Posts About "Patrick Eaves"
Where the Anaheim Ducks Went Wrong
April 22nd, 2018 Just like that, the season is over for the 2017-18 Anaheim Ducks. A difficult year featured the bright spot of a strong regular-season finish and a sixth consecutive playoff berth, only to be quickly snuffed out in a four-game sweep by the team's division and in-state rivals, the San Jose Sharks. For a veteran, star-laden team that...
Ducks Drill Down: Eaves Sidelined, Others Return, Good Road Trip
October 30th, 2017 ‘Ducks Drill Down’ is a regular, ~weekly column that recaps the latest goings-on with the Anaheim Ducks. The Anaheim Ducks have had another eventful week. The good news is that they were able to win three of their four contests out east. Off the ice, however, came some sobering news with respect to affable veteran Patrick...
Jury Still Out on Anaheim Ducks
October 15th, 2017 This early in the season, it's probably fair to say that the jury is still out on every team in the NHL, as sample sizes are too small to draw any meaningful conclusions. Nevertheless, this notion perhaps does not apply more strongly to any team than it does to the Anaheim Ducks. Heading into Sunday night's home tilt against the...
Anaheim Ducks Offseason Review
September 4th, 2017 With the month of September underway, the dog days of summer are just about over. Training camp and preseason games are a mere couple of weeks away. For Anaheim Ducks fans, the ongoing heat wave in southern California might be suggesting otherwise, but hockey is right around the corner. Now that the end of the offseason is in sight,...
Ducks Past & Present: Selanne, Kariya, Eaves, Holzer & RFAs
June 27th, 2017 Amidst the dust still settling from the expansion draft and the NHL Entry Draft, the Anaheim Ducks have had several other noteworthy events transpire just recently. Let's catch up on all of them. Selanne & Kariya to Hockey Hall of Fame Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya were the faces of the Anaheim franchise in the in the mid-late...
2017 NHL Free Agency: Buyer Beware
June 5th, 2017 The NHL free agency period has virtually become an annual event for teams to overpay on undeserving players. In the salary cap era, general managers have figured out the importance of re-signing their pending free agents before their contracts expire. As a result, the free agent class seems to be less impressive with each year that...
