2024-2025 Game 4: The Gulls play a consistent 60 min effort & are rewarded with a 3-2 overtime win in Bakersfield thanks to Yegor Sidorovs two goal night. See post game notes for more on passing, Kinal, Harkins, Sidorov & more.
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I have made peace with this now. I am a strong believer in fate. We were not meant to have Crosby and we were not meant to have Bedard. We still won a cup without Crosby. We can still win one without Bedard.
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Remember when the Ducks drafted Mintyukov and we were all like “what? the Ducks drafting a Russian?”
Now I’m struggling to remember when they had a Russian this good. Lots of swings and misses in there - Chistov, Smirnov. We probably have to go all the way back to Tverdovsky.
The San Jose Barracuda have beaten the Colorado Eagles, sending the Gulls to the playoffs officially. I repeat the Gulls have clinched a playoff spot with help from the baby sharks.
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GULLS WIN!! Fifth straight win solidifies fourth position in the Pacific - the final playoff spot. Troy Terry with the game winning goal. Anthony Stolarz with 31 saves on 34 shots in the win.
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Max Jones update: From a fan
"Last night I asked Todd Marchant (Ducks Suit) and he said he should start skating today and hope to make an appearance in this series!"
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This has been a long journey for Benoit. Undrafted. Signed to a PTO as an invite at Gulls camp. Signed to an AHL deal. Finally an NHL ELC. Has worked hard every step of the way. Congratulations Simon, you earned this.
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Oh now I feel extra bad for barely watching any Ducks games this season. Am going to miss you so much Getzlaf. I’ll always remember the good times (mostly when I could watch via NHL TV). Here is to your retirement and your sprawling chicken metropolis.
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You think Verbeek is in the building? Zellweger playing like he is trying to send a message. (Which he should have been doing this entire time)
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Axel Andersson is back in the line-up. Drew Helleson makes his debut as reported wearing Kodie Currans old number. Brouillard moved back to forward. Dostal gets the start.
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Guys - I cant say for sure but I am absolutely drawing this conclusion from something I made up and/or read on the internet. But Tyson Nash is Illuminati and has been running a hate campaign against fun hockey and by association Trevor Zegras.
The Ducks have signed 20 year old 6’1” 185lb RW Bryce Kindopp to a 3 year ELC. Kindopp was overlooked for 3 straight drafts & attended the Avs dev camp this last summer. He has 71 points in 60 games in the WHL.
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It’s as if Curran knew. Ended his time as a Gull with a huge crowd pleasing fight last night and played up to them as he left the ice after it. Great send off for him. Will miss him.
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So if the Sharks lose the next game, the Ducks will get their first-round pick. Anaheim has selected 5 players since 2000 with a San Jose pick. Two of those were Kyle Palmieri at 26th in 2009 and Max Comtois at 50th in 2017.
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If this is the McIlvane style - I like it. Aggressive forecheck - two men high, it does mean risk of turnover in the D zone and more trust in the talented puck moving defenders but its much better than last years Gulls gameplan.
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The Gulls take this one 4-2. Lead the series 2-1. Win one more and they move on to the next round in the Calder Cup playoffs.
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Tracey is definitely playing his best game of his AHL tenure thus far. Is all over the place tonight and involved in seemingly every high danger chance.
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Seriously that was a fucking bullet from a stand-still almost severe angle. Perreault and Pastajov are going to make the Ducks crazy good in a couple of years.
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Derek nails it here. The deal means a call up, Helleson is the Gulls only righty but Zellweger is the clear best defender, while Hagg could be the option for spot duty. Hope the Ducks make a deal that swings some AHL depth too!
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Cranked out a quick piece on the Ilya Lyubushkin deal from the Ducks’ perspective. My thoughts on the deal along with who could potentially be on their way up I-5 from San Diego.
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San Diego Gulls 2021 Player Grades: This took me a really long time to write and I would really appreciate it if you all at least pretended to have read it or part of it.
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I apologise for hyping expectations for this Gulls team. Clearly I was way too optimistic with how the incoming group of prospects would do. It can never be understated how important the right selection of veterans (IE the Priskies, Sikuras and Slavins) are.
