Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsAlthough his Ducks were eliminated from the postseason at the hands of the Detroit Red Wings, Anaheim’s season was a huge success, and former Edmonton Oiler Andrew Cogliano had a hand in that. The Ducks finished last in their division a season ago, and with a largely unchanged roster, many expected them to be in a dogfight ...
With the departure of future Hall-of-Famer Nicklas Lidstrom and Thomas Holmstrom to retirement, this shortened season was supposed to be the Detroit Red Wings’ year of rebuilding. Scratch that “rebuilding” talk. When the shortened season resumed on January 19, none of the so-called hockey experts gave the Red Wings a chance to crack the top ...
The Detroit Red Wings’ backs are up against the wall for the second time in as many weeks. Just a few weeks ago, the Red Wings were on the brink of being eliminated from contention in the NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs, and from ending their streak of 21-straight years having qualified for the post-season. They ...
With the Red Wings’ clinching 7th spot in the Western Conference, and a playoff berth on Saturday night, it is now time to look ahead to their first round match-up in this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Anaheim Ducks will pose as the first challenge to the Red Wings’ aspirations to win the franchise’s twelfth ...
With six games left in the shortened season, it’s time to start addressing the strengths and weaknesses of the Anaheim Ducks. Though they’ve been sitting up on top of the Pacific Division and also in the standings for the majority of the year, there is definitely room for improvement if this team doesn’t want to have an early first round exit.
When Anaheim Ducks’ General Manager Bob Murray fired head coach Randy Carlyle last November he knew the medicinal fix that his offensively talented roster, which was already on course to miss the playoffs for the second time in three seasons, needed. He decided to call up the NHL’s now proven Doctor of offensive depth in ...
With the NHL trade deadline approaching in just over three weeks, the Dallas Stars find themselves in a unique position regarding the role they can play. Like every team in the Western Conference, they are in the think of the playoff race. With 29 points in 28 games, the Stars sit 10th in the conference, ...
Some NHL players take way too much credit for the on-ice production they offer to their respective teams. Every season, there are players who receive more ice time than they deserve, while some high-prized free agents never deliver the results expected by the general manager who signed them. Nearly halfway into the 48-game season that was ...
As part two of last week’s article, If We Had An NHL All-Star Game – Team East, we continue picking the roster of the game we never had. If we were playing some pick-up road ball in the street in between periods on TV, these are the guys you’d want on your team. They’d be team ...
The Anaheim Ducks have locked up their captain long-term, signing Ryan Getzlaf to an eight-year deal worth 8.25 million annually according to ESPN’s Pierre LeBrun. While Ducks fans can breathe a sigh of relief now knowing their captain will be with them for the foreseeable future, 8.25 million a year dollars is an extraordinary figure. ...
