Ben Shelley: Ducks wrap up road trip with OT loss to Penguins

Cronin once again didn’t have the guys ready…. this was a very winnable game -

1-2-1 trip … we left at least three points on the table…

we need to start scoring more goals…because Lukas keeps us in every game -

Gotta get 2 from the hawks…

1pt out of wildcard …💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

I’ll probably be in the minority here, but I like the move sending Luneau to SD where he can consistently get 20+ minutes per night on the top pair. The kid only played 13 games last year and needs to see regular game action to get his game to where it needs to be. Ducks need a right shot puck moving D-man, but not if he’s going to post the lowest +/- on the team (-5 in 6 games). It shouldn’t take him very long to regain his form and confidence and be a positive difference maker at the AHL level. I expect to see him back in Anaheim soon.

I’ll probably be in the minority here, but I like the move sending Luneau to SD where he can consistently get 20+ minutes per night on the top pair. The kid only played 13 games last year and needs to see regular game action to get his game to where it needs to be. Ducks need a right shot puck moving D-man, but not if he’s going to post the lowest +/- on the team (-5 in 6 games). It shouldn’t take him very long to regain his form and confidence and be a positive difference maker at the AHL level. I expect to see him back in Anaheim soon.
- hardenx

I don’t like it at all.

Cam should be the one sitting in the press box. He’s making bonehead Pee-wee level crappy decisions every single game.

I’ll live with Tristan’s D mistakes because a younger, stronger, bigger right handed D with good instincts and offensive ability is more important for us today.

Just got done watching the Ducks vs Blackhawks. What a let down that game was. This is why you don't listen to Analitics. Ducks shot 39 shots. Then they almost got shut out. There Defense was horrible. They gave up 4 goals and let the Hawks constantly enter the offensive zone uncontested. This team won't win very much if they keep giving up 4 or 5 goals every night. And this is a very old problem. Over the last 5 years the Ducks have been tring to run this system of high shot totals with fast skating. And every year this system is a disappointment. Dallas Eakins did it 4 years. And now Greg Cronin has done this system for 1+ years. And it's garbage. Because it's based off of flawed Analitics that over value offense.

Analitics doesn't even have a true metric for Defense. What Analitics calls Defense is just Puck possession. Or the lack of puck possession. But true Defense is based on not playing with the puck. Playing in Front of your goaltender and supporting him is the truest form of defense in hockey. But Analitics just doesn't see it. Most Because the just don't have the data to show defense.
And in part because they don't care. It's just easier to track just offense. Tring to figure out Defense is just too much work them. So they just lie about it to cover their tracks.

So what do the Ducks do now? Well I'm pretty sure Cronin will continue to follow Analitics. But I just want to win. But Analitics doesn't care about winning. All the they care about is their numbers and their jobs. And the Analitics community will continue to lie as long as they get a pay check. "Fake it till you make it". That's their moto. And they just kill teams by doing this. Their like Locust. They consume any team that hires them. And them move on to the next. And all I can do is make sure my team doesn't fall prey to Analitics. Their just bad people. I'm sure some are nice. But they lie. And they don't care what they destroy. As long as they get their's