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So I guess the Gulls aren't getting Drysdale back. Going to numb the pain by watching Morand draw penalties and pin my hopes on Brouillard.
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"Attention highlight department, we have a Sasha Pastujov entry!" 🔥🎙️
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prospect Sasha Pastujov walks through his former team to pull off the beautiful solo effort to earn Wednesday's
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honours 📽️
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Also, Hi Ducks fans! Feel free to follow me for all things Gulls. If you are wondering for example why Alex Dostie is playing. He is at Gulls camp on a PTO.
Well the Ducks are now last in the west in pts percentage, which is more important to look at than pts right now with the disparity in games played in the west.
Helleson is in his Junior year at BC so he could sign and we could see him on the Gulls at the end of this season. A replacement right shot defender that reads as a good shut down defender.
GULLS WIN!!!! Eliminate the Roadrunners from the playoffs in the process. Vengeance is so so so very sweet. The Gulls will face the Barracuda in the first round.
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I know it’s a tad out of left field. But I wonder if the Ducks look at Patrick Roy. Would already be keeping a close eye on what he has been doing this last season with Gaucher. Employs a hard to play against style.
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Coach Roy Sommer announces retirement. It hasn't been officially reported as yet but in the final home game of the year Coach Roy Sommer gave thanks to the Pechanga Arena crowd stating he would not be coming back next season.
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I’ve been watching this Canucks run and wondering the same of the Ducks
If they were in this same position it would be Suchanek
And you know what
I think he would surprise a lot of people
Silovs is an intermittent reminder of why organizational depth and development matter so much.
Those picks and signings where people go "Who??" are actually key decisions.
Vancouver brought him up the chain from the ECHL to two solid years with Abbotsford to all of this.
As per my offseason changes article - despite a huge influx of prospects, the Gulls will still need to sign some players to fill gaps in the forwards and on the right side on D (Brouillard and Priskie please). I also fully expect Zellweger to be with the Ducks.
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San Diego Gulls 2023 Grades: A breakdown of the San Diego Gulls Grades 2022-2023 players and their seasons along with an assigned player grade and summary. It's a long one! Let me know what you think.
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So with the cavalry the Gulls can ice a line-up something like this.
Perreault - Zegras - De Leo
Limoges - Groulx - Kindopp
Agozzino - Carrick - Poturalski
Lettieri - Badini - Printz/Lorito/Golod
Lowe - Drysdale
Mahura - T Carrick/Brouillard
Benoit - Andersson
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I’m at LAX waiting to board my flight home. Thanks heaps SoCal! It’s been surREAL. I wish I could come every year but I’m not a millionaire quite yet. Thanks again to everyone who looked after me & if I didn’t get to meet you there is always next time!
Great timing for the Ducks to call up Zellweger. I’m away for the next three Gulls games so won’t witness the pain. It doesn’t help with their trying to catch Bakersfield & Colorado but he does deserve it.
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I said it in one of my recent post game recaps but I can see Perreault being with the Ducks next year. Makes no sense to send him back to Junior and I think the Ducks can finally see the benefits of going full youth movement now.
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Max Comtois with back to back Game Winners in his AHL postseason debut. Lundestrom with a 3 point night. I feel incredibly silly questioning Eakins swapping out Roy for Cracknell instead of Lundestrom.
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Regenda and Helleson give Alexander a double hug and then Tracey sprays him with his own bottle. Love to see it. Gulls win. First AHL win for Gage Alexander. Recap and post game notes up soon.
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I didn’t put Nestetenko or Lacombe in my Gulls projected line up and their play thus far is showing why.
Too good for the AHL. Men against boys out there.
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Because I needed reminding. The Ducks got Vaaks, a first in 2022 (Gaucher) and second in 2023 (Clara) and another second in 2024 (?) for Lindholm (not including Moores contract)
“I feel real good. Obviously playoffs are tough, lots of bumps and bruises, a lot of stuff happens. You just have to play through it.” - Max Jones
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By far the most interesting piece acquired by the Ducks at the trade deadline was prospect, Nikita Nesterenko. I took a dive into what he could potentially bring to the Anaheim Ducks organization as soon as this week
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