A preseason game gets a preseason-caliber GDT.

Web-radio broadcast on anaheimducks.com (no TV or radio anywhere else). Radio broadcast begins ~6:45

Link to Ducks page with roster: http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app?gameNumber=24&gameType=1&page=Preview&season=20082009&service=page

Roster
Corey Perry J.P. Levasseur Ryan Dingle
Ryan Getzlaf Travis Moen Bobby Ryan
Brian Sutherby Jean-Sebastien Giguere Matt Stefanishion
Ryan Carter Joakim Lindstrom Eric Tangradi
Francois Beauchemin Kent Huskins Eric Regan
Brad May Brennan Evans Stu Bickel
Scott Niedermayer Troy Bodie


-Todd McLellan makes his coaching debut tonight.
-Fear the D which has BOTH Rob Blake and Alexei Semenov.

Good luck guys

Bobby Ryan pots one assisted by Dingle early. :yo:

Already two fights...Duck hockey is back baby! :yo:

Sharks score on a 5-3...:p:

Is the radio working for anyone?

The link opens, but the media player doesn't play anything.

edit: nm, it works now. I didn't do anything different. Odd

Is the radio working for anyone?

No, I am reading the live game log. Giguere seems to be having a bad night.

No, I am reading the live game log. Giguere seems to be having a bad night.

Whats wrong, his pad inflater not working?

OVERRATED!!!!

Looks like technical difficulties. It was working for like 5 min, now it's dead again.

Meh, not like radio is that good anyways.

Giguere seems to have let in 2 goals by Dmen. Hmm. He also let in a slapshot goal to Bickel yesterday in scrimmage. I think he needs to double his pad size.

Will Selanne be playing in any pre-season games? Or is it too risky since he does not have a contract?

Hmm. They're not putting in Levasseur? Don't they normally like to give them both time?

Setoguchi intiated the goal to make it 2-4. 1+1 for him. Interesting tidbit, but I would have preferred him over Ryan too back in 05. He was my sleeper.

I doubt Selanne plays until he gets a contract. It's too risky, and there's no point in putting him in. And besides, we have to be clearing Schneider soon right? Right?

Oh, and check this out in the Ducks game blog. "19:42 - Francois Beauchemin rips a slapper from the point that ricochets into the protective netting." Why am I not surprised?

Ryan scores #2 for the game. I think this means I should get off his jock for awhile.

May knocks Staubitz the **** out. Looks like his shoulder is fine now, the one that meant he wasn't supposed to fight in 07.

Now Ryan sets up Perry to tie it.

Does this mean we won't be trading him with Schneider for nothing now?

Sounds like Ryan is having an impressive game - and gelling with Getzlaf while he's at it.

SJ is melting down. This is almost Anaheim-Columbus bad. Well good, from our point of view.

Perry + Getz = awesomeness. And Ryan seems to work well enough with them too.

I want to feel proud of this win but the fact that Marleau and Thornton weren't playing leaves me with nothing.

I can't wait for Friday's game! Got my tickets for it up in SJ.

I want to feel proud of this win but the fact that Marleau and Thornton weren't playing leaves me with nothing.

or nabokov, or cheechoo, or michalek, or boyle, or blake...........

I can't wait for Friday's game! Got my tickets for it up in SJ.

please start Pronger for that!! i wanna hear the boo's. lol, sorry.

Did anyone watch the webcast? How did Bobby Ryan look?

please start Pronger for that!! i wanna hear the boo's. lol, sorry.

Haha, I hope they do. Too bad I bought a Niedermayer jersey a couple years ago instead of Pronger. I'm sure they'd have loved me in SJ if I wore one of those.

Did anyone watch the webcast? How did Bobby Ryan look?

Fantastic. The best game I've seen him play personally. His quickness has improved by leaps and bounds. He was all over the puck and was making great decisions with it. He missed getting hat trick on a couple of chances. Him and Getzy worked real well together. In fact for most of the game they were the only guys that brought it. Very, very impressed with him tonight.

Haha, I hope they do. Too bad I bought a Niedermayer jersey a couple years ago instead of Pronger. I'm sure they'd have loved me in SJ if I wore one of those.

Yah, that scary bunch might hack you email or something ... :sarcasm:

Nice to see our kids get some exercise tonight, anyone going to start the JSG threads yet?

