Category Archives: General

Mark Mitera goes to Montreal in minor-league swap.

The Ducks gave Mark Mitera five years. Even that wasn’t enough time to save his status as a first-round bust. Mitera’s time in the organization ended Friday, when he was shipped to the Montreal Canadiens for defenseman Mathieu Carle. Carle … Continue reading

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Live Game 7 chat.

Join me and a few other hockey bums below for a live chat during Game 7 of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Bruins and Canucks get started from Vancouver at 5 p.m. Also, if you’re in the area of Sonny … Continue reading

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Comments welcome (again).

If anyone experienced any problems leaving comments here recently, I’ve been told the problem has been fixed. Comment away!

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Columbus 3, Ducks 1.

Teemu Selanne’s 609th career goal wasn’t enough for the Ducks, who gave up two quick goals in the second period, and an empty-netter late, in the opening game of their four-game road trip. With Columbus leading 2-0, Lubomir Visnovsky hit … Continue reading

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Sutton breaks thumb, Festerling up.

Andy Sutton broke his thumb in a second-period fight Friday against the Detroit Red Wings’ Ruslan Salei. Sutton did not return for the third period. No timetable for his return was immediately available, pending further evaluation. Reduced to six healthy … Continue reading

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Ducks buy out Oystrick’s contract.

The lone Duck placed on waivers Tuesday, defenseman Nathan Oystrick, went unclaimed by the other 29 NHL teams. A team spokesperson relayed today that the Ducks will buy out his contract and are on the hook for approximately $366,000, to … Continue reading

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Warg signs in Sweden, but he’s still on Ducks’ radar.

Defenseman Stefan Warg, a fifth-round draft pick by the Ducks in 2008, has signed with the rebro Vipers of HockeyAllsvenskan, the second-highest league in Sweden. Warg is a native of Stockholm. Warg split the 2009-10 season between the Seattle Thunderbirds … Continue reading

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Ducks 3, Flyers 2, shootout.

April arrived early in Philadelphia, where the Ducks won in a playoff-like atmosphere over Chris Pronger and the Flyers, 3-2 in a shootout. Down 2-1, Teemu Selanne netted the game-tying goal with 16 seconds left in regulation, flicking the puck … Continue reading

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Q&A with Todd Marchant.

There’s a lengthy Q&A with Todd Marchant up on AnaheimDucks.com. Your highlights are at the bottom, where he looks ahead to the coming season and compares it favorably to the ’06-07 team that changed personnel in the middle of the … Continue reading

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Beauchemin, Marchant, Rob Niedermayer on the way out?

In a conference call this afternoon, Ducks general manager Bob Murