3/5/06 Anaheim vs. Columbus

How today and Tuesday turn out might dictate what the Ducks do as far as the trade deadline goes. And so, today is somewhat a big game.

The sharks lost yesterday making them officially 3 points behind the Ducks in the standings. Minnesota is 4 points behind Anaheim and the Ducks have 3 games still at hand on them. And so the only team the Ducks really need to be concerned about the rest of the way to the playoffs is the Sharks.

And, what did you all think of Perry's goal last game? Its about time we see a goal from him that wasn't from a rebound or a tip in! Hopefully this will give him the confidence to shoot more and to get more goals like that one. Heck, I've never even see Lupul take a shot like that. That goal was awesome! :yo:

You all ready for today? Its game time!!!

A posting that uses facts rather than conjecture to express a position. How far you have come around MightyAdams.

Good post and thread starter.

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It is important for the Ducks to win the next 6-8 games because the final 15 games of the season are going to be brutal. If we are to catch the Kings or Oilers, we need these points.

BTW everyone, Leclaire is playing today.

LETS GO DUCKS!!!

A posting that uses facts rather than conjecture to express a position. How far you have come around MightyAdams.

Good post and thread starter.

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It is important for the Ducks to win the next 6-8 games because the final 15 games of the season are going to be brutal. If we are to catch the Kings or Oilers, we need these points.

:) I'm sure I'll have a strong opinion how the game turns out. The Ducks need a win today.

Yeah, a big :clap: to Mighty Adam, nowadays I can read your posts without getting a splitting headache thanks to paragraphs :D

Yeah, a big :clap: to Mighty Adam, nowadays I can read your posts without getting a splitting headache thanks to paragraphs :D

haha...I have the power to give people headaches? I must be mighty! j/k :biglaugh:

And, what did you all think of Perry's goal last game? Its about time we see a goal from him that wasn't from a rebound or a tip in! Hopefully this will give him the confidence to shoot more and to get more goals like that one.
It was a nice goal, never seen him shoot a puck like that in London, thats for sure. However he will score the majority of his goals in and around the crease so don't expect him to start coming down the wing teeing them up.

Selanne has flu like systems, seems the olympics are taking its toll on him. A game like this is where Perry/Getzlaf could really shine and lead us to a win.

Also at 4 today is a big game in Edmonton. They host Nashville, I'll be keeping an eye on it during commercials. Come on Kariya, help us out.

How today and Tuesday turn out might dictate what the Ducks do as far as the trade deadline goes. And so, today is somewhat a big game.


Thanks for covering for me. I usually try to get the game thread going the night before but I was in bed with the flu.

Just remember to put the date in the thread and the time of the game.

a couple notes from LA Times:

-Selanne has the flu too, Carlyle said Selanne may also be worn down from the Olympics.

-Fedorov returns to the Pond for the first time since the trade.

Fedorov will do something. He's an asshat like that.

This is a rare KCAL 9 game for anyone trying to find the game on TV.

game ain't on 1090 either

PP for the ducks!

nice Fedoruk OC Register commercial...

Ducks definetly lacking energy right now...Carlyle has to get Moen or Konopka in the lineup one of these days.

1-0 Columbus

man I do not like the way the Ducks are playing right now.

They look asleep, bad defensive coverage, no physical play.

where is the energy???

The guys are sleepwalking. We need some energy.

lol...Hayward said Carlyle is looking for energy and he puts the Pahlsson line out there...yeah that is going to work.

Where's Konopka? Where's Moen? :shakehead

perfect chance for Fedoruk and Shelley to have a go there and wake up the team and crowd...and we get a line change.

perfect chance for Fedoruk and Shelley to have a go there and wake up the team and crowd...and we get a line change.

Where's Kevin Sawyer when you need him?

Tie game!

Nice deflection by Getzlaf.

Nice dive by Klesla.

Getzlaf gets the goal

Our defensive coverage today is horrible. Zherdev just schooled Giggy.

god the PK sucks today

2-1

Columbus

The puck never crossed!

we needed the no goal call there pretty bad...

2-1 still.

Good call. No goal.

Ducks are lucky to be down only 2-1.

I hope Carlyle yells at them during the entire intermission.