I want to feel proud of this win but the fact that Marleau and Thornton weren't playing leaves me with nothing.

or nabokov, or cheechoo, or michalek, or boyle, or blake...........

Yeah well we didn't have Pronger, Kunitz, Selanne, Morrison, Pahlsson, Marchant, or Rob Nieds playing. Both teams came out with their youngsters, the only difference is we had Giggy in net while the Sharks put in Greiss. Honestly, we played a lot better than you guys are speculating. I was there and we played great, except in the 2nd period. Also it was really nice to see our offense look so potent. I can't remember the last Ducks game that had 10 total goals. We don't usually allow that many, and we certainly weren't scoring much last season...

On another note, Bobby Ryan did look really good. He skated really well and he positioned himself right where he should've been on his powerplay-rebound goal. And as TheJoeMan said, he had two or three good chances at a hat trick that just barely missed.

There were some pretty good scraps too. It was a great preseason opener all in all, I can't wait for the next game. :)

Preseason doesn't mean much to me. I remember in 05-06 seeing Selanne totally coast all game, and i was honestly worried about him. I also saw the Niedermayer-Krog-someguyicantremember line and it looked so awesome and dominant... not so the truth.

I am encouraged about Ryan. The team dominating is a 'eh' thing for me in general though.

I went to the game tonight. Lots o' fights.

Bobby was awesome. The best player out there. (Getzlaf seemed he was taking it kind of easy, Perry was a close second, Scotty was third) The section I was in was talking about Bobby all night. People were talking about him in the halls, people were yelling his name when I was walking to my car. There is definitely a buzz going on about him. If Burke trades him, it will be a huge mistake. I'd still like him to be more physical, but I'll take the pure offense for now.

I liked Brennan and Regans game. Solid. Brennan got punched in the ear in his fight (i think it was with Murray) and went down like a rock. Husky fought, and seriously F'd up Clowe. Clowe had a river of blood flowing from his head.

I was looking forward to seeing Tangradi, but he was invisible. No hits that I saw, It was all Perry on his line. Lindstrom will not make the team though either.Tangradi took one shot from the blue line that was easily gloved. When he played the PP, the whole unit didnt click. Carlyle inserts Perry and bang. Goal.

Very surprised that Huskins cut Clowe, but he didn't seriously "f" him up as the both traded shots. Still has to be the worst fight of Clowe's career...I still can't believe it happened. Keep Schneider and give me Huskins please.

Brennan got absolutely destroyed by Douglas Murray...good of Murray to drop the lid before the fight as well. I was three rows up from the glass and the fight was directly in front of me...one right hand to the ear/temple and Brennan dropped like a rock.

Hate to break up the Brad May parade but he didn't come close to knocking anyone out although he easily won his fights against Rullier (who looked terrible...thought this guy could fight) and Staubitz.

Bodie is definitely a big body but he lost his fight...looked more like a big guy who has to fight because he's big.

Griese was weak early on, especially the Getzlaf goal. Ducks appeared to have more regulars as Clowe and Setoguchi seemed to be the best offensive players for SJ. Ducks won like they should have tonight; if I was a Ducks fan the positives I would take out of this game are Ryan's play and perhaps a return to smash mouth hockey.

Oh, and Kent Huskins. I have a hockey man-crush on Clowe and I'm still trying to talk myself out of the fact that Huskins cut him.

I'm a bit late to the party, but let me get this straight...The Sharks didn't dress Thornton, Marleau, Boyle, Blake, Cheechoo, Michalek, Pavelski, Vlasic or Nabokov while the Ducks dressed Getzlaf, Perry, Ryan, Scott Niedermayer and Giguere, yet we only lost by two?? Damn good effort I'll say.


Quoting a poster on the Sharks board.

Hopefully we'll dress more skilled players for the next game.

I'm a bit late to the party, but let me get this straight...The Sharks didn't dress Thornton, Marleau, Boyle, Blake, Cheechoo, Michalek, Pavelski, Vlasic or Nabokov while the Ducks dressed Getzlaf, Perry, Ryan, Scott Niedermayer and Giguere, yet we only lost by two?? Damn good effort I'll say.


Quoting a poster on the Sharks board.


