HockeyBuzz Hotstove: Where should the Anaheim Ducks go from here?

Kesler

Adam is spot on. Keep to core because you have too. Perry wasn't this awful with Bruce coaching this team. Get younger with some of the younger system guys. New "updated" coach who is not 3 lines only and dump and chase every time. Maybe some possession and speed would be nice.


Carlyle HAS to go. He was the wrong hire 2 years ago. This is the same reason he was fired the first time.

man I wish I didn't miss this one.

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The Ducks have a (mostly) great defense core, the proper Vezina winner, and a crappy group of forwards outside of Silfverberg, Getzlaf and Rakel.

They need to get younger and fast, but their biggest problem is their coach. He needs to be fired immediately.

Why their GM thought bringing in one of worst players in the NHL - Antoine Vermette - was a good idea is beyond me, but they're a team with that can build around Lindholm and Gibson, so nothing wrong with that.

Blow it up.

Seriously.

The Ducks aren't bad, but they aren't winning a cup with this roster. So, they can continue on to revamp, reload and hang around the mushy-middle for a half a decade... or be bold, a la NYR.

You need to keep some veteran leadership on to bring the kids along (Getzlaf) but... do you really foresee this team getting better or worse with the current direction and prospects?

If the answer is the latter... blow it up.
If the answer is the former...well, Montreal would like to have a chat with you.

man I wish I didn't miss this one.

Here's some bonus content:

The Ducks have a (mostly) great defense core, the proper Vezina winner, and a crappy group of forwards outside of Silfverberg, Getzlaf and Rakel.

They need to get younger and fast, but their biggest problem is their coach. He needs to be fired immediately.

Why their GM thought bringing in one of worst players in the NHL - Antoine Vermette - was a good idea is beyond me, but they're a team with that can build around Lindholm and Gibson, so nothing wrong with that.
- james_tanner1

Thanks for repeating what the others said and adding a little vengeance on vermette because he wasn't nice to you !

Hire Emilio Estevez as coach and go back to the original logo.

Hire Emilio Estevez as coach and go back to the original logo.
- FoxMulder

Probably the only logical answer

man I wish I didn't miss this one.

Here's some bonus content:

The Ducks have a (mostly) great defense core, the proper Vezina winner, and a crappy group of forwards outside of Silfverberg, Getzlaf and Rakel.

They need to get younger and fast, but their biggest problem is their coach. He needs to be fired immediately.

Why their GM thought bringing in one of worst players in the NHL - Antoine Vermette - was a good idea is beyond me, but they're a team with that can build around Lindholm and Gibson, so nothing wrong with that.
- james_tanner1

I'd take Henrique or Kase on my team in a heartbeat, and Cogs still plays well against us too.

Fire Carlyle and dump Perry for a pick.

Thanks for repeating what the others said and adding a little vengeance on vermette because he wasn't nice to you !

- Xizord

For the record, Vermette has never had the opportunity to choose between being nice to me or not, because he has never been lucky enough to meet or converse with me.

Getzlaf isn't going anywhere. The guy can still play, he was more than a point a game player for the games he played this season.
Kesler is a question mark. The recovery time for most hip surgeries is one year, especially one as extensive as his. If he plays at the same level next year as he did this year...
Perry is interesting. If the Ducks buy him out they save $4.4 million on the cap next year and $5.9 million on the cap the following year. The downside is it'll be a cap hit of $2.5 million the next four years for nothing. I have no idea who's available but if Murray can swing a deal for a skating center at the draft, buying out Perry might be an option.
As for more likely scenarios, Vermette, Kelly, Chimera, and Brown are all done. Kase and Montour need to be re-signed, so does Ritchie but I can definitely see Murray letting him go. Patrick Eaves is another iffy proposition. A family friend of ours has the same disease that Eaves does and he said it never really goes away. If that's the case then there are 6 roster spots available on the offensive side next year. I can definitely see Troy Terry, Max Jones, and Sam Steel getting legitimate shots at making the team. Kalie Kossila, Sam Carrick, Kevin Roy, and Corey Tropp all played well in San Diego and also will get a definite shot at making next years team.
The big question is the coach. Carlyle gets a bad rep for not playing kids but when he had a chance to play Bieksa in the Sharks series he stuck with Petterson and Welinski. Still though, if the Ducks go with a lot of youth, I can totally see Carlyle being replaced and the Ducks possibly hiring Dallas Eakins to coach them. Unless some other coach gets fired in the meantime. Next year should be interesting. :thumbsup

The biggest problem for the ducks is Corey Perry. He scored 49 points this year. Good for a lot of players but not for him. He still has plenty skill but his reduced speed has affected his shooting. And You still see him takes a good shot when he gets enough open ice. The mistake Carlyle kept making with Perry is that he kept putting him Getzlaf and Rackel. And Perry would end up a 3rd wheel. So putting him permanently on his on line should help.

