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Équipe: 2023-24 Ducks d'Anaheim

Date de création initiale: 20 juin 2023

Publié: 20 juin 2023

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

The plan: stay the course.
I think the ducks are heading in the right direction but are still at least a year off from really turning the corner. Use this last year to help get some more kids acclimated to the system, primarily Fantilli. While they are a year off at least, I think they do need to address their RD.

Strengths: center depth, prospect pool, cap flexibility
Weaknesses: RD, LD, Goal scorers (prospects in the system can fix these issues if they hit)

I don’t seen many tradable assets the Ducks should move. Henrique is the big one but I think moving him to land Pesce is a big move for them.
I doubt Silfverberg has much value and the rest of the roster I think should be filled with hired guns in UFA. Lastly there’s definitely a lot of chatter around Gibson. I’d keep him at least for this coming year. I can’t help but feel with the addition of Pesce to the blue line, the Dcore looks way better and could actually help Gibson, something he hasn’t had in 3 straight seasons. Not to mention Dostal needs time as the official backup and if Gibson were to be traded he would have to be replaced. Keep him for the year and hope the defense can help him get his numbers back to a respectable place.

Prediction: 7th in the Pacific

Anaheim fans let me know your thoughts, this took more research and planning than I was expecting haha

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