Hopefully we'll dress more skilled players for the next game.
Why does it even matter?

the only players that do play hard in these games are the youngsters anyways..

I'm a bit late to the party, but let me get this straight...The Sharks didn't dress Thornton, Marleau, Boyle, Blake, Cheechoo, Michalek, Pavelski, Vlasic or Nabokov while the Ducks dressed Getzlaf, Perry, Ryan, Scott Niedermayer and Giguere, yet we only lost by two?? Damn good effort I'll say.


Quoting a poster on the Sharks board.

Hopefully we'll dress more skilled players for the next game.

Oh my god, who the **** cares?

I'm a bit late to the party, but let me get this straight...The Sharks didn't dress Thornton, Marleau, Boyle, Blake, Cheechoo, Michalek, Pavelski, Vlasic or Nabokov while the Ducks dressed Getzlaf, Perry, Ryan, Scott Niedermayer and Giguere, yet we only lost by two?? Damn good effort I'll say.


Quoting a poster on the Sharks board.

Hopefully we'll dress more skilled players for the next game.

This was stated before in the thread but apparently you missed it. The ducks didnt play Pronger, Teemu, Morrison, Kunitz or sammy phalsson. Add stone hands (rob niedermayer) to that list if you think he's a skill player. So using that as an excuse doesnt work for me...... sorry.

Getz looked good out there, he is such a dominant presence. Perry looked like he was playing a scrimmage he didn't care about. Giguere looked bad...really bad...really really bad. Scotty made me say "wow!" and "doh!" in equal amounts.

Bobby Ryan looked really good IMO. He had much better positioning away from the puck and looked a lot stronger with the puck. He still looks funny skating but he is much stronger and faster now. He is a player trying to make the team who had the puck on the front of the crease with the goalie sliding to get in position and one goal away from a hat trick...and he made the smart play to pass to Perry for easy goal instead of shooting; I liked that.

Tangradi is listed as the same size and weight as Moan but Moan looks twice as big out there. Add 20 lbs to Tangradi and a bit more experience and I think he will do fine...in 2 years.

Brad May look as feisty as he did 2 years ago which is great to see.

I thought Lindstrom played well. Nothing great, nothing special, but he was always in the right position and looked like a good experienced player. He is ready to play in the NHL on a 3rd or 4th line but I don't think he has the talent to be top 6.

I want to trade Beauchemin, he was absolutely worthless out there. By far the worst D on the ice for the Ducks and I did not like any of the D prospects that were playing.

Yeah in a preseason game I tend to look more at individual performances than team results. Although based on the dressed lineups, the Ducks should have killed the Sharks. Whatever, it's hard to really tell anything based on radio.

Interesting that rusyn mentions that Getzlaf seemed to be taking it easy, yet he had a G and 3 A. I thought the same thing in the last scrimmage, that he was going half speed, yet he still had a goal and 2 assists. Imagine what he might do when he tries.

It's just 1 game, but it looks like Ryan can play LW alright. At least with the twins. That bodes well for secondary scoring. He got 2 goals (and a couple very close calls for a hattie) when he's seemed to be mostly a playmaker based on his NHL play last season. Maybe the LW spot suits him to force him to use his good shot more.

Seems like the PP clicked real well in the end, although that might have just as much to do with Ryan-Getz-Perry and SJ self-destructing. If I were a SJ fan I'd blame Semenov.

Seems like the PP clicked real well in the end, although that might have just as much to do with Ryan-Getz-Perry and SJ self-destructing. If I were a SJ fan I'd blame Semenov.

We always do :sarcasm:

Since Ryan is a right handed shot the transition to LW really should not be to hard for him, I know when I play i'm more comfortable on that side especially shooting the puck.

Since Ryan is a right handed shot the transition to LW really should not be to hard for him, I know when I play i'm more comfortable on that side especially shooting the puck.

I quite agree though ironically he scored his first goal screaming down the right side. But looks totally comfortable on the left side. In fact I heard that he was on the left side for all of the AHL playoffs too so this decision to put him over there is a long time coming.

I want to throw in that I really liked the game of Brennan Evans. He reminds me a lot of DiPenta except not such a silly skating style. If Carlyle feels sitting Mikkelson in the press box most nights will be bad for his development, this guy could get that last spot. He uses his size well and is a steady d-man.