The one thing I'm going to have to insist on changing is Carlyle. All year long he has refused to play younger players. Bob would bring up players from the gulls only to get benched. Kevin Roy, nic kerdiles, troy terry, welinski. I'm sure there's something to it that he's not saying. But it dosen't matter any more. We need speed and youth. And if we can a prospect capable of taking the spot of Perry.

Disney world!

Disney world!
- YuenglingJagr

Its Disneyland. Disneyworld is in Florida.

HockeyBuzz Hotstove: Where should the Anaheim Ducks go from here?
- ToddCordellVAN

shamblesland

Tanner thinks Kase and Henrique are crappy. OK, whatever. The D is set. The G is set. The F is what needs to be addressed. Possible Ducks add Terry, Steel, and Jones to the mix next year. Start them on the 4th line and let's see what happens. Ducks will be fine imo if the right coach is brought in.

Tanner thinks Kase and Henrique are crappy. OK, whatever. The D is set. The G is set. The F is what needs to be addressed. Possible Ducks add Terry, Steel, and Jones to the mix next year. Start them on the 4th line and let's see what happens. Ducks will be fine imo of the right coach is brought in.
- quackup

Murray really (frank)ed up by hiring Carlyle, wasted 2 year of the older core forwards. Caryle isn't a good coach in today's league, teams are all about speed and skill and this guy still wants multiple players in the lineup who suck in those categories just for the sake of toughness, despite fights and hits being at an all time low.

HockeyBuzz Hotstove: Where should the Anaheim Ducks go from here?
- ToddCordellVAN

May want to transition away from being the dirtiest, most penalized team in the league. It's clear from these playoffs the refs weren't turning a blind eye to their crap anymore.

Murray needs to be fired.
Vatanen for Henrique?
Should have acquired Evander Kane for basically nothing. He’s young too. Kept imagining him next to Perry and Getzlaf. Was a no brainer!

Murray needs to be fired.
Vatanen for Henrique?
Should have acquired Evander Kane for basically nothing. He’s young too. Kept imagining him next to Perry and Getzlaf. Was a no brainer!
- doctordizzle

Didn't need Vatanen. Without Henrique Ducks aren't even close to making the playoffs.

Kane cost the Sharks a conditional 1st. Murray lost his first last year. Not trading it away two years in a row.

Murray needs to be fired.
Vatanen for Henrique?
Should have acquired Evander Kane for basically nothing. He’s young too. Kept imagining him next to Perry and Getzlaf. Was a no brainer!
- doctordizzle

The Ducks also needed to make $5million magically appear on their salary cap, which they didn't have.
Plus, they were playing like sh!t at the trade deadline. They had just lost to Detroit and Arizona. Detroit had lost 10 in a row prior to that game and Arizona is Arizona. Why waste assets on Kane if you weren't sure that the Ducks would even make the playoffs?

The day you took Kesler you were banking on one great year....never got it but signed the prima donna anyways. You are soon to be a joke who can no longer make the playoffs on the backs of the records against Cal, Edm, Van.

Looks good on Kesler.

Your core is rotten.

Your coach stinks.

Didn't need Vatanen. Without Henrique Ducks aren't even close to making the playoffs.

Kane cost the Sharks a conditional 1st. Murray lost his first last year. Not trading it away two years in a row.
- quackup

Lol...conditional first IF they win the cup or resign Kane! Well worth it!
When you got Getz and Perry you go for it every year! Giants with skill. Can’t match that in the playoffs. Ugh mind boggling thinking Kane could have been up along them.
Sharks were on the fringe of playoffs when they got him.
Henrique and Vermette(for a 1 was a panic move)...maybe in the smaller Eastern conference.

Lol...conditional first IF they win the cup or resign Kane! Well worth it!
When you got Getz and Perry you go for it every year! Giants with skill. Can’t match that in the playoffs. Ugh mind boggling thinking Kane could have been up along them.
Sharks were on the fringe of playoffs when they got him.
Henrique and Vermette(for a 1 was a panic move)...maybe in the smaller Eastern conference.
- doctordizzle

No they weren't. Sharks were second in the division behind Vegas, 5th overall in the Western Conference.

Ducks lost their 1st rounder the year before. Let's see how far you get before you start celebrating. You've won nothing yet. LITERALLY nothing.