Steve Palumbo: Jonas Hiller and Corey Perry....Enough Said + Showdown in the Steel City The Anaheim Ducks did it again and if your not a believer now than you will never be. So wake up and smell what Anaheim is cooking!

If they have to lose tonight they need to at least get the game to OT. We just need to keep accumulating points!

If they have to lose tonight they need to at least get the game to OT. We just need to keep accumulating points!
- cincyducksfan35

You still think they have a chance?

Steve I can't agree with your assessment that the Ducks would hold any advantage in goal. Fleury makes the saves when the Penguins need him to, Hiller for a large part of this season has done the opposite IMO.

Hiller has picked up his game lately but as a fantasy owner of his, I know all too well how his year has gone.

If they have to lose tonight they need to at least get the game to OT. We just need to keep accumulating points!
- cincyducksfan35

Yep, this is a brutal back-to-back against a good team that's rested. Hopefully Jonas can steal a point.

You still think they have a chance?
- whipper334

I think they have a better chance than a team like the Sabres. They have to keep accumulating points like they have but the 3 point games are a killer for any team trailing towards the end of the year. If they are within 5 or 6 points by the deadline, why not?

Steve I can't agree with your assessment that the Ducks would hold any advantage in goal. Fleury makes the saves when the Penguins need him to, Hiller for a large part of this season has done the opposite IMO.

Hiller has picked up his game lately but as a fantasy owner of his, I know all too well how his year has gone.
- Gunner Staal

Yeah, but you can throw out everything prior to Jan. 1st. That is irrelevant now. His season numbers are sh!t but his recent numbers are Vezina-worthy.

I think they have a better chance than a team like the Sabres. They have to keep accumulating points like they have but the 3 point games are a killer for any team trailing towards the end of the year. If they are within 5 or 6 points by the deadline, why not?
- Gunner Staal

True enough. And I know the infamous 3 point games well here in Calgary.

I think they have a better chance than a team like the Sabres. They have to keep accumulating points like they have but the 3 point games are a killer for any team trailing towards the end of the year. If they are within 5 or 6 points by the deadline, why not?
- Gunner Staal

They're going to need a lot of help. Take the Yotes-Canucks game 2 nights ago. Roberta lets in a softy with about a minute left and Phoenix gets a point.

The real positive to the rest of the season though is that the Ducks play exclusively in the west after this trip. That's a lot of 4 point games.

Yeah, but you can throw out everything prior to Jan. 1st. That is irrelevant now. His season numbers are sh!t but his recent numbers are Vezina-worthy.
- duxcup07

All I can say is that I watch both teams almost equally (Ducks are my #2) and I just don't see any advantage for the Ducks in that position when it pertains to Fleury.

Steve I can't agree with your assessment that the Ducks would hold any advantage in goal. Fleury makes the saves when the Penguins need him to, Hiller for a large part of this season has done the opposite IMO.

Hiller has picked up his game lately but as a fantasy owner of his, I know all too well how his year has gone.
- Gunner Staal

I was more or less referring to this moment in the season. As a fan of an Eastern Conference team that shall remain nameless, I have seen what Fleury can do and I respect him tremendously.

I was more or less referring to this moment in the season. As a fan of an Eastern Conference team that shall remain nameless, I have seen what Fleury can do and I respect him tremendously.
- Steve Palumbo

I hope Hiller keeps it up though. Perhaps he has finally shaken off the cobwebs from the vertigo.

Fleury has had 2 poor games in a row by his standards but he has been stellar all year. If we get the pre February Fleury tonight there is no way Anaheim holds the goaltending advantage. Should be a good one!

I hope Hiller keeps it up though. Perhaps he has finally shaken off the cobwebs from the vertigo.
- Gunner Staal

Traitor.

Fleury turns into a totally different goalie once the shootout starts..He's unbelievable.

Whoever made the schedule this year must really have it in for Anaheim. These two teams would make a great playoff best of 7 match-up...But no matter who's the better or hotter team, Anaheim is playing their 3rd game in the last 4 days, while having to deal with travel and fatigue. My heart's on Anaheim, my head says Penguins, but regardless of the outcome, Anaheim is too hot right now to let this game decide whether or not they trade Selanne and Vis...Ducks will make the playoffs if they chose to improve at the deadline

I'm pretty sure I can speak for most ducks fans when I say that I have no idea how fluery is playing these days. Have not gotten to watch him play all year. However, hiller is playing out of his mind right now. He is essentially keeping the ducks in these close games with huge saves time and time again. The beginning of the season was not his fault at all. The defense was terrible and the team just did not help what so ever.

Whoever made the schedule this year must really have it in for Anaheim. These two teams would make a great playoff best of 7 match-up...But no matter who's the better or hotter team, Anaheim is playing their 3rd game in the last 4 days, while having to deal with travel and fatigue. My heart's on Anaheim, my head says Penguins, but regardless of the outcome, Anaheim is too hot right now to let this game decide whether or not they trade Selanne and Vis...Ducks will make the playoffs if they chose to improve at the deadline
- sudburyboy

Pens I believe had a brutal stretch in October where they played 14 games, just so happens the Ducks are in their tough spot right now.

You still think they have a chance?
- whipper334

Yes I do. They are playing great and finding a way to win games. There is still a long way to go. Plus teams like Chicago are awful lately and could totally drop out of the top 8. They still have a huge chance

why you have to throw the flying V comment out there buddy? you a undercover kings fan or something?

why you have to throw the flying V comment out there buddy? you a undercover kings fan or something?
- hail2ducks

You gotta embrace the history! And does it bug you when Kings fans say stuff like that? Just remember, our team's name may have come from a Disney movie, and we may have had Tinkerbell superimposed tapping our goal scorers on the shoulder with her wand on our early TV broadcasts, but they have to root for the Kings.

why you have to throw the flying V comment out there buddy? you a undercover kings fan or something?
- hail2ducks

hahaha No I'm not a Kings fan. I was paying homage to the origin of the franchise.

dont get me wrong guys, i know the franchises history, and i would be lying if i didnt say that i became a ducks fan because of the mighty ducks movies, but at the same time we gotta let that stuff go, that mickey mouse stuff is embarrasing...

at the same time ive been coming to this site for years, and now that there is a ducks blogger, i decided to join. so keep up the info

Glad to see the Ducks doing better...you look at their roster and site there and think "how is this team not in the top 8?"

And Steve, I know you've been razzed already about this, but you can keep Hiller, we're quite happy with MAF.

GO DUCKIES GO!!!