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2 hours ago, saskduckfan said:
Blocked shots is way up. 1,026 blocked shots through 69 games last year and 1,142 blocked shots through 69 games this year a difference of 116 more blocked shots this year.
Hey Sask, where did you get that stat? I've been wanting to post a "blocked shot" stat for quite a while now. I've been noticing that in almost every game the Ducks block more shots than their opponents. (NHL.com game recaps)
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3 hours ago, saskduckfan said:
What would have been nice would have been to hire someone like a Travis Green or Dan Bylsma.
Hey, I forgot about Dan Bylsma! That's someone I would consider.
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If you guys had the opportunity to change one NHL rule, make a new rule, or eliminate a rule, what would you do?
OK. I'll start...
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I'd eliminate the coaches offside review once the puck crosses the goal line (the red line on either side of the net). Here's why:
The offsides call by a linesman is to prevent the attacking team from gaining an advantage by having an attacking player ahead of the puck. If the offsides player is a foot or two across the blue line, it's a easy call for the linesman to make. However, an attacking player six inches over the blue line is much harder to see, and should be reviewable if a goal is scored.
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In the case of an attacking team crossing the blue line, skating into the corner, keeping possession of the puck, skating around back and forth behind the net, passing the puck back to the blue line, playing keep-away at the blue line, finally shooting the puck and scoring 48 seconds after crossing the blue line -- well, there's no advantage of being offsides by six inches. Too much time has passed since the blue line was crossed.
So, if a goal is scored on an odd-man rush where the puck never crosses the left or right section of the goal line, then the play is reviewable for possible offsides. If the puck crosses the left or right section of the goal line, and a goal is eventually scored, the coach's right to review for offsides is eliminated.
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Might as well put this here. From NHL.com:
https://www.nhl.com/news/why-2023-24-anaheim-ducks-are-eliminated
Talks about why this season is so bad, and next season's potential.
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From NHL.com, Mar 16 '23:
"Carrick gave Edmonton a 2-1 lead at 11:48, getting inside position and scoring from in front. It was his first goal with the Oilers since being acquired in a trade with the Anaheim Ducks on March 6. Corey Perry had the secondary assist on the play, his 900th NHL point."
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Hmm. I have a question for someone to answer: Has there ever been a case where a NHL team has traded away a 1OA draft pick? If so, who and when?
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A startling stat. The following list is how the Ducks have performed in the category of "net penalties," meaning "penalties drawn minus penalties taken." Over the last ten seasons the Ducks have been at or near the top of the "worst" list. See below:
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WORST NET PENALTIES LIST
Season Net Penalties Ranking (#1 is worst in league)
23-24 -63 #1
22-23 -61 #2
21-22 -1 #16
20-21 -40 #1 (56 games in season - Covid)
19-20 -37 #1 (71 games in season - Covid)
18-19 -58 #1
17-18 -65 #1
16-17 -27 #4
15-16 -44 #2
14-15 -34 #6
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1 - The Ducks haven't had a "plus" net penalty stat in over ten seasons.
2 - The Ducks have had the worst net penalty stat in five out of the last ten seasons.
WHY???
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I don't think it's warm there...
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Fisix sez...
"Ivan Ivan…Ivan, inks a 2 year contract with the Avs."
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Holy moley. I though that was a typo. There really IS a player named Ivan Ivan! 😮
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4 hours ago, Belarus said:
OK. Since the odd goaltender argument has once again appeared, here's our goalie stats after 60 games:
Dostal 9W 15L 1OT .900% 3.67GAA
Gibson 13W 20L 2OT .898% 3.15GAA
Last season (22-23)
Dostal .901% 3.78GAA
Gibson .899% 3,99GAA
Stolarz .899% 3.73GAA
Since 22-23, save percentage the same, GAA improved - especially Gibson.
