MacDonald worth a look?
If the Ducks decide they are playing for next season, they might consider giving goaltender Joey MacDonald a look with the NHL club.
MacDonald, who was acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs for a seventh-round pick in the 2011 entry draft at the trade deadline, recorded his second shutout of the season Friday night for the AHL's Toronto Marlies. The 30-year-old has allowed just one goal in his last two starts, both for the Marlies - MacDonald didn't switch AHL teams after the Leafs and Ducks made the trade.
In 33 games at the AHL level this season, MacDonald is 12-18-3 with a 3.11 goals-against average. MacDonald is no prospect, having started six games for the Maple Leafs this season and 72 in his NHL career, but none since Dec. 5. He's gone 18-38-9 with a 3.30 GAA for four NHL teams since breaking in with Boston during the 2006-07 season.
MacDonald is in the final year of his contract and becomes an unrestricted free agent July 1.
MacDonald, who was acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs for a seventh-round pick in the 2011 entry draft at the trade deadline, recorded his second shutout of the season Friday night for the AHL's Toronto Marlies. The 30-year-old has allowed just one goal in his last two starts, both for the Marlies - MacDonald didn't switch AHL teams after the Leafs and Ducks made the trade.
In 33 games at the AHL level this season, MacDonald is 12-18-3 with a 3.11 goals-against average. MacDonald is no prospect, having started six games for the Maple Leafs this season and 72 in his NHL career, but none since Dec. 5. He's gone 18-38-9 with a 3.30 GAA for four NHL teams since breaking in with Boston during the 2006-07 season.
MacDonald is in the final year of his contract and becomes an unrestricted free agent July 1.
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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