Ben Shelley: Ducks' offense falls flat in 4-1 loss to Kings

What a crap game… Cronin has to go….

The lines should be-

Cutter / Z / Frankie - 2 shooters with our best offensive player.

Fabbri / Leo / TT - good combo of speed, skill and finish -

AK / Mason / RS - get the forecheck and some goals -

Leason / Isac / whoever -

Our PP needs to run through Z - let him do his thing and everybody else read off of him.

Z / Frankie / Cutter / Minty / Luneau

Leo / Terry / AK / Baby Z / Fabbri

It’s mind boggling we are O’fer the season… on the PP -

Yeah. That kings game was better than the Avs game. The Ducks hung in there for two periods. The wheels fell off in the third when they got down by a goal and then they had to push the puck up the ice faster. They need to show discipline with the system. Because as they get better at executing the system the play will get faster. Tying to force speed while still learning will just cause turnovers. And this applies to any system the Ducks try to do. It's pretty much gotta be execution before speed. There are some offensive and defensive systems that are simpler and easier to learn. But it'll all take time. The important thing is to do it right.

McTavish looks like he's badly out of shape, always a step behind. Cutter looks like he fast but he doesn't know what's going on. Still in the building process though, I get it. Leo looks good, young and still learning, but good, he's so skilled.