Open Gameday Recap Thread Flames @ Ducks
by Daniel AC on Nov 23, 2009 10:43 PM PST
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The Ducks have recently decided that they do not want to spend the entire season in the Western Conference cellar. They gave up a late goal to Jarome Iginla that forced overtime, but eventually won in a shootout. The goal came in the last twenty seconds of the third period and could have been a back breaker for the struggling Ducks, but Teemu Selanne came through in the shootout to preserve the two points. Corey Perry stretched his point streak to an impressive 15 games, the second longest streak in Ducks history. However, the star of the night was J.S. Giguere. He stopped 41 shots, including ten in the first ten minutes of the third period. Giguere has been fiercly fighting for his #1 job since he returned from injury and Carlyle's "win and you're in" philosophy has probably earned him a spot between the pipes when the Ducks take on the Carolina Hurricanes Wednesday. If this keeps up, the Ducks will have a very tough decision come trade deadline time.
Postgame Interviews after the jump...
Scrub over to 2:35 for interviews with Giguere, Getzlaf, and Coach Carlyle. Interviews end at 3:56.
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Ducks are learning how to defense. This is a good sign.
Except not since the Ducks were out-shot, again, 43 to 31
The Big Red Machine V.2 is coming this Fall 2009. Go Halos!
The shot total isn’t a huge concern. When we won the Cup we gave up ridiculous shot totals too. Our strategy was to force the puck to the outside and give Jiggy a clear sight on the bad angle shot, trusting him to make the save. I saw more of that last night. Essentially, our defensive plan gives up the easy shot and then controls the front of the net. Last night I saw us working that strategy a little more. I’m not saying that it was always effective, Jiggy had to stand on his head a few times, but still we seem to be making the choice to surrender the perimeter shot and not let the opposition work in the middle of the ice.
i didn’t see that at all until the opposition set up in our zone. The offensive strategy was wide open last night. Almost all cross ice passes advancing the puck. There was still some no progression defense, but we, more than once, flooded the neutral zone and left the defensive zone to a single defender. That’s a more wide open attack and nothing like the no progression system Carlyle used three years ago.
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Nov 24, 2009 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
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