Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsOne-third of the way into the shortened NHL season, there has hardly been a lack of surprise and excitement. The Chicago Blackhawks have yet to lose in regulation, the Buffalo Sabres fired Lindy Ruff after 16 years, and all three Eastern Canada teams are currently in playoff positions. Individually, the season has been very interesting ...
This off-season has been full of surprising twists and turns in the NHL world, from Shea Weber signing an offer sheet with the Philadelphia Flyers and the Nashville Predators’ matching of it, to the NHL owners’ one-sided proposal for a new CBA, or the continual ownership drama in Phoenix and the subsequent effect that has ...
Bobby Ryan wants out of the Anaheim Ducks organization. At least that’s what he said this summer in an interview with Randy Miller of the Courier-Post. Ryan stated: “Anaheim has been a team over the past year that really has shown me nothing to prove that they want me here…every time they look to add ...
The 2011-2012 season for the Anaheim Ducks was, in blunt terms, a disaster. The Ducks finished in 13th place in the Western Conference, fifteen points behind Pacific Division rival and eighth-placed Los Angeles Kings, as well as fifteen points ahead of the last-placed Columbus Blue Jackets. Anaheim finished last in their division, nine points behind ...
The Anaheim Ducks will miss the playoffs in what might be Teemu Selanne’s last season in the NHL. “It’s pretty sad that we’re not making the post-season, but there’s a reason for that,” Selanne told TSN after last nights game versus the Oilers. “The first half was just so bad that we couldn’t climb back ...
If the season ends today the Anaheim Ducks choose 8th overall at the upcoming draft in June and, depending on the rest of the season, could even end up with a chance at moving up four spots at the draft lottery in April. Obviously their ranking can change for the better, with eleven games ...
One of the biggest buzz words of the post-lockout NHL is “parity”, and a quick look at the playoff races in either conference reveals why. With mere weeks to play in the 2011-12 NHL regular season, only a handful of teams in both conferences can truly consider themselves out of it. Regardless of what you ...
With lines starting to click, and wins starting to come it seems as though the Ducks are getting used to Bruce Boudreau’s system. Whether this is a good thing or not still remains to be seen. It is always good to win, but can the Ducks win a championship under this system? There have been ...
When their team underperforms for a season, fans get upset with the organization. When their team underperforms for several seasons, they own it. A good example is the firing of Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson by Brian Burke, who seemed to be acting almost directly on behalf of the fans. They wanted Wilson gone more ...
The header on the official team website of the Ducks reads the word ‘DeDication’, with the webbed ‘D’ centring it. A clever idea, but it is other teams in the stampede to catch and hold the final playoff spot in the West who seem to be displaying the selfless devotion lately. On paper, anyway, ...