We all know you guys can't skate. Quit playin...

Oh my god, who the **** cares?

Shark fans like this one say things like that to make themselves feel better after all of the years of high expectations being let down.

Since Ryan is a right handed shot the transition to LW really should not be to hard for him, I know when I play i'm more comfortable on that side especially shooting the puck.
...but it makes it harder to play along the boards and pick up outlet passes. He is doing a great job so far and I hope he keeps it up.

...but it makes it harder to play along the boards and pick up outlet passes. He is doing a great job so far and I hope he keeps it up.
There's definitely a bit of a transition time it'll take, but if we're looking for him to be a goal scorer on that line, the LW is a good place for him and Bobbys playmaking and puckhandling skills are more than good enough to handle it. the big questions for him will be how he does on the walls with them and how he does on the forecheck.

There's definitely a bit of a transition time it'll take, but if we're looking for him to be a goal scorer on that line, the LW is a good place for him and Bobbys playmaking and puckhandling skills are more than good enough to handle it. the big questions for him will be how he does on the walls with them and how he does on the forecheck.

Honestly, what wing you play doesn't really effect how you in the corners because once the puck is in the zone you are where ever the puck is. What wing you play on really has effect on the rush and back-checking and power players. Bobby is fine along the boards and in the corners. Personally I find it easier to gather the puck on my backhand from the boards because I can shield players with my body.

Yeah in a preseason game I tend to look more at individual performances than team results. Although based on the dressed lineups, the Ducks should have killed the Sharks.

I agree with the individual performances thing, but I disagree about the ducks killing the sharks. Just because the Sharks played a bunch of young guys doesn't mean those young guys suck. They played pretty well. Also, as stated by many people already, half of the ducks weren't even playing to their full potential. Getzlaf's goal was one where he just shoveled it behind him on the rebound without looking. He played like it was just a preseason game (fitting, I know), nothing more. Perry was also just "cruising" it seemed. I would say that aside from the youngsters, the only time anyone looked like they were really trying was when they fought.

And speaking of which I was impressed with Huskins' fight with Clowe. I didn't think Huskins had it in him. What was even better was that it started because Clowe lowered his shoulder into what looked (from my seat) like Huskins' head. I liked the fact that Kent just went after Clowe himself after that, rather than waiting for someone else to step up to fight.

Giguere looked bad...really bad...really really bad.

I disagree with this too. Certainly Giguere played much worse than we ducks fans have grown accustomed to seeing, there's no doubt about that, but he didn't play THAT bad. Your statement makes it appear like he let in 4 soft goals on roughly 15 shots. That really wasn't the case. There were some he should've stopped, but there was at LEAST one occasion where our defense (in the instance I'm thinking of, it was Scott Niedermeyer, oddly enough) let him down. Setoguchi was streaking up the right wing with someone (I can't remember who) on a 2-on-1, and Neidermeyer didn't take away the pass. That meant that Giggy had to slide across the crease to make the stop and all Setoguchi had to do was cut back to the other side and lay the puck in the net (which he did with some nice skill I have to say). Anyway, Scotty should've played the pass so Giggy could've hugged the right post and left virtually no room for a shot.

All in all, he played poorly, but not THAT bad.

I disagree with this too. Certainly Giguere played much worse than we ducks fans have grown accustomed to seeing, there's no doubt about that, but he didn't play THAT bad. Your statement makes it appear like he let in 4 soft goals on roughly 15 shots. That really wasn't the case. There were some he should've stopped, but there was at LEAST one occasion where our defense (in the instance I'm thinking of, it was Scott Niedermeyer, oddly enough) let him down. Setoguchi was streaking up the right wing with someone (I can't remember who) on a 2-on-1, and Neidermeyer didn't take away the pass. That meant that Giggy had to slide across the crease to make the stop and all Setoguchi had to do was cut back to the other side and lay the puck in the net (which he did with some nice skill I have to say). Anyway, Scotty should've played the pass so Giggy could've hugged the right post and left virtually no room for a shot.

All in all, he played poorly, but not THAT bad.
When Giggy is on his game he exudes confidence and has a swagger to him in net. He looks and acts sure of himself, of where he is supposed to be.

Last night he just looked lost to me. Unsure if he had the right positioning. Uncomfortable in his new pads. Second guessing himself every time he skated for the puck. Losing sight of his rebounds.