What a bad first period for the Ducks. It was like their minds are elsewhere today. Maybe they are wondering what the celebs are going to wear on the red carpet today for the Oscars. Carlyle needs to do some yelling right now.

At least Nashville is up 2-1 against the Oilers.

It's like they underestimate teams w/ a worse record than them and don't come to play and then they end up paying for it.

Thanks for covering for me. I usually try to get the game thread going the night before but I was in bed with the flu.

Just remember to put the date in the thread and the time of the game.

no prob...I knew u usually put them up and so when I didn't see it this morning thought I would put it up...but after today, you're the man again! :)

Wow, sounds like Ducks start this period just as badly as they finished the first.

Fedoruk better start something with Shelley.

a few good shifts in a row there...they just need to get one in the net.

Shelley and Fedoruk having words.

PP Ducks.

I'm thinking Perry will score now.

Knee injury for Lupul...cheap play by Richardson...suspension I hope.

Jesus. FINISH.

Lupul back on the bench...crazy, I thought he was done...

Damn Lecaire owns us. only way to beat him is with traffic in front.

Keith Carney in the lockerroom with back spasms.

probably will not return today.

man these guys need to pick it up.

pp cbus..

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bad call there...incidental contact by Pahlsson is called interference...Pahlsson had no where to go...bad call.

2-1 Columbus after 2.

better period by the Ducks but Leclaire is on his game.

Columbus should be the tired team in the third since they played yesterday. The Ducks should be able to at least tie the game and go to OT if they play a good period.

Anaheim got some good chances in the second but we just need a break. We need these 2 pts. Nashville still leading the Oilers 2-1

Columbus will get a 5 on 3 for a full minute here.

refs are a joke.

christ, cbus gets a 2man advantage...we're really helping ourselves!

selanne line has been totally invisible

crap...McDonald looked nearly knocked out there...Richardson again :madfire:

Oilers just tied the Preds...

thanks alot luke richardson

I hope its not a concussion. First Lupul and now McDonald, Fedoruk needs to step up and take on Richardson.

Oilers just tied the Preds...
if the ducks don't pick it up they are screwed.

I hope its not a concussion. First Lupul and now McDonald, Fedoruk needs to step up and take on Richardson.
Should've went after him after the lupul hit

Great another fast whistle!

this is just not our day...

refs blow the whistle when Leclaire did not have the puck covered and we score a goal..

what a joke.

Should've went after him after the lupul hit

Agreed.

I've talked a lot about Fedoruk being a great enforcer this season but I'm disapointed in him today.

god are these guys trying to screw us or what? the puck wasn't even covered.

total BS

good to see Andy back out there...

the refs just do not want to give us a powerplay right now...Kunitz was being held for 3 or 4 seconds...and no call.

In defense of the ref, he is supposed to blow the whistle if he loses sight of the puck. But we got ripped there. Leclaire had no idea where the puck was.

The most important 9 minutes of the season right here...who is going to step up?

penalty shot eh?

here we go...Scott Niedermayer penalty shot.

Cmon Scotty. Penalty shot

lame

powerplay...Columbus is tired...put one in the net guys!

Good shift by teh kids. Time for Selanne to get a pp goal.

wow this just is not our day... :shakehead

Great! We are running out of time and chances.

wooo

there it is..the most important goal of the season...by Andy Mac.

2-2.

HUGE GOAL! Karma baby!

wow...I can't believe the reffing in this one...we got to survive this and take the 1 point to OT and see what we can do.

Edmonton is going to get a point....we need to at least keep pace.

I guess Hedstrom should had just stayed with his momentum and run Leclaire. Bad call refs.

huge 1 point...now lets go after the 2nd one.

Man, Salei has played 28 minutes so far....

:shakehead I like how the refs call something on the Ducks with 2 minutes left in the game, but then swallow their whistles when Pahlsson gets tackled in OT.

PPL time

PP. Cmon baby! Lets get another point.

wow just as I say that they actually call a crosschecking penalty in the offensive zone on Columbus.

that is a marginal call too...man...these refs suck...

lets score on this powerplay!!

man....full 1:30 in the offensive zone on that powerplay and Selanne's shot gets deflected into the netting.

nice save, pascal has been very good

Ok, who do we use on the shootout?

time to win a shootout for a change...

and Edmonton wins.....we need this point

and Edmonton wins.....we need this point

thanks Nashville. :shakehead

Go Giggy! First stop

Kunitz with the usual move..it would have worked if he put the puck where he wanted it.

