Comments on: Missing the Playoffs, a positive? http://ducksandpucks.com/2010/03/11/missing-the-playoffs-a-positive/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:47:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Air hockey table http://ducksandpucks.com/2010/03/11/missing-the-playoffs-a-positive/comment-page-1/#comment-1670 Air hockey table Wed, 26 May 2010 19:34:01 +0000 http://ducksandpucks.com/?p=1077#comment-1670 Air hockey is like writing, you gotta practice before you can do it. Air hockey is like writing, you gotta practice before you can do it.

]]> By: What Went Wrong With The Anaheim Ducks: Questions to Ponder | Ducks Puck http://ducksandpucks.com/2010/03/11/missing-the-playoffs-a-positive/comment-page-1/#comment-1388 What Went Wrong With The Anaheim Ducks: Questions to Ponder | Ducks Puck Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:23:44 +0000 http://ducksandpucks.com/?p=1077#comment-1388 [...] still think this missed opportunity is a positive for various reasons. However it is still hard to accept that hockey is ending two months [...] [...] still think this missed opportunity is a positive for various reasons. However it is still hard to accept that hockey is ending two months [...]

]]> By: Jenelyn Russo http://ducksandpucks.com/2010/03/11/missing-the-playoffs-a-positive/comment-page-1/#comment-1353 Jenelyn Russo Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:16:39 +0000 http://ducksandpucks.com/?p=1077#comment-1353 Well said ESP182. Very good points in there. If they really do miss the playoffs (and even if they don't) this might be the most intriguing off-season in quite awhile. Well said ESP182. Very good points in there. If they really do miss the playoffs (and even if they don’t) this might be the most intriguing off-season in quite awhile.

]]> By: SK http://ducksandpucks.com/2010/03/11/missing-the-playoffs-a-positive/comment-page-1/#comment-1352 SK Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:10:08 +0000 http://ducksandpucks.com/?p=1077#comment-1352 What an assessment! I can't disagree with any of this. Thank you so much for your input! What an assessment! I can’t disagree with any of this. Thank you so much for your input!

]]> By: ESP182 http://ducksandpucks.com/2010/03/11/missing-the-playoffs-a-positive/comment-page-1/#comment-1346 ESP182 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:51:52 +0000 http://ducksandpucks.com/?p=1077#comment-1346 Going into the season (as with all of them) there was great hope to what the roster of our Ducks team possessed. Murray addressed the need for more offense by acquiring Joffrey Lupul ans Saku Koivu. Our defensive image took a big hit when Pronger and Beauchamin left willing or unwillingly. In that regard, initially Murray did a bandage maneuver before addressing that issue at the trade deadline with Vishnovsky and Ward (though Ward is only a playoff push rental). JSG, well history would have been different if he would have said earlier "You know things aren't working here anymore. I'll waive my no trade clause." Probably we would have seen Pronger or Beauchamin still in a Ducks uniform if that were the case. So with the lineup looking like it will have some significant headway in the regular and post season, we fans were introduced to the real team at the beginning of the season. An abysmal start in October (4-8) with the starting course of a poor 4-1 loss to the Sharks in a home opener. But the initial response from Bob Murray and Randy Carlyle - these things take time to work themselves out. Well, time in this case, was something pulled out of thin air, as we were treated to a lot of false starts that came in spurts until the 11 game homestand prior to the Olympic break gave us a glimmer of hope. But we all know that once the Olympians got back with their medals they were done for the season. And they have shown it with how they started the season...abysmal. Now during this time, there were calls for either Carlyle or Murray to go. Instead, it appears that the players were the problem, not the decisions made by the other two. But one can only go choosing the same path which returns to the same starting point before realizing the other path needs to be tried. So in this post season, I would hope that the Ducks organization realizes that the Stanley Cup honeymoon is over for Randy Carlyle, and to find a coach that will awaken this team (that on paper) should have been playing the postseason in 09-10. As for the players - Scotty and Teemu will be gone. The former is taking over in his brother Robs place of having a team worse -19 (Ward, has the same but wasn't on the team long enough to accumulate that number. Though you would never guess with the latest losing streak). But that can be chalked up to being the only goto choice for Carlyle on defense. The younger players - Getzlaf, Perry, and Ryan -I agree the first two need to have a post season off for once to realize how it feels. Koivu, might holdover, but with a one season contract, it appears unlikely. Joffrey "bad back but blame it on the equip manager" Lupul won't be a marketable commodity, so we are stuck with him. Overall, there really isn't much Murray can do that he hasn't done to right the ship. Its the guy at that is at the steering wheel - Carlyle who need to go. Going into the season (as with all of them) there was great hope to what the roster of our Ducks team possessed. Murray addressed the need for more offense by acquiring Joffrey Lupul ans Saku Koivu. Our defensive image took a big hit when Pronger and Beauchamin left willing or unwillingly. In that regard, initially Murray did a bandage maneuver before addressing that issue at the trade deadline with Vishnovsky and Ward (though Ward is only a playoff push rental). JSG, well history would have been different if he would have said earlier “You know things aren’t working here anymore. I’ll waive my no trade clause.” Probably we would have seen Pronger or Beauchamin still in a Ducks uniform if that were the case.

So with the lineup looking like it will have some significant headway in the regular and post season, we fans were introduced to the real team at the beginning of the season. An abysmal start in October (4-8) with the starting course of a poor 4-1 loss to the Sharks in a home opener. But the initial response from Bob Murray and Randy Carlyle – these things take time to work themselves out. Well, time in this case, was something pulled out of thin air, as we were treated to a lot of false starts that came in spurts until the 11 game homestand prior to the Olympic break gave us a glimmer of hope. But we all know that once the Olympians got back with their medals they were done for the season. And they have shown it with how they started the season…abysmal.

Now during this time, there were calls for either Carlyle or Murray to go. Instead, it appears that the players were the problem, not the decisions made by the other two. But one can only go choosing the same path which returns to the same starting point before realizing the other path needs to be tried. So in this post season, I would hope that the Ducks organization realizes that the Stanley Cup honeymoon is over for Randy Carlyle, and to find a coach that will awaken this team (that on paper) should have been playing the postseason in 09-10.

As for the players – Scotty and Teemu will be gone. The former is taking over in his brother Robs place of having a team worse -19 (Ward, has the same but wasn’t on the team long enough to accumulate that number. Though you would never guess with the latest losing streak). But that can be chalked up to being the only goto choice for Carlyle on defense. The younger players – Getzlaf, Perry, and Ryan -I agree the first two need to have a post season off for once to realize how it feels. Koivu, might holdover, but with a one season contract, it appears unlikely. Joffrey “bad back but blame it on the equip manager” Lupul won’t be a marketable commodity, so we are stuck with him. Overall, there really isn’t much Murray can do that he hasn’t done to right the ship. Its the guy at that is at the steering wheel – Carlyle who need to go.

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