He was bad.

However, I am sure he will get his head back in the right spot and dominate again.

And your right, it was Scotty's fault. That was one of those "doh" moments I mentioned in my previous post.

We always do :sarcasm:

The only reason I ever go to your board... you guys are hilarious with the Semenov hatred.

Don't know if anyone knows this or cares but last night was the first time the Ducks have ever won their preseason opener. Ever. An interesting stat.

When Giggy is on his game he exudes confidence and has a swagger to him in net. He looks and acts sure of himself, of where he is supposed to be.

Last night he just looked lost to me. Unsure if he had the right positioning. Uncomfortable in his new pads. Second guessing himself every time he skated for the puck. Losing sight of his rebounds.

He was bad.

However, I am sure he will get his head back in the right spot and dominate again.

And your right, it was Scotty's fault. That was one of those "doh" moments I mentioned in my previous post.

I agree that when he's on he just has this "way" about him, like you can tell he's in the zone. And I also agree he didn't look confident. I just didn't think he played "really, really bad" as you posted. I've seen him play worse so I thought I would add my 2 cents (though I'm sure they're worth less). :) You were definitely right in your observations about him though Camel. Anyway, I think he'll get back in good form soon too.

Also, I'm glad I wasn't the only one who noticed that Scotty messed that play up. It was a weird experience because he is so smart in most plays that to see him make a mistake is weird (he's just that good I guess). Anyway glad someone else caught it because after Setoguchi scored on that play there were a lot of fans around me yelling at Giguere and I started to feel like I was one of the few who noticed that.

I just didn't think he played "really, really bad" as you posted.
Ok, maybe I was being a bit harsh with "really, really bad", he was only "bad" and maybe borderline "really bad"; but I was definitely exaggerating and out of line by saying "really, really bad". :p:

I also do not think Beauchemin was "absolutely worthless" last night, but rather he was "mostly worthless"...like 99% worthless...but not absolutely. :D

Ok, maybe I was being a bit harsh with "really, really bad", he was only "bad" and maybe borderline "really bad"; but I was definitely exaggerating and out of line by saying "really, really bad". :p:

I also do not think Beauchemin was "absolutely worthless" last night, but rather he was "mostly worthless"...like 99% worthless...but not absolutely. :D

Haha okay I agree completely then.

OK I'm far too lazy to make any more GDTs for the preseason. And it doesn't look like other people care too much. And I can't blame them, what's there to say if you have no video to comment on? Radio is pointless because we're all hearing the same thing.


So I hereby declare this the GDT for all preseason games that aren't broadcast.

Regarding last night's game: Semenov AND Parros both scoring goals? The hell?

4 unanswered goals. Kind of like the 1st game.

Next up: Anaheim @ Phoenix today 9-27, 7:05. It might be radio broadcast on the website again. Who knows.

edit: If people agree, maybe a mod could change the title?

Sounds fine to me.

Chris Kunitz (http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8470543) Petteri Wirtanen (http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8473494) Brennan Evans (http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8468853) Bobby Ryan (http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8471676) Joakim Lindstrom (http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8470152) Francois Beauchemin (http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8467400) Travis Moen (http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8468635) Michal Birner (http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8471328) Ross Lupaschuk Brad May (http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8457261) Troy Bodie (http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8470867) Steve Montador (http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8468927) Andrew Ebbett (http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8473682) George Parros (http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8468095) David LeNeveu (http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8470263) Maxime Macenauer (http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8474139) John de Gray Jonas Hiller (http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8473972) Ryan Carter (http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8473646) Brian Salcido (http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8471803)

Our lineup tonight against the Coyotes (9/27/08). LeNeveu will get the start in net.

Whew, that lineup is serious crap. Come on Bobby, show em they can't afford to send you down.

man imagine the cap room on that team.

I'm gonna be listening to the game tonight at college.

