Posts About "Jiri Sekac"
Team Czech Republic Men's Roster & Preview for Winter Olympics
January 27th, 2018 Of the 25 players that the Czech Republic has named to their men's roster for the PyeongChang Winter Games, 16 of them are players from Kontinental Hockey League teams. While not as many as some of the other teams who will be playing in South Korea, the Czechs do have their collection of former NHLers as well. The most notable is a...
Jiri Sekac Returning to KHL
June 6th, 2016 23-year-old forward Jiri Sekac won't be testing free agency this summer. His NHL stint is over for the time being. He has signed a one-year contract with Ak Bars Kazan in the KHL, the team announced Monday. The un-drafted winger put up 11 goals and 28 points in 47 games for Lev Praha in the KHL at age 21, making him a coveted free...
Canadiens' Smith-Pelly-Sekac Trade Wasn’t so Bad After All
February 29th, 2016 The Devante Smith-Pelly era is over in Montreal and, all things considered, it didn’t end all that badly for the Canadiens. Granted, part of it not ending badly lies in the fact that it actually ended. Even if it only lasted a year, it could have been much worse. Smith-Pelly for Sekac When the Habs dealt Jiri Sekac to the...
TRADE: Ducks GM Makes Another Deal
January 21st, 2016 Ducks trade Jiri Sekac to Blackhawks for Ryan Garbutt The Anaheim Ducks trade forward Jiri Sekac to the Blackhawks for forward Ryan Garbutt. This is the third week in a row that Ducks GM Bob Murray makes a trade. The Ducks acquire a true bottom six player that can be a staple on one of the bottom two lines for a player that was only...
Ducks Continue To Manage Salary Cap In Trading Jiri Sekac
January 21st, 2016 Jiri Sekac never played big minutes in Anaheim. In fact, he's been a healthy scratch more often than not in 2015-16, while also suffering from an ankle sprain. Despite his limited action, he's been a point of contention among Ducks' observers. The debate goes something like this: one camp brings up how Sekac is a phenomenal...
Jiri Sekac: Grand Theft Forward
January 21st, 2016 Jiri Sekac (YIH-ree SEH-katch) Height: 6’1″ Birthdate: June 10, 1992 (Age 23) Hometown: Kladno, Czech Republic Position: Forward Shoots: Left https://twitter.com/HawksBreakdown/status/690234350386806784 Thursday morning was a busy one for the Chicago Blackhawks Stan Bowman. With the team in Tampa Bay getting ready for a...
Hockey Headlines: Latest Updates on Jonathan Drouin, and More
January 21st, 2016 A collection of the latest news from around the world of hockey: The Blackhawks have traded Ryan Garbutt to the Ducks for Jiri Sekac. They now have moved the two main pieces of the Patrick Sharp trade. You could say the Stars got the better of that deal, but the Hawks clearly didn't need Sharp or his salary. According to his...
Why Does Michel Therrien Hate Skill?
November 10th, 2015 When your team starts 13-2-1, it might be a bit crazy to criticize the head coach, but here we are. It's not that there is really anything bad to say about the style of play that the Canadiens are playing, but it has just come to my attention that there seems to be a certain trend in Montreal over the past 3 seasons. The Canadiens...
Jiri Sekac Placed on Injured Reserve
November 4th, 2015 The Anaheim Ducks have placed forward Jiri Sekac on injured reserve, according to Eric Stephens of the Orange County Register. The the team announced Tuesday that Sekac’s injury is an ankle sprain. The team has not placed a timetable on Sekac’s return, but the IR designation means that the earliest Sekac will be eligible to return...
3 Silver Linings For The Ailing Anaheim Ducks
October 28th, 2015 Another game, another punch to the gut for the Anaheim Ducks. Just when it finally looked like things were turning around with a 3-0 lead over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday evening, the Ducks allowed four consecutive goals to send their season into further tailspin. Through about 30 minutes, Anaheim dictated play against Dallas. The...
Youth Development Vital to Ducks' Playoff Hopes
September 26th, 2015 What is the recipe for success in a Stanley Cup winning team? The blue line needs a true number one defenseman as we have seen with Duncan Keith of the Blackhawks and Drew Doughty of the Kings. They need a coach who knows his players well enough to play them the right way. And what is most needed is from a championship team is the...
5 Things We Learned From Ducks-Flames
May 11th, 2015 Bruce Boudreau's Anaheim Ducks are headed to the Western Conference Final for the first time since Anaheim captured the Stanley Cup back in 2007. After a hard fought first round against the Winnipeg Jets, the Ducks bulldozed their way through the first two games of the series, throwing some cold water on the red-hot Flames. Yet thanks to...
Are The Anaheim Ducks Any Better Since The Trade Deadline?
March 24th, 2015 The Anaheim Ducks made a flurry of moves at the trade deadline that elevated them to legitimate contenders in the eyes of many observers. Since the deadline, they've won six out of ten games, which doesn't scream "home run" for general manager Bob Murray's harvest. Digging deeper though, there's reason to believe that Murray...