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OK. Since the odd goaltender argument has once again appeared, here's our goalie stats after 60 games:
Dostal 9W 15L 1OT .900% 3.67GAA
Gibson 13W 20L 2OT .898% 3.15GAA
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50 minutes ago, Aksun said:
4th from the bottom is piddle poor.
Well, it's more like 5TH worse if you re-evaluate Arizona's cavernous Taj-Mahal of an arena, but I get what you're saying...
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2 minutes ago, perry_mvp said:
Guhle is retired.
1 minute ago, dtsdlaw said:And Tracey will be in Switzerland next season.
I was being sarcastic. Traded an excellent defenseman for very little return.
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Is there any way we can give back Guhle and Tracy in exchange for Montour?..
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I predict Henrique for a 3rd and 5th round pick... ...and that's the only trade.
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OK. Here's the losses:
2022-23 Losses - 59 (82 games) 2023-24 Losses - 35 (55 games)
By 1 goal 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals 4+ goals By 1 goal 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals 4+ goals
19 7 15 9 9 12 10 6 2 5
32.2% 11.9% 25.4% 15.3% 15.3% 34.3% 28.6% 17.1% 5.7% 14.3%
1 - The Ducks are on track to have less losses this year. 2 - The losses are weird. The Ducks are losing about the same percentage of losses by 1 goal. They're losing more games by 2 goals, but losing less games by 3 or 4 goals. But the 4+ percentage is about the same! 3 - The Ducks defense is bi-polar...
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OK, I'll start.
The Ducks win/loss record is similar to last year so far. But what kind of wins and losses are they? I gathered the wins and losses from last season (22-23) and this season (55 games in) and arranged them by goal differential. Here's my thought process. Let's say, we lose 50 games in a season, and all of those games we lose by 4 goals. Then the next season we also lose 50 games, but only by 2 goals. We would show no improvement in the win/loss column, but losing by 2 goals versus 4 goals would be an improvement. Is that what we're doing? Let's see:
2022-23 Wins - 23 (82 games) 2023-24 Wins - 20 (55 games)
By 1 goal 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals 4+ goals By 1 goal 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals 4+ goals
14 6 3 0 0 11 3 4 2 0
60.9% 26.1% 13.0% 0% 0% 55.0% 15.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0%
1 - The Ducks are on track to have more wins this year than last year. 2 - Compared to last year the Ducks are winning less games by 1 or 2 goals and winning more games by 3 and 4 goals. I'll do the losses next...
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A place for stats! The unusual, exciting, boring, confusing, brilliant, thought provoking, etc.
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A reasonable article on how the Ducks are improving this season:
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Hmm. That's an interesting stat. How far down the list are the Ducks at 28?
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8 hours ago, My_Ducks said:
I sure wish Cam was like Scotty Niedermayer.
Fowler was brought in as a talented 18 year old, apparently mentored by Scotty himself and began his career with a good Ducks team. Well, Cam's no longer "young" and the Ducks are no longer good. So here's my question:
Is Fowler a bad defenseman, or did he simply not live up to the "guaranteed Norris" hype when he was a rookie?
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19 hours ago, turnonthejets87 said:
I can’t stand LaCombe. He makes a lot of bonehead mistakes.
Hmm, I like LaCombe. I think his play is surprisingly good, especially considering he's a rookie. However, I'll watch him more closely. I'll try wearing my glasses next time...
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3 hours ago, Fisix said:
i do NOT want an expansion draft happening before 2030.
GREAT. Another attempt at a team in Atlanta? You'd thing TWO failures would be enough.
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4 hours ago, g20topdogg said:
Jones is often pretty fast so it's no surprise that he's our top speedster. Leason for me is really surprising though. Maybe I just don't follow him too much to notice it but I'll be watching this for sure now! Also, Milano is pretty high up there... and of course Cogs 😥
Which begs the question: Who was the fastest Duck ever? 🤷♂️
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Geez, I guess we're BOTH masochists! 😄😄😄