That's a shut out if I've ever seen one.

edit: and just to add some informational value to my post, here's some possible lines (stolen from mrsb at AD) based on how they practiced yesterday. Obviously the positions aren't right.
Perry/Miller/Marchant
Ebbett/Boguniecki/Kunitz
Parros/Pahlsson/MacMillan
Niedermayer/Moen/Wirtanen

D pairings:
Pronger/Mikkelson
O'Donnell/Salcido
Montador/Festerling


So I'll repeat: there's a shutout if I've ever seen one.

in keeping with the stolen lineup theme:
Forwards:
Shane Doan-Olli Jokinen-Peter Mueller
Daniel Carcillo-Kyle Turris-Mikkel Boedker
Jeff Hoggan-Steven Reinprecht-Brian McGrattan
Daniel Winnik-Garth Murray-Viktor Tikhonov

Defensemen:
Kurt Sauer-Derek Morris
Ed Jovanovski-David Hale
Jonas Ahnelov-Zbynek Michalek

ripped from the yotes board. Should be interesting.

That's a shut out if I've ever seen one.

edit: and just to add some informational value to my post, here's some possible lines (stolen from mrsb at AD) based on how they practiced yesterday. Obviously the positions aren't right.
Perry/Miller/Marchant
Ebbett/Boguniecki/Kunitz
Parros/Pahlsson/MacMillan
Niedermayer/Moen/Wirtanen

D pairings:
Pronger/Mikkelson
O'Donnell/Salcido
Montador/Festerling


So I'll repeat: there's a shutout if I've ever seen one.
Perry again? He's played in every game so far.

It's interesting that they seem to be trying out Wirtanen at Pahlsson's spot on a checking line. I wonder if that line will be matched up against the other team's top line (Doan-Jokinen-Mueller)? It would be interesting to watch to see how they fare.

Meanwhile, Pahlsson is playing with a line that makes no sense whatsoever, unless they're trying out Parros at a checking role (MacMillan seems more like a checker to me).

And what the hell is the Miller-Marchant-Perry line all about? Defense with a goal scorer but no one to get him the puck?

Apparantly Bodie got a lucky goal...unassisted goal.

1-0 Ducks early.

Our scrubs are winning 3-1

Parros making a strong bid to stay on the team

Whoa. We weren't shut out? Beauchemin with 0 missed shots, 1 SOG and 1 goal? LeNeveu playing well? Man preseason games are craaazy.

Looks like we're well on our way to holding down the penalties...

So has Ryan played all 3 preseason games?

Whoa. We weren't shut out? Beauchemin with 0 missed shots, 1 SOG and 1 goal? LeNeveu playing well? Man preseason games are craaazy.

Looks like we're well on our way to holding down the penalties...

So has Ryan played all 3 preseason games?

No, first one and tonight. Perry has, however...maybe to see how his leg holds up?

No, first one and tonight. Perry has, however...maybe to see how his leg holds up?

Ryan played last night our someone was wearing his jersey.

Haha Bodie's goal was because Kurt Sauer put the puck into his own net.

So is this SJ or PHO GDT? :sarcasm:

Ryan played last night our someone was wearing his jersey.

Youre right, I missed him on the roster.

Anyone actually follow these games? Either in person, with some kind of magical broadcast I'm not aware of, or through radio?

How has Ryan looked other than the 1st game?

And it looks like Perry didn't play this last game.




Next game is today at 5. Van @ Anaheim. Teemu's 1st game. I believe it's on am830. TV on Snet-P (Vancouver). I'm sure that will be fair and unbiased coverage. http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=Preview&seas=20082009&gtype=1&gnum=60

Rosters:
Anaheim Ducks
Teemu Selanne Todd Marchant Kent Huskins
Corey Perry Brad May Eric Boguniecki
Chris Kunitz Chris Pronger Rob Niedermayer
Ryan Getzlaf Samuel Pahlsson Troy Bodie
Brian Sutherby Scott Niedermayer Brett Festerling
Drew Miller J.P. Levasseur Brendan Mikkelson
Ryan Carter Jean-Sebastien Giguere John de Gray
Sean O’Donnell Joakim Lindstrom

Vancouver Canucks
Kevin Bieksa Darcy Hordichuk Michael Grabner
Rob Davison Matt Pettinger Kyle Wellwood
Sami Salo Jason Krog James Sharrow
Willie Mitchell Lawrence Nycholat Alexandre Bolduc
Steve Bernier Henrik Sedin Roberto Luongo
Jeff Cowan Rick Rypien Cory Schneider
Daniel Sedin Cody Hodgson Curtis Sanford

What is Selanne line going to be?

