AHL GM: Ducks wouldn't be 'a very good fit' for Manitoba.
Craig Heisinger, the general manager of the AHL's Manitoba Moose, told the Winnipeg Sun that the Ducks aren't a strong candidate to be a secondary NHL affiliate to the Vancouver Canucks in Winnipeg. Last season, the Dallas Stars had a secondary affiliation with the Moose, but will have their own primary affiliate in Texas this season.
"I think Anaheim, at the end of the day, is going to have their own team," Heisinger told the paper. "The Dallas thing worked for different reasons and as much as think it would be a benefit to add some top prospects, I just don't think the Anaheim situation would be a very good fit."
The Ducks have a strong connection to the Moose: Randy Carlyle was their head coach before making the leap to the NHL with the Ducks in 2005.
Meanwhile, the Ducks' AHL affiliate last season is up for sale and relocation, the Des Moines Register reports.
About J.P.
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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