
Princeton
Rensselaer
Rhode Island (N)
St. Lawrence
Union
Yale

Atlantic Hockey:
AIC
Air Force
Army
Bentley
Canisus
Holy Cross
Long Island (M)
Mercyhurst
Niagara
RIT
Sacred Heart
Stonehill (M)
Virginia (N)
West Virgina (N)

NCHC:
Arizona State (M)
Colorado
Denver
Miami (OH)
Minnesota-Duluth
North Dakota
North Dakota State (N)
Omaha
Oregon (N)
St. Cloud State
Western Michigan

CCHA:
Bemidji State
Bowling Green
Central Michigan (N)
Grand Valley State (N)
Ferrris State
Lake Superior State
Lindenwood (M)
Michigan Tech
Minnesota State
Northern Michigan
St. Thomas

Independents:
Alaska
Alaska Anchorage


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Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 8, 2022 at 4:53 p.m.