Does anybody care?
Radio (http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&id=26937)

Severyn and Carroll just made fun of Pronger's beard. Something about the GI Joe look.

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/6761/prongerbeardsf6.jpg

Lindstrom takes a penalty, Kings tie it up. 1-1.

And now Ryan takes a penalty. Yay, legal defense.

I started listening and then the Kings scored like 2 minutes later. Yay!

I must be really bad luck. 2-1 Kings.

Or our PK really sucks.

We scratched all our PKers. Pahlsson, Niedermayer, Moen, Marchant.

Suts, Miller, Carter, and Bodie get PK duties.

Miller and Carter on the ice for the 1st goal, Perry and Lindstrom (the heck?) for the 2nd one.

Kunitz ties it from Morrison.

Morrison feeds Kunitz from behind the net on the PP. Hopefully our 2nd unit PP. Huskins also gets an assist... maybe he can handle PP duties from Beauchemin?

Anyone paying attention to the lines? I know Parros-Suts-Miller are playing together (16-17-18).

Woo! Kunie from new guy. :D

Morrison feeds Kunitz from behind the net on the PP. Hopefully our 2nd unit PP. Huskins also gets an assist... maybe he can handle PP duties from Beauchemin?

Anyone paying attention to the lines? I know Parros-Suts-Miller are playing together (16-17-18).

Perry-Ebbett-Ryan is another line.

Morrison feeds Kunitz from behind the net on the PP. Hopefully our 2nd unit PP. Huskins also gets an assist... maybe he can handle PP duties from Beauchemin?

Anyone paying attention to the lines? I know Parros-Suts-Miller are playing together (16-17-18).
Huskins is a no brainer to be on the PP this year. I think Morrison played the point a bit for Vancouver, that could be a way to help get Carter/Ryan etc out on the PP.

OK, this commercial is ridiculous. "Thanks to laser eye surgery from Dr. ___, I now see the world in high-def." Not the commercial so much as people using "high def" as if it means anything other than high-resolution TV. I swear I heard a commercial once talking about high-def radio. What's next? A high-def car? High-def beer flavor?

Hazy joined them in the radio booth. Talks about goalie pads. They should cut down on the cheater and thigh-rises. I totally agree, I tend to too often agree with him. I wonder if I could take Hazy's job?

Aww. Georgie on a breakaway. You could hear the crowd get on their feet. Too bad he shoots right into the goalie.

Carroll sounds incredibly awkward saying Lindstrom's name. Yoo-a-kim.

Getz isn't playing tonight, while his twin has played in -what, 5 games? Is he nursing a mystery injury?

Getz isn't playing tonight, while his twin has played in -what, 5 games? Is he nursing a mystery injury?
Or maybe they're trying to give Perry some work because of his leg?

Maybe the Ducks just want shootout practice?

Did Getz play last night?

sounds like Ryan and Kunitz have been active tonight, heard their names alot.

Did Getz play last night?
Yup. 22:48
sounds like Ryan and Kunitz have been active tonight, heard their names alot.
Sounds like Kunitz, Festerling, and Ryan did a lot.


I kind of dig the 3-forward 1D in OT thing they tried tonight. We suck so much at shootouts, and you already are guaranteed 1 point. Might as well go for the win in OT.

Ducks won tonight.

I saw a picture of Morisson wearing an "A". So who isn't wearing a letter? Has this been consistent throughout the whole preseason?

Rob wasn't in the lineup.

Getzlaf had an A a few games ago, the Vancouver one.

For haha: Brady says in the game blog thing that Getzlaf was scheduled to play tonight but didn't. Hmm...

edit: Ha, this other thing in the blog. "One of the Power Player ice cleaners appears to have spent a few thousand dollars on something over the summer. I'm not going to say what. "

And I'm starting to wonder if Ryan only looks good when I'm not watching.

...edit: Ha, this other thing in the blog. "One of the Power Player ice cleaners appears to have spent a few thousand dollars on something over the summer. I'm not going to say what. "...

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In one of the pics from last game (i think the previous kings game) Perry had the A and Getz didn't...

Phoenix at Anaheim.

Radio here http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&id=26937

2nd is almost over.

