When General Manager Bob Murray of the Anaheim Ducks steps to the podium on the first day of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, set to make an elite prospect the newest member of the Ducks organization, he’ll be doing so armed with the franchise’s highest overall pick since 2005, when the Ducks selected Bobby Ryan ...
By now, the reports of Ryan Getzlaf and his running mate Corey Perry being involved in an altercation with locals at a Helsinki nightclub have made the rounds. The fact that said reports have been all but forgotten points towards the incident being overblown by the Finnish media, but it is of some concern to ...
In a sport as grueling and demanding as hockey there are certain traits that all successful teams share. Looking beyond the obvious, and required, luxuries of possessing star-level talent and consistent goaltending allowing teams to reign atop the league standings in a given season, there must also be a potent mix of grit, size, depth ...
Brian Burke has been with Toronto since November, 2008. For many, he came to a team that had precious little desirable talent playing at the NHL level, and the franchise was lacking top-level prospects. He’s turned the roster over completely – no one who ended the 2007-08 season having played a Leaf game remains. While the Maple ...
Brian Burke has never been the shy type. For some, that made him an ideal candidate for the general manager’s job with the Toronto Maple Leafs — a no-nonsense guy who could handle the media and the fans’ expectations. Being a Harvard-trained lawyer, former player agent, a general manager in Hartford, Vancouver and Anaheim, and former ...
The game of hockey, much like life, is in a constant state of flux. It moves along with rapidity rarely rivaled in sports, and as such, a stabilizing force is paramount for success with regards to those who engage in it. For the Anaheim Ducks, Bruce Boudreau has become their stabilizing force. After signing a ...
The title “middle man” is rarely, if ever, viewed as a desirable one. Fancier monikers utilized might be “broker” or “intermediary”, but really, that’s simply sugar-coating the fact that the “middle man” is a go-between. Generally, it conjures up images of being slightly talented enough to ascend from the bottom rung, but not capable enough ...
With the second round of the NHL playoffs about to commence, the on-ice product is clearly commanding much of the hockey world’s attention, but in southern “Cali” a more recent and troubling development has caught the attention of Anaheim Ducks diehards: The Justin Schultz saga. Drafted by Anaheim, 43rd overall, in 2008 out of the ...
Barring any trades between now and the National Hockey League Entry Draft on June 22nd, the Anaheim Ducks brass will step up to the podium armed with the sixth overall pick and a bevy of options. Nail Yakupov has separated himself from the pack and while many top prospects are currently jostling for position on ...
You can call it many things, an aberration, an outlier, or quite simply a missed opportunity leading to a lost season. Whatever label you want to place upon the Anaheim Ducks and their miserable 2011-12 season, the fact remains they woefully underachieved. The Ducks weren’t considered a serious threat to make a run at Lord ...