Go Giggy! Second stop

Ok, Teemu save our butt please.

Selanne post...and we lose the 2nd point.

4 pts back of Edmonton now.

not getting the 2nd point has killed us all season and it might keep us out of the playoffs.

good game by Giguere and McDonald.

it was a battle just to get 1 point...gotta take that and move on.

If Columbus played us 82 times a year, they might be in the playoffs now. The first period breakdown in the defensive zone killed us.

There's no way Nash "planned" to almost bust his butt and then put the puck in the net. Unlucky with that and then the Selanne post. Why can't this team score in OT?!

wow the officiating was pitiful for the ducks today, the ducks should have had a W but they stole a goal away and let alot of crap goal.

considering nothing was going right, i'll take the point, and Giguere is not the problem in shootouts...it's the inability of the shooters to score.

by the way, it's pathetic when you outwork a team to have the officials put the whistle away. everything should be called the same way no matter the situation. you totally dominate a team for the last 2 periods but you only call the penalties against one team. A joke. and the call in OT wasn't even a penalty and it went in the ducks favor, guess they eventually felt bad about their day.

4 pts back of Edmonton now.

As an Oilers fan, this is going to sound hollow and selfish ;) , but I think we should collectively be aiming for LA. They've played more games than both the Oilers and Ducks and are only 1 point up on the Oilers (and 5 on the Ducks). The Oilers have a game in hand and you guys have 2 on them. With their injury situation, they would be the team I would look to fall out of the playoffs.

it seems like this team doesn't want to have success sometimes, which I know this ain't the case...all three players didn't score in the shootout for the Ducks. that just seemed so pathetic

well, at least the Ducks are still only 4 points behind the Oilers. I know that Edmonton play's the Stars Tuesday and if the Stars can finish the Oilers off, and if the Ducks can beat San Jose, then they will be only 2 points out of the last playoff spot come trade deadline day (with a game still at hand over the Oilers)

the way they are playing though, I don't know how well the Ducks would do even if they did make the playoffs...you can't start first periods off sluggish in the playoffs cause opponents will walk over them in the beginning of games come playoff time. And how many games would the Ducks expect to win playing that way? Do they think they would make it to the Stanley Cup finals playing that way?

This isn't why they lost, but the back spasms to Carney did hurt the team obviously. I think having him back in the line-up (hopefully) would improve the team's chances of having a better game next time.

All I've got to say is Ducks better beat the Ducks and Edmonton better lose to the Stars. Cause one of three things can happen to the Ducks on Tuesday.

1.) Ducks wins their game. Edmonton loses their game. Ducks would only be 2 points out of playoff spot. This would give Burke the confidence in his team to want to trade for a player that can help the team into the playoffs.

2. Ducks win their game. Edmonton win's their game/ gets a point out of their game. Burke would possibly still look at getting someone who can help the team.

3. Ducks lose their game. Edmonton win's their game. This would be the worst thing that could happen to the Ducks and I definitely don't see Burke wanting to trade for a player with the Ducks being 6 points out of a playoff spot. So, Tuesday is a huge day for the Ducks! Lets just hope they can wake up and score some goals!

not getting the 2nd point has killed us all season and it might keep us out of the playoffs.

good game by Giguere and McDonald.

it was a battle just to get 1 point...gotta take that and move on.

Agreed.

I agree also...if we had gotten half of those points we missed out on during the shootouts then we would have the final playoff spot. So, its not that we ain't as good as the teams who are currently in the top 8 playoff sports, it that we stink in the shootouts. :shakehead

The execution by the Ducks was just not there in this game. We were lucky to get a point. Although Leclaire did play very well.

talked to nash after the game...said that he was kind of falling and just tried to get it on the left side past giguere. but he said it was a lucky goal...

getzlaf will start to wear a visor in practice...said that he has a better visibility without, but after smith got hit and loops put one on, he's gonna try it again...