They're trying Moen as the LW with Getz and Perry? Selanne with 2 goals, Perry with 1. Haha seems to be showing me up with his choosing of Selanne as point-getter #2 over Perry.

Severyn says Marchant is taking Moen's 3rd line spot.

Jonas "not nearly as good as Bryzgalov" Hiller in net.

2nd to last game, you'd think they'd stay close to the final lineup.

2 D KEN KLEE
5 D STEVE MONTADOR
7 C BRENDAN MORRISON
8 R TEEMU SELANNE (A)
10 R COREY PERRY (A)
14 L CHRIS KUNITZ
15 C RYAN GETZLAF
16 R GEORGE PARROS
17 C BRIAN SUTHERBY
22 C TODD MARCHANT
23 D FRANCOIS BEAUCHEMIN
24 L BRAD MAY
25 D CHRIS PRONGER
26 C SAMUEL PAHLSSON (A)
27 D SCOTT NIEDERMAYER
32 L TRAVIS MOEN
44 C ROB NIEDERMAYER
53 D BRETT FESTERLING
1 G JONAS HILLER
35 G JEAN-SEBASTIEN GIGUERE

Carter and Huskins scratched.

Teemu gets a hat trick. He beats Ilya "miles better than Hiller" Bryzgalov. Does this mean Teemu has his hands back?

Teemu gets a hat trick. He beats Ilya "miles better than Hiller" Bryzgalov. Does this mean Teemu has his hands back?

Can someone not name Selanne and Perry score? This team won't score enough goals if there's only two guys shooting the puck into the net.

Best all-around game I've seen this preseason. Morrison and Teemu looked real good together. The transition game was working tremendously. This was my first chance to see Klee and I was rather impressed with him. He seriously plays the same game as OD. He was paired with Pronger and looked solid. Montador and Festerling too. Hell everyone had a good game except for Getzy. His gaff in the first was the only blemish by the team in the whole game. PP and PK were excellent despite all the effing penalties the refs were calling. Great game all around!

Best all-around game I've seen this preseason. Morrison and Teemu looked real good together. The transition game was working tremendously. This was my first chance to see Klee and I was rather impressed with him. He seriously plays the same game as OD. He was paired with Pronger and looked solid. Montador and Festerling too. Hell everyone had a good game except for Getzy. His gaff in the first was the only blemish by the team in the whole game. PP and PK were excellent despite all the effing penalties the refs were calling. Great game all around!
What was Getzlaf's gaffe?

How did Moen look on the top line, do you think they might continue it?
Can someone not name Selanne and Perry score? This team won't score enough goals if there's only two guys shooting the puck into the net.
The problem is Selanne and Perry are the only 2 guys on our team who have shots. Well Getzlaf does, but he never uses it. QP's got a decent shot too, but he was sent down. But who else? Kunitz is more of a dirty goal guy. Morrison's playmaker. Rob has hands of granite. Pahlsson doesn't try on offense. Ebbett seems like he has a decent shot, but he's probably a C•H•O•P (edit: actually that was Dingle I was thinking of in the scrimmage, I'm not impressed with Ebbett's shot and he's a playmaker). But hey, at least we have 2 lines worth (1 sniper per line).

Ryan has a shot...but he's in the minors

i've been waiting a while to use this..:facepalm:

What was Getzlaf's gaffe?

How did Moen look on the top line, do you think they might continue it?

He coughed up the puck deep in our zone and half a second later it was in the back of the net. He actually didn't look good at all last night which was confirmed by my girlfriend who can't stop looking at him.

Moen was alright. He can keep up with those guys but they never seemed to have any sustained pressure. Perry's goal (which I thought was Moen's goal) was a combo of Morrison's nifty pass and Corey surprising speed. Moen was crashing the net at that moment but wasn't terribly effective otherwise. I'll tell you who was effective was Marchant in Moen's spot. That line looked great last night.

He coughed up the puck deep in our zone and half a second later it was in the back of the net. He actually didn't look good at all last night which was confirmed by my girlfriend who can't stop looking at him.



Does she also find Mr. Clean to be an attractive man?

Ryan has a shot...but he's in the minors

i've been waiting a while to use this..:facepalm:
If your post was in response to mine, I mentioned Ryan. "QP's got a decent shot too, but he was sent down."
Does she also find Mr. Clean to be an attractive man?
Ha.