The Anaheim Ducks may boast the most consistent elite goalie play in NHL history. With the trade deadline past, multiple contending teams have a clear hole in net, and almost none of them filled it. Whether you want to look at how Carolina is an extremely well rounded team except goaltending, how the LA Kings haven’t won a playoff series since prime Johnathan Quick graced them, or how the Devils quite literally took themselves out of playoff contention by not addressing goaltending. Goalies ma...
over 1 year ago
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It’s silly season right now with the trade deadline little over a week away. In that spirit I have decided to write a beautiful work of science-fiction in which I am handed the reigns of this franchise for the time between now and the March 8 deadline. I have, as all good and benevolent overlords do, tried to be reasonable in terms of what the trades look like on balance. I am sure that every fan of the teams involved will say that I’m a moron and a fool who has suffered some kind of head trau...
almost 2 years ago
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So, the Anaheim Ducks just got pants’d on live TV with hockey night in Canada 9-2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs. In what can only be seen as the bottoming out of this season so far, we saw the variance between two ends of the hockey spectrum in almost every way.
At one end, the Toronto Maple Leafs. A team between 2007 – 2016 that had been consistently at the bottom of the Northeast/Atlantic Division, now reaping the rewards of their full rebuild. A team with high draft picks demanding high c...
almost 2 years ago
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I like YouTube. I was tested for ADHD, twice actually, as a kid at the behest of one of my elementary schools because I had a bit of a habit of checking out mentally multiple times throughout the day. One test came back inconclusive and another came back as negative. That was over 20 years ago at this point but I still wonder sometimes if maybe I just got lucky or something on those tests. I mean, I can’t focus for shit.
Anyways, I like YouTube, as I said. One of my favorite things to do ...
almost 2 years ago
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Good Morning Anaheim,
With the All Star break in full swing (yes it is going on, and no I haven’t been watching), it seems like a good time to go through pieces of the Ducks roster and see how each player has been. And with the current outlook of the roster and the trade deadline looming large, the best scale to rate these players seems to be in the ilk of buying and selling. So treating the current Ducks players like stocks, let’s go over who we should buy, sell, hold or dump comin...
almost 2 years ago
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Good evening Anaheim,
With the current bleak outlook for this Anaheim Ducks squad, there hasn’t been much to look forward to. Injuries every other minute, the offense running dry and completely fabricated Frank Seravalli rumors, it’s been tough. So, trying to find brevity in this season, a new wrinkle has developed. Corey Perry, the third leading points scorer in Ducks history, is free to sign with a team again. This comes after his contract termination from the Chicago Blackhawks and a s...
almost 2 years ago
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The Anaheim Ducks made a shocking trade Monday evening sending young defenseman Jamie Drysdale and their own 2025 2nd Round pick to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for the rights to forward Cutter Gauthier. It was a move that caught both fanbases and everyone else around the league by complete surprise and could change the trajectory of both organizations over the next several years. We asked our staff for their thoughts on some of the more pressing questions to come out of this deal to se...
almost 2 years ago
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Good Evening Anaheim,
As we draw the end of this calendar year, it felt but fitting to look ahead to the next year. And with a new year comes a new year of aspirations, goals and desires for one to pursue for either the entire year or quit by mid-February. So with the year coming to a close for the Ducks, let’s look at what each player’s hypothetical New Years Resolution could be.
Jackson LaCombe – Stay at LD
For people that have been reading my pieces from the beginning, i...
almost 2 years ago
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Good Morning Anaheim,
As our Ducks sit in the middle of a rather impressive 3-13 stretch of games and the Christmas break coming soon, multiple questions remain on this Ducks team. What changes have been made in the lines to offset the loss of McTavish and Z? What can this losing skid tell us about the coaching staff and the Ver-Build as a whole? And should we all just dig our heads in and rewatch highlights from that two-week span when we were a wildcard team? Well, the answers to those ...
almost 2 years ago
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The Ducks will do their best to end their losing streak at 7-games tonight as they take on the Washington Capitals for the 23rd regular season matchup. The Ducks are coming off a hard fought loss to the Vancouver Canucks, one of the best teams in the NHL this season and probably the biggest surprise thus far. These two teams hardly get the chance to play each other but anytime the likes of future Hall-of-Famer Alexander Ovechkin, USA hero TJ Oshie, a Strome brother battle, return of the fro (S...
about 2 years ago
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