Pwnasaurus
10-31-2005, 04:20 PM
I am bored at work and thus more random thoughts from me:
I am scared a bit by this injury plagued lineup and I think we are very lucky to have this stretch of home games at this point in time in the season. I think McDonald is playing over his head production wise and Selanne's play at his age scares me as every time he takes a hit I hold my breath that he doesn't keel over. Sykora hasn't done much of anything but take more point shots that don't get through and S.Niedermayer, while he's played mistake free hockey, something we've lacked on the blueline forever, he isn't exactly lighting up the scoreboard (again, not that I'm complaining, I think he's been very good thus far, just saying his points aren't really there)...Lupul is inconsistent still...thus I think during this injury bug stretch the Ducks are gonna play some low scoring close games if they hope to come out on top and JS is gonna have to carry the team for the most part. If I had to pick an early MVP right now I'd have a tough time between him and Selanne. Look at some of the other big name goalies, Brodeur, Turco, Theodore, etc and look at their numbers...He's played amazingly well in a very quiet way and I just think he's gonna have to have some big games until our team is back at full strength. If Selanne and McDonald are the only ones scoring, Giguere is gonna have to win games on his own for awhile. We can't play against Divis every night.
I am scared a bit by this injury plagued lineup and I think we are very lucky to have this stretch of home games at this point in time in the season. I think McDonald is playing over his head production wise and Selanne's play at his age scares me as every time he takes a hit I hold my breath that he doesn't keel over. Sykora hasn't done much of anything but take more point shots that don't get through and S.Niedermayer, while he's played mistake free hockey, something we've lacked on the blueline forever, he isn't exactly lighting up the scoreboard (again, not that I'm complaining, I think he's been very good thus far, just saying his points aren't really there)...Lupul is inconsistent still...thus I think during this injury bug stretch the Ducks are gonna play some low scoring close games if they hope to come out on top and JS is gonna have to carry the team for the most part. If I had to pick an early MVP right now I'd have a tough time between him and Selanne. Look at some of the other big name goalies, Brodeur, Turco, Theodore, etc and look at their numbers...He's played amazingly well in a very quiet way and I just think he's gonna have to have some big games until our team is back at full strength. If Selanne and McDonald are the only ones scoring, Giguere is gonna have to win games on his own for awhile. We can't play against Divis every night.