Posts About "Antoine Vermette"
Predicting PTOs: 70 Potential Tryouts
August 17th, 2018 Besides Rick Nash, who is pondering retirement, it’s pretty slim pickings among the remaining free agents. A bunch of veterans past their prime and a fair amount of former prospects who haven’t panned out to date. Add them up and there are approximately 100 players still available who could compete for NHL ice-time this season,...
Sharks Drill Major Hole for Ducks
April 16th, 2018 ‘Ducks Drill Down’ is a regular, ~weekly column that recaps the latest goings-on with the Anaheim Ducks. For more detailed takeaways from each of the first two games of the Ducks' first-round series against the San Jose Sharks, click here for Game 1 and here for Game 2. Less than a week ago, Cam Fowler's injury...
Vermette Appeal a Waste of Time
February 19th, 2017 Antoine Vermette made a bone-headed decision during the third period of the Anaheim Ducks’ 1-0 win over the Minnesota Wild Tuesday. After losing a second straight faceoff cleanly, he gave linesman Shandor Alphonso a mild slash to the back of his legs. The officials immediately stopped play and sent Vermette to the locker room with a...
Crosby Scores 1000, Vermette Appealing & More
February 17th, 2017 Pittsburgh Penguins' captain Sidney Crosby hit a major career milestone Thursday night when he recorded his 1000th NHL point. Crosby became the 86th player in league history to reach the milestone and just the first from the 2005 draft class to do so. https://twitter.com/penguins/status/832383731348414464 Interestingly enough,...
Offseason Moves Haunting Coyotes
December 22nd, 2016 In theory, the buyout of Antoine Vermette over the offseason made sense for the Arizona Coyotes. So did the team's decision to allow veteran forwards such as Alex Tanguay and Boyd Gordon to become free agents. The Coyotes seemingly no longer needed these players; they had Christian Dvorak and Dylan Strome ready to step in and take on...
Kase Gives Ducks Surprising Depth
December 5th, 2016 An exodus of forward talent over the summer raised serious questions about the Anaheim Ducks' offensive depth going into 2016-17. Just 26 games into the season, the Ducks may have stumbled upon a very exciting solution. That solution has come in the form of a wispy 2014 seventh-round draft pick by the name of Ondrej Kase. While the...
