October 2008 Archives
The 17-year veteran was injured finishing a check on Detroit's Kris Draper in the second period of the Ducks' 5-4 victory Wednesday. In eight games this season, May had four assists and a plus-5 rating, second on the team.
Boy, that has even more ring to it than "Ken Klee clears waivers."
Phoenix claimed the defenseman off re-entry waivers from the Ducks, and each team is responsible for half of Klee's $1.25 million salary the rest of this year.
In case you're counting at home, that means Klee and Todd Bertuzzi are still on the books for approximately $2 million this season, and the Ducks are about $1 million below the NHL's $56.7 million salary cap.
I swear, if she doesn't become our next vice president, at least Sarah Palin will have set the record for most ceremonial appearances at hockey games to start a season.
This past weekend brought her to ... Des Moines, Iowa, where she was presented with an Iowa Chops jersey by the principals of the Ducks' American Hockey League affiliate. A photo and brief write-up can be found here.
Apparently none of the other 29 NHL teams wanted to pick up the 37-year-old defenseman at $1.25 million, a contract which expires at season's end.
Even if he is sent to the minors, Klee is on a one-way deal, which means that salary will count against the Ducks' cap. The Ducks do not play again this week until Friday in Ottawa.
UPDATE (3:30 p.m.): Klee is remaining in Anaheim during the road trip and isn't planning on accompanying the team to Ottawa. That could change, but for now he's waiting for the Ducks to make an executive decision on his future.
It's two points but, even just listening to the game on the radio, I still feel confident in saying this is NOT how the Ducks wanted to start their road trip. They led 2-1 most of the way but gave up the game-tying goal with about a minute left in regulation.
Scotty is getting his "C" back. Quotes to follow.
In the meantime, did you know that ESPN.com's Linda Cohn has picked the Tampa Bay Lightning to win the Southeast? Please insert your own Barry Melrose joke here because this is a family blog; I'm not doing it myself.
(Note: This story was supposed to run in Saturday's editions, but due to baseball playoffs and prep football could not make its way in.)
Bobby Ryan may very well have the breakout NHL season the Ducks are hoping for, but that's on hold for now.
In a move viewed as a money-saving possibility for weeks, the Ducks sent Ryan to their AHL training camp in Iowa City prior to Friday's 4-1 preseason win over the Phoenix Coyotes at Honda Center. The move relieves the burden of Ryan's $1.7 million salary-cap hit, including $925,000 in bonuses, and leaves the Ducks' training camp roster at 25 players, two over the opening-day maximum.
"In the new world of the NHL, cap issues are cap issues and this falls into this category," Ducks head coach Randy Carlyle said. "It's not a question of if he's going to play in the NHL, it's when."
Ryan had two goals and an assist in the preseason, all in the Ducks' opener against the San Jose Sharks on Sept. 24. After the Ducks placed him on waivers Thursday, forward Joakim
Lindstrom was claimed by the Chicago Blackhawks. Goalie David LeNeveu, forward Josh Green and defenseman Brennan Evans went unclaimed and are expected to report to Iowa.
The Ducks' George Parros gets into a fight with the Kings' Kevin Westgarth at 11:28 of the third period. With so much hair to pull between the two, it's a miracle they don't resort to a tug-of-war. It's still 2-2.

J.P. Hoornstra has been covering the Anaheim Ducks since 2007. Eight months after the University of Wisconsin won its third NCAA hockey championship, he was born in a frigid Madison winter. He betrayed his blue-blooded beginnings by graduating from UCLA in 2003, and welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey.


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