Pretty good. How did you get to talk to Nash?

well, I used to write for a swiss hockey newspaper...now that I decided to spend my holidays in Anaheim, I asked them to get me media passes for the 4 home games. I got them, so after the games, I can go down and just walk into the locker rooms...and just talk :) So if you need any informations from either a sharks oder ducks player, let me know...going back home on thursday, so tue is my last game :(

How is Anaheim treating you? :)

So if you need any informations from either a sharks oder ducks player, let me know
Maybe you could ask Selanne if he has had any conversations with Burke regarding an extension on his contract.

As for the team I guess i'll wait until after the San Jose game to make judgement. That game is so important as we have 4 days off after then a home and home and then a roady so it all comes down to Tuesday. Oh yea and the trade deadline is after that game to.

well, I used to write for a swiss hockey newspaper...now that I decided to spend my holidays in Anaheim, I asked them to get me media passes for the 4 home games. I got them, so after the games, I can go down and just walk into the locker rooms...and just talk :) So if you need any informations from either a sharks oder ducks player, let me know...going back home on thursday, so tue is my last game :(
How bad does the lockerroom smell after a game?

anaheim is treating me very good :) I get free food and drinks in the press section, and the weather is way better than back home (heavy snowstorms)

are any of you gonna be at the next game? I usually go to section 431 in intermissions...would be nice to meet some of you there at the next game :)

I will ask Teemu about that...and actually, the lockerroom doesn't smell bad at all...but the staff gets the stinky stuff out there pretty fast...it's empty when they let the media guys in...

there were 2 skateboarders in there today...must be famous ones, but I didn't know them...TV was covering it.

well, I used to write for a swiss hockey newspaper...now that I decided to spend my holidays in Anaheim, I asked them to get me media passes for the 4 home games. I got them, so after the games, I can go down and just walk into the locker rooms...and just talk :) So if you need any informations from either a sharks oder ducks player, let me know...going back home on thursday, so tue is my last game :(


any other reports from the CBJ locker room? Did you write an article, got a link?

anaheim is treating me very good :) I get free food and drinks in the press section, and the weather is way better than back home (heavy snowstorms)

are any of you gonna be at the next game? I usually go to section 431 in intermissions...would be nice to meet some of you there at the next game :)

I will ask Teemu about that...and actually, the lockerroom doesn't smell bad at all...but the staff gets the stinky stuff out there pretty fast...it's empty when they let the media guys in...

there were 2 skateboarders in there today...must be famous ones, but I didn't know them...TV was covering it.
I hope you enjoy your last day, too bad Gerbers gone!

did you talk to feds at all?

at first 4 points behind the last playoff spot might look bad.

but the way I see it, San Jose is in the same spot behind us as we are behing the Oilers.

We are 4 points behind the Oilers with one game at hand, while San Jose is 4 points behind us with one game at hand

that means that San Jose is 8 points behind the Oilers for the last playoff spot...and heck even I wouldn't count San Jose out of the playoff race

so, while the game yesterday was discouraging, the Ducks can still make it in the playoffs if they can start putting more energy into their game from the start!

Can't wait for the game against San Jose! :handclap:

did not get to talk to feds...there were a lot of guys standing around him...plus, he was chatting with bryz, vish and salei for a long time. Nash was also fooling around with Perry...

haven't written an article...and if I will, it will be in german...sorry!

did not get to talk to feds...there were a lot of guys standing around him...plus, he was chatting with bryz, vish and salei for a long time. Nash was also fooling around with Perry...

haven't written an article...and if I will, it will be in german...sorry!

if you see Selanne, tell him we need him to recover from post-olympic depression right now! remind him that he can go back to the olympics in 4 years when he is 39. And if he wins gold then, he will have a bronze, silver, and a gold. Tell him that this can be the year where he win's two silvers...a silver medal and the Stanley Cup.

are any of you gonna be at the next game? I usually go to section 431 in intermissions...would be nice to meet some of you there at the next game :)


Glad to hear that you're enjoying your stay in Anaheim. Barring some catastrophe, I'll be at the game on Tuesday. Where do you go in § 431? How would I recognize you? (Ever since Martin Gerber was traded, I haven't seen a group of fans with Swiss Flags at the Ducks games.)

Just when you come in, there is a place where people with a wheelchair can sit. My hosts are there, so I go down to them during intermissions...

wow...have check what I will wear :) Brown Zipper and a white cotton jacket over it...usually, I wear a blue cap, Rip Curl. And I'm really skinny, so I should stick out of the other people, LOL