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Comment on Getzlaf chosen for players’ committee. by Thiet ke web

Thiet ke web — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:58:47 +0000

Comment on Hiller activated from IR; Pielmeier to Elmira. by letsgoducksdotcom

letsgoducksdotcom — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:51:30 +0000

How bout that win in Calgary???? Mcilhenney gets saved by Fowler. Big win!

Comment on Ducks 4, Vancouver 3. by letsgoducksdotcom

letsgoducksdotcom — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:22:45 +0000

Part of my “deal” with the trade is this. I just got my playoff invoice and my invoice for next years tickets .. TODAY. February. It’s pretty transparent, and not in a good way. Sign Emery, trade for a fan favorite, give up a big long contract for a smaller short one and hope no one notices you just gave up a highly rated college phenom. OH, then send out your invoices. As big a blowhard as Burke may have been, he did not treat the fans like Murray does. He had a lot more respect.

I like Beauch, btw and I think he and Fowler are gonna make a nice pairing. I just think this team isn’t ready to be making this step right now – a little more patience. But I also think Murray fears for his job if he doesn’t get in the playoffs this year. This impatience and “win now” might hurt us in the long run. Go back to when the Ducks lost to the Kings, just about 15 games ago. They were 1 game over .500 and reeling. This whole “we can make the playoffs and make some noise” idea is based on the last month of play, and ignores the prior couple of years of getting worse.

I’d let you call your blog letsgoducksdotcom, but I own that one!

Comment on Ducks 4, Vancouver 3. by J.P. Hoornstra

J.P. Hoornstra — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:01:37 +0000

Thanks for the feedback and encouragement.

I’ve always wondered how the title “Quackalackin’” strikes people. I get very little feedback. Honestly, yours is the first constructive criticism I’ve received, which I genuinely appreciate. I’d rather be memorable than unmemorable, and as long as the level of journalism in the content is high, I’m not worried about it. So yes, I’m very mindful of the “semblance of journalism” here.

Thanks again for reading. Hit counts help me go far, too!

Comment on Ducks 4, Vancouver 3. by J.P. Hoornstra

J.P. Hoornstra — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:49:12 +0000

Great comments, all.

In response to this one

I’ll agree with you about Gardiner. Lupul will probably end up being seen as the throw-in in this deal for Toronto. It’s a fascinating case study watching the two GMs in Southern California go about their business. L.A. fans would kill for Dean Lombardi to give up on just one of his blue-chip defense prospects (Teubert, Hickey, Voynov) for scoring help at the NHL level, given how good the team’s defense corps is at the NHL level. Ducks fans wish the pipeline weren’t so dry. You might end up being right about the deal being better left for next year. It’ll be interesting to see.

The point I was trying to make about the timing was merely about the timing for Beauchemin to find his nice on this defense, because even though he knows the system he doesn’t really know the other defensemen. If you think about it, the NHL trade deadline is quite late in the season compared to, say, MLB and NBA. It’s a nice luxury that teams have until Feb. 28, but if you can make the trade you want to make earlier, why not?

Comment on Ducks 4, Vancouver 3. by letsgoducksdotcom

letsgoducksdotcom — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:12:13 +0000

NIce. Now here’s the deal on these trades. WRONG timing. This team has been good since January 1, but not before for a year and a half or longer. They slid, slid, slid since the Cup run and finally it looks like hit bottom and are headed up. And what does Murray do? Freak out and sell a prized asset in order to sell some playoff tickets this year. I’d have rather MISSED the playoffs and kept the picks and prospects. Lets play this out.

Maybe NEXT year would be the time to make this type of move.

Comment on Ducks 4, Vancouver 3. by letsgoducksdotcom

letsgoducksdotcom — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:03:53 +0000

And post the comments, brother! Come on!

Comment on Ducks 4, Vancouver 3. by letsgoducksdotcom

letsgoducksdotcom — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:00:08 +0000

I have just stumbled on your site JP and think it looks pretty good. I’d sure like to see some place for updates on the team that is maybe a little less bubbly than the team site and a different from the Register blogs. I have two suggestions for you. Change the name. I mean, really, do you think anyone is gonna say “oh yeah, I heard Bob Murray quoted about Gardiner the link is at “quackalackin”. Please.

And second, don’t become a Rich Hammond cheerleader. Maintain a semblance of journalism!

Do those two things and you will go far!

Comment on Taking the show on the road. by backcheck

backcheck — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 23:54:19 +0000

“If you take away the first probably two weeks – the first seven, eight games on the road – we weren’t very good,” Carlyle said.

Well jeez Coach why not “take away” all 11 road losses and claim a prefect 8-0-3 road record?

These 14 games are crucial to our Ducks season. Expect Bob Murray to be trading sooner rather than later.

Comment on Hiller is NHL’s second star of the week. by spade-in-victorhell

spade-in-victorhell — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:00:54 +0000

hey there..love the blog..especially the name…up to date…brief and informative…great for people on the go!!

Lets hope hiller can keep it up today against the blues…we seem to have trouble with them