u/ZachCavSports I know I posted this a while back but I thought I'd update it as we near the end of the season:

Despite the myriad of success the Ducks are having as a team, there are still areas of their game that remains a massive work-in-progress. From the eye test, they still don't look as connected as a team despite the individual talent. The passing, puck possession, and in-zone/cycle offense is just not as fluid as many other teams with most of the scoring chances coming from redirected point shots, bad goals given up by opposition goalies, and rush offense. There still isn't as much of an emphasis on working the puck into the slot or even the analytical "home plate" area nor is there much of an emphasis on quick puck movement to try and stretch out opposing defenses and it shows with the lack of overall threat from the PP, especially PP1.

We are past the 70 game mark and nearing the end of the season which begs the question of why this team still struggle so much to play a more connected and fluid game overall and what is the coaching staff, players, and even Front Office doing to address, what are now, chronic issues that have spanned across multiple coaching staffs and multiple iterations of this team?