So that condensed, rapid, season was fun right? Did you catch your breath? If not you better recover quickly because the playoffs are right in your face. So let’s roll through the Western Conference match ups. #8 Minnesota Wild vs #1 Chicago Blackhawks I admit, I paused for a second before typing Minnesota as I …
Category Archive: Anaheim Ducks
2012-13 Season Preview: Anaheim Ducks
Review of 2011-12: 34-36-12, 80 points, finished 13th in Western Conference Key additions via free agency: Sheldon Souray, Bryan Allen, Daniel Winnik, Brad Staubitz Key additions via trade: None Key Losses: George Parros, Niklas Hagman, Sheldon Brookbank, Lubomir Visnovsky Offense: The black cloud looking over the Ducks at present is Bobby Ryan, who expressed displeasure with the …
Finnishing Strong
Last night, Teemu Selanne passed Jari Kurri for the all time scoring lead by a Finnish born player. His late third period power play goal put him ahead of Kurri with 1399 points. Unfortunately for him, the Ducks lost in overtime and took a major hit to their slim playoff hopes. The rumors are once …
First Half Surprises & Duds
The All-Star game is approaching and that means we get to look back at the first half of the NHL season. Here are a few surprises and duds from this year. Surprises LW Joffrey Lupul, Toronto Maple Leafs Lupul has bounced around the league, playing for five teams since 2006-07. His career highs in goals …
Bleeps & Bloops: Weekend Roundup
Some quick hits from this weekend’s NHL action: -Couple of impressive road victories for the Flyers this weekend. First, a comeback overtime win in Anaheim in which they trailed 3-0 as late as 5 minutes remaining in the second period. Philly took advantage of some dumb Ducks penalties, scoring three power play goals, including Claude Giroux’s …