Steve Palumbo: Ducks meltdown in game 3 embarrassment

Steve Palumbo: Ducks meltdown in game 3 embarrassment
- Steven Palumbo

yikes boys.......

As I read this, I just sensed that Steve wrote this with a little sly grin... just praying the hockey gods that the Kings play at least one day longer than the ducks!

What the Sharks are doing to the Ducks is a thing of beauty!!



Don't bother with the "yeah - from a Flames fan" comments, because I know that the Flames suck and I accept our situation. It still feels awesome to see the Ducks falling apart!

What the Sharks are doing to the Ducks is a thing of beauty!!



Don't bother with the "yeah - from a Flames fan" comments, because I know that the Flames suck and I accept our situation. It still feels awesome to see the Ducks falling apart!

- hags11

This.

That was comically bad. Pretty fitting end to the season. Something hasn't been quite right all season. They would play pretty good for small stretches and then turn around and lose to Detroit and Arizona back-to-back. I just hope these bozo's don't do something stupid and win game 4. I don't want to have to pay for another playoff game this year. Just quietly slink off into the off season and let's see what Barstool Bob can pull off at the draft.

There is one good thing that can come out if this. And it's now no one can say we don't need a retool. No more half measures. Time to overhaul this team. Personally I'd can care If Bob stays. I mean at the best they will just move him to president or special assistant and then promote form within. And who ever that is won't be much different than Bob.
But Randy Carlyle is a different story. We need a coach that can work with young players. And randy has shown that he prefers veterans.
And I hope Bob strongly considers trading up in this draft. We need a good top 10 forward. I mean a real game breaking type talent that can put up 80+ points. And since we don't have the cap space to sign or trade for one. The last place to go is the draft.
Lastly this team has a lot of good players. Players that are good enough to get us into the playoffs next year. But I think even the players would say the goal isn't to just make the playoffs. The goal is to win the Stanley cup. And to do that its gonna try make drastic measures. Measures like overpaying in a trade. Or moving multiple first round picks or top prospects. I mean the need is urgent. And if we don't then its gonna be a slow death.

After the game 1 3-0 loss, I thought to myself "at least they got they ugly game out of the way."

There is one good thing that can come out if this. And it's now no one can say we don't need a retool. No more half measures. Time to overhaul this team. Personally I'd can care If Bob stays. I mean at the best they will just move him to president or special assistant and then promote form within. And who ever that is won't be much different than Bob.
But Randy Carlyle is a different story. We need a coach that can work with young players. And randy has shown that he prefers veterans.
And I hope Bob strongly considers trading up in this draft. We need a good top 10 forward. I mean a real game breaking type talent that can put up 80+ points. And since we don't have the cap space to sign or trade for one. The last place to go is the draft.
Lastly this team has a lot of good players. Players that are good enough to get us into the playoffs next year. But I think even the players would say the goal isn't to just make the playoffs. The goal is to win the Stanley cup. And to do that its gonna try make drastic measures. Measures like overpaying in a trade. Or moving multiple first round picks or top prospects. I mean the need is urgent. And if we don't then its gonna be a slow death.
- Eman87654

The Ducks will have cap space next year, a lot of money is coming off the books, not to mention the cap is going up (Thank you, Vegas). Kase, Ritchie, and Montour need to be re-signed, but I can see Murray letting Ritchie go. Then again, he won't cost much to re-sign after this season, but anyway, the big question is what to do with that money? I don't know what UFA's are going to be available, but the Ducks need guys who can score. The main problem last night was the Ducks gambled defensively because the forwards have been so inept and they got burned.

Plenty of blame to go around on this series. Everyone looks bad, including Gibson, who everyone touted as the soon-to-be-next-Brodeur. But ultimately, and despite the regular season, this is a product of the coach. No way replacing Boudreau with a more defensive-minded coach was going to improve this team of mostly veterans. Not sure what better options were out there at the time, but I also never understood why we didn't promote the walrus. In any case, I haven't given up hope; a 4-game comeback could happen, but I'm not a betting man, and at this point I'd like to see at least 2 wins. I do take solace in a potential sweep of the Kings though.

