Ben Shelley: Ducks outmatched by Rangers, lose 6-4

Eakins sucks - Verbeek is not a good GM -

Krappenkirk is horrid should never see the ice again. White wasn’t bad, PK is nonexistent.

Better win tonight-

They scored FOUR GOALS against the Vezina trophy winner. What's killing them is the PK, as you stated Ben. They kill all of the Rangers' penalties and they win the game 4-3. Gotta figure out the third pairing, though. They are brutal. Shattenkirk should just be used on the PP, he's still decent there.

This team just needs to keep working to get better. The young players I hope will make some good improvements on there games and hopefully the Ducks as a team can start playing together at a level that's closer to their talent level.

This is the hard part about completely tearing
Down a team and doing a complete rebuild. It takes a long time for young players to figure things out where they can be consistent every game. And even longer to where they can carry a team and lead. Alot of you thought a rebuild was smart. But you were wrong. A retool is faster and more safe. Having a core of players around that already know what their doing makes the process way faster. They just play a system and you bring up young players to play in that system.

But the Ducks are stuck. They have no system, no chemistry. And there young players look over matched every night. Terry, Zegras, McTavish, Drysdale are gonna have to carry this team on there backs and get the Ducks to the playoffs. And there just not ready. Eventually they will be. But not this year.

This team just needs to keep working to get better. The young players I hope will make some good improvements on there games and hopefully the Ducks as a team can start playing together at a level that's closer to their talent level.

This is the hard part about completely tearing
Down a team and doing a complete rebuild. It takes a long time for young players to figure things out where they can be consistent every game. And even longer to where they can carry a team and lead. Alot of you thought a rebuild was smart. But you were wrong. A retool is faster and more safe. Having a core of players around that already know what their doing makes the process way faster. They just play a system and you bring up young players to play in that system.

But the Ducks are stuck. They have no system, no chemistry. And there young players look over matched every night. Terry, Zegras, McTavish, Drysdale are gonna have to carry this team on there backs and get the Ducks to the playoffs. And there just not ready. Eventually they will be. But not this year.
- Eman87654

I don't think anyone would disagree with you, here, that a retool is GENERALLY faster and safer, but what core pieces did the Ducks have to build around? There is no guarantee Mason and Hampus would have signed long term deals. Getz retired. What other core pieces did they have to justify extending their contracts into their 30's and adding guys like Zegras, Drysdale, and McTavish to retool?

And be careful what you wish for when it comes to a retool. Look at the Flyers. No one would say that retool is going well.

I don't think anyone would disagree with you, here, that a retool is GENERALLY faster and safer, but what core pieces did the Ducks have to build around? There is no guarantee Mason and Hampus would have signed long term deals. Getz retired. What other core pieces did they have to justify extending their contracts into their 30's and adding guys like Zegras, Drysdale, and McTavish to retool?

And be careful what you wish for when it comes to a retool. Look at the Flyers. No one would say that retool is going well.
- Only_A_Ladd

1000% on this take! The rebuild should have started when they bought out Corey Perry, but that was dumbass Barstool Bob's delusional thinking. Besides, you CAN'T retool around Hampus and Manson, they are hurt all the time and they are becoming 3/4 pairing defensemen. They're not Hedman or Doughty in his prime. THAT'S who you retool around. No, I like what Ryen Strome said when he signed with the Ducks. He sees similarities between the Rangers of 2-3 years ago and the Ducks. The only difference was NY had to buy people who could score and Anaheim already has them.

I don't think anyone would disagree with you, here, that a retool is GENERALLY faster and safer, but what core pieces did the Ducks have to build around? There is no guarantee Mason and Hampus would have signed long term deals. Getz retired. What other core pieces did they have to justify extending their contracts into their 30's and adding guys like Zegras, Drysdale, and McTavish to retool?

And be careful what you wish for when it comes to a retool. Look at the Flyers. No one would say that retool is going well.
- Only_A_Ladd

I would have resigned Lindholm, Deslaurias, and maybe Rackel depending on the contract. And we already had Zegras, McTavish, Zellweger, Peralta, Tracey, Lacombe, Thurn, etc before Verbeek started. And we still had enough cap space to sign some free agents. Imagine keeping all these players and still signing Strome and Klingberg. And we still would have had a pick around 12 or 13 in last year's draft. Sometimes you just gotta go for it. Like the Kings did in free agency this year. You can't just sit on you hands and wait for prospects to develop. It's B.S.

1000% on this take! The rebuild should have started when they bought out Corey Perry, but that was dumbass Barstool Bob's delusional thinking. Besides, you CAN'T retool around Hampus and Manson, they are hurt all the time and they are becoming 3/4 pairing defensemen. They're not Hedman or Doughty in his prime. THAT'S who you retool around. No, I like what Ryen Strome said when he signed with the Ducks. He sees similarities between the Rangers of 2-3 years ago and the Ducks. The only difference was NY had to buy people who could score and Anaheim already has them.
- duxcup07

They also had and have Shesty.. and from what I've seen .. his fault or not ... Gibby is fast becoming an albatross.

They also had and have Shesty.. and from what I've seen .. his fault or not ... Gibby is fast becoming an albatross.
- dozerD10

Honestly. I'm starting to feel bad for Gibby. He can't catch a break. And it doesn't look like The Ducks are going to do anything for the next couple of years. Maybe just for his sake I'd be OK with trading him. I love to keep him and build up quick. But for some reason Verbeek can't or won't do that. So maybe we just need to do what's best for him. 😔

1000% on this take! The rebuild should have started when they bought out Corey Perry, but that was dumbass Barstool Bob's delusional thinking. Besides, you CAN'T retool around Hampus and Manson, they are hurt all the time and they are becoming 3/4 pairing defensemen. They're not Hedman or Doughty in his prime. THAT'S who you retool around. No, I like what Ryen Strome said when he signed with the Ducks. He sees similarities between the Rangers of 2-3 years ago and the Ducks. The only difference was NY had to buy people who could score and Anaheim already has them.
- duxcup07

Your only talking about one year. The year that they took Lundenstrom. But after that draft the Ducks got Zegras, Drysdale, McTavish. So no harm done. And a core group of players that actually has played In The playoffs is better than no core.