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[Dark Knight]

How have the 2007-2008 Anaheim Ducks done so far in your opinion after exactly 41 games?

[Cassie8236]

I gave them a D. I have not been impressed with anything they have done this season so far. The only reason I didn't give them an F is because I swear I've seen a totally different team play against LA and San Jose.

[Dark Knight]

I've gone with a D as well. They have had plenty of opportunities to work out the kinks of the season, yet they continue to learn nothing from their mistakes. This is an underachieving, lazy, mediocre and, to a large extent, dumb team that can't learn.

As I said before, without a bona-fide finisher, this is a .500 team that will miss the playoffs.

[432j]

I went with a "C" because every word I can think of to describe them would be considered middle of the road. Pedestrian. Lack luster.

I could go on, but seriously, there is nothing but mediocre through 41 games. They're not terrible, like the Kings, Caps or Oilers. But there seems to be nothing special either.

[BritDuck]

I went with C. Shows promise, but just not quite there yet. Hopefully another 41 games will show them moving up a grade or two.

[ladiesandgentlemen]

I have given them a "C" because they have been sputtering. They have surged at times, but not to the "A" level, and have fallen back, but not to the "F" level. To be honest though, I'd say a C minus.

[Loz]

Not an A from me but a C. They haven't played that well so far this season.

[QuacksMeUp]

They look so good at times and the very next minute they seem like they all got lobotomies. It's a truly frustrating, marvelous team that we all know and they know can really do so much better. That's the team I want to see show up in the next half. They are there, they just have to let us see them!

[DucksSnip]

I've gone with a D as well. They have had plenty of opportunities to work out the kinks of the season, yet they continue to learn nothing from their mistakes. This is an underachieving, lazy, mediocre and, to a large extent, dumb team that can't learn.

As I said before, without a bona-fide finisher, this is a .500 team that will miss the playoffs.

yeah what DK said.....but might i add...this team has no charcter or heart...i aslo think we are very capeable of making a very strong rush in the second half....but we need to get back to a team game and eliminate any individual egos on this team

[MrsBevo]

C. Completely average. Not outstanding. Not horrible. Plenty of room for improvement, but not at the bottom of the barrel either.

[QuacksMeUp]

this team has no charcter or heart

You must not be watching the same team I am.

[Dark Knight]

You must not be watching the same team I am.

You think the Ducks have shown any character or heart ? I agree with DucksSnip on this one, and it's partly why they get a D from me and not a C. They've been below mediocre because they show no heart (or brain for that matter) and are too dumb to learn

[QuacksMeUp]

You think the Ducks have shown any character or heart ? I agree with DucksSnip on this one, and it's partly why they get a D from me and not a C. They've been below mediocre because they show no heart (or brain for that matter) and are too dumb to learn

This is essentially the same team that won the cup 6 months ago. I see heart in Getzy, Perry, Giguere, Rob Niedermayer, all of the defense and a couple of the new guys. I see character in every single guy that won that cup. They are not having a good season. They are certainly not dumb. They, as a team may on occasion lose it, but so do all the other teams in the league with the exception of Detroit and Ottawa (seemingly). Who lost the cup 6 months ago, didn't have a short off-season and will not win the cup in 6 months.

[Dark Knight]

...They are certainly not dumb....

What do you call a team that makes the same mistakes repeatedly, confesses to making them, acknowledges that these mistakes must stop, and then goes there the next night and repeats them?

Where do you see heart on a team that rarely plays a 60 minute game? And as far as being essentially the same team, they lost Selanne and Penner and with them a bunch of points which haven't been replaced. They lost -- literally -- Bryzgalov and replaced him with a Swiss cheese and, until two weeks ago, they lost Scott.

[LightItUp4126]

What do you call a team that makes the same mistakes repeatedly, confesses to making them, acknowledges that these mistakes must stop, and then goes there the next night and repeats them?

That's Ben Franklin's definition of insanity...

I gave them a C, but it's more of a D+/C- range, just gave them the benefit of the doubt that they can do better than below average.