The Kings have been more competitive so far, as you said, but they're also playing an expansion team that they matched up well against this season. There's a reason why LA preferred this match-up and wanted nothing to do with SJ. SJ would've done the same to them as they're doing to Anaheim. Just look at the first two games of their series in 2016. SJ won those two 6-3 and 7-2, I believe. Your opening line about being exposed as "a fossilized version of an NHL era gone by" applies almost as much to the Kings as it does to the Ducks. It's kind of poetic. For as much as they've been rivals, Ducks and Kings fans continue to have more in common than not.

The Kings have been more competitive so far, as you said, but they're also playing an expansion team that they matched up well against this season. There's a reason why LA preferred this match-up and wanted nothing to do with SJ. SJ would've done the same to them as they're doing to Anaheim. Just look at the first two games of their series in 2016. SJ won those two 6-3 and 7-2, I believe. Your opening line about being exposed as "a fossilized version of an NHL era gone by" applies almost as much to the Kings as it does to the Ducks. It's kind of poetic. For as much as they've been rivals, Ducks and Kings fans continue to have more in common than not.
- Osprey

This!

There is one good thing that can come out if this. And it's now no one can say we don't need a retool. No more half measures. Time to overhaul this team. Personally I'd can care If Bob stays. I mean at the best they will just move him to president or special assistant and then promote form within. And who ever that is won't be much different than Bob.
But Randy Carlyle is a different story. We need a coach that can work with young players. And randy has shown that he prefers veterans.
And I hope Bob strongly considers trading up in this draft. We need a good top 10 forward. I mean a real game breaking type talent that can put up 80+ points. And since we don't have the cap space to sign or trade for one. The last place to go is the draft.
Lastly this team has a lot of good players. Players that are good enough to get us into the playoffs next year. But I think even the players would say the goal isn't to just make the playoffs. The goal is to win the Stanley cup. And to do that its gonna try make drastic measures. Measures like overpaying in a trade. Or moving multiple first round picks or top prospects. I mean the need is urgent. And if we don't then its gonna be a slow death.
- Eman87654

You contradict yourself. You're not going to do both. Overhall the team, it's a rebuild. You have a # of players that have contracts expiring (Bieksa, Beauch, Veremette, Kelly, Chimura, JT Brown) that the Ducks will let leave. Derek Grant may be resigned. Montour, Ritchie, Kase are RFA. I could see Ritchie traded. I don't really see an overhall. Our D will be back, albeit younger with no Bieksa and Beauch. We may make a move at the draft. I think Carlyle will definitely be gone.

The Kings have been more competitive so far, as you said, but they're also playing an expansion team that they matched up well against this season. There's a reason why LA preferred this match-up and wanted nothing to do with SJ. SJ would've done the same to them as they're doing to Anaheim. Just look at the first two games of their series in 2016. SJ won those two 6-3 and 7-2, I believe. Your opening line about being exposed as "a fossilized version of an NHL era gone by" applies almost as much to the Kings as it does to the Ducks. It's kind of poetic. For as much as they've been rivals, Ducks and Kings fans continue to have more in common than not.
- Osprey

Agreed, as a Kings fan I can hope that some of our new prospects (we finally have some!!!) come in and we pull a turn around like Boston to get a few more shots with our core guys. For your squad you have good young guys but I'd look at a changing of the guard for leadership, coach and moving a big name to freshen up the locker room.

Regardless its not over for either of us yet hopefully both teams pull reverse sweeps and we see you in the 2nd round lol otherwise we do have the best beaches, the most things to do, the great weather it could be worse haha

[quote=Eman87654]Fine. I'll elaborate. If we stay the course we probably still make the playoffs next year. Even if we replace the UFAs with players from the gulls. The division is probably the weakest in the nhl. And just on talent the one thing we have is depth.
And I didn't mean a full rebuild. I think that would take to long. I personally would like to win a cup while Perry Getzlaf and Kesler are here so that's what I had in mind when wrote that.

