Ex-Maple Leafs’ Defenseman Jake Gardiner: Where Is He Now? The Old Prof | August 21, 2025 *This archive was published after Jake Gardiner retired Jake Gardiner was one of the most polarizing defensemen in recent Toronto Maple Leafs’ history. On one hand, many Maple Leafs’ fans…
Anaheim Ducks: Counting Down the 30 Greatest Players (15-11) Charlie Hiller | October 11, 2023 With the Anaheim Ducks celebrating their 30th anniversary this season, now is the perfect time to look back. In the last 30 years, the Ducks have made history – from the Disney…
Anaheim Ducks’ 5 Worst Trades in Franchise History Eddy Jones | May 14, 2022 The Anaheim Ducks have a history of making trades. Here are five trades that we’ve labelled as the worst of the worst. 5. Beauchemin for Gardiner and Lupul Feb. 11,…
New Faces in New Places: Andrej Sustr Mark Scheig | September 5, 2018 During the month of September, we will profile New Faces in New Places from around the NHL. We now look at new Ducks’ defenseman Andrej Sustr. After spending his entire…
Francois Beauchemin: Once (Thrice) a Duck, Always a Duck Tom Dianora | May 7, 2018 The unfortunate and abrupt end to the Anaheim Ducks’ season brought with it a fair number of question marks moving forward. One thing that was known, however, was the retirement…
Ducks Set to Battle Sharks in Round One Tom Dianora | April 11, 2018 It’s been a roller-coaster journey, but the Anaheim Ducks managed to qualify for the postseason for the sixth consecutive year. They will even have home-ice advantage in the first round…
Bieksa’s Hand Injury Forces Carlyle’s Hand Tom Dianora | March 18, 2018 Veteran defensemen Kevin Bieksa and Francois Beauchemin have had their share of rocky moments with the Anaheim Ducks this season. Deteriorating speed in the twilight of their careers seems to…
The Ducks’ New Key on Defense Tom Dianora | February 21, 2018 The Anaheim Ducks dealt from a position of strength to fill a position of weakness—especially when they had several key players out of the lineup due to innjury—earlier this season…
Colorado Avalanche Expansion Draft Keepers Sebastian Noble | June 15, 2017 As you all may or may not know, there’s a pretty significant change coming to NHL Hockey. The new expansion team, The Las Vegas Golden Knights, will begin their inaugural…
Avalanche Buy Out Beauchemin Andrew Forbes | June 15, 2017 Another veteran defenceman will be hitting the free agent market sooner than expected as the Colorado Avalanche bought out the final year of Francois Beauchemin’s contract. The Avalanche will buy…
Reviewing the Best 2015 Free Agent Contracts Devin Slawson | June 22, 2016 During the 2015 NHL Free Agency period, general managers were able to remain relatively patient in waiting for prices to fall in order to not overpay for players. It was…
Colorado Avalanche Player Grades: Defense Kevin Goff | April 20, 2016 Continuing with our series of player grades, it is time to shift to the portion of the Colorado Avalanche that has earned the most criticism, the defense. This has been…