This!
- Steve Palumbo

Don't be too happy about it. In another season or two, your Sharks may just join the Kings and Sharks as a fossil. Then, all three California teams can sit around in retirement, relatively all chummy for the first time ever and talk about the good ol' days when California dominated the NHL

Edit: Wait, why are there two Steve Palumbos, the Ducks blogger and this one? Wait, Steve Palumbo is the Ducks blogger and the Sharks blogger? How is that I'm noticing this only now?

Ducks do have quite a few good young players in the pipeline coming up. Steel, Jones, Comtois. They also have a few good young D that could step in next year. I like the way Pettersson has played, Welinski too, and we still have Larsson and others waiting. I just wish the coaching staff would use these guys instead of the vets who slow us down and make mistakes (Bieksa, Beauchemin.....) Palmeiri is a perfect example of a guy who never really got a chance to succeed in Anaheim, he leaves and is scoring like crazy.
Also, would not mind seeing Carlyle go. GMBM im losing patience with as well. Why waste time trading a good young forechecker for some old fast guy who hasn't done much, when we could've went after Kane who would've been perfect with Getz and Rakell and apparently wouldn't have cost much considering what the sharks paid for him. I hope he's the target in the summer.

Ducks do have quite a few good young players in the pipeline coming up. Steel, Jones, Comtois. They also have a few good young D that could step in next year. I like the way Pettersson has played, Welinski too, and we still have Larsson and others waiting. I just wish the coaching staff would use these guys instead of the vets who slow us down and make mistakes (Bieksa, Beauchemin.....) Palmeiri is a perfect example of a guy who never really got a chance to succeed in Anaheim, he leaves and is scoring like crazy.
Also, would not mind seeing Carlyle go. GMBM im losing patience with as well. Why waste time trading a good young forechecker for some old fast guy who hasn't done much, when we could've went after Kane who would've been perfect with Getz and Rakell and apparently wouldn't have cost much considering what the sharks paid for him. I hope he's the target in the summer.
- letsgoducks

We lost last years 1st with the Eaves trade. Kane cost the Sharks a conditional 2019 1st round pick. I don't think Murray wants to trade a 1st or 2nd for a short term rental.

One other thought. I wish we had a blogger that actually rooted for the team they blog for.

One other thought. I wish we had a blogger that actually rooted for the team they blog for.
- quackup

Steve's really good though. It's kind of been weird with the sharks and ducks playing each other but in the end good writing is good writing no matter who they root for. And you see it all the time with journalists and broadcasters.

One other thought. I wish we had a blogger that actually rooted for the team they blog for.
- quackup

I absolutely root for the Ducks. I live 2 miles from Honda Center. We've probably sat near eachother.

Ducks do have quite a few good young players in the pipeline coming up. Steel, Jones, Comtois. They also have a few good young D that could step in next year. I like the way Pettersson has played, Welinski too, and we still have Larsson and others waiting. I just wish the coaching staff would use these guys instead of the vets who slow us down and make mistakes (Bieksa, Beauchemin.....) Palmeiri is a perfect example of a guy who never really got a chance to succeed in Anaheim, he leaves and is scoring like crazy.
Also, would not mind seeing Carlyle go. GMBM im losing patience with as well. Why waste time trading a good young forechecker for some old fast guy who hasn't done much, when we could've went after Kane who would've been perfect with Getz and Rakell and apparently wouldn't have cost much considering what the sharks paid for him. I hope he's the target in the summer.
- letsgoducks

The Ducks didn't have the cap room to get Kane. Besides, they were playing like sh!t at the time of the deadline and Murray didn't want to spend assets for a team that might not have made the playoffs.

Steve's really good though. It's kind of been weird with the sharks and ducks playing each other but in the end good writing is good writing no matter who they root for. And you see it all the time with journalists and broadcasters.
- Eman87654

I thought this blog came across as a whiny, bitter fan sulking. Who knew?

The Ducks aren't completely broken. They need a major tuneup but they do have some nice younger pieces to build around.

I absolutely root for the Ducks. I live 2 miles from Honda Center. We've probably sat near eachother.
- Steve Palumbo

My bad. You may root for the Ducks, but not against the Sharks. You're not neutral either Steve. It's subtle in your blogs. If you were forced to rank the two teams, Sharks would be first. I guess that's my point.

All is good though. I still very much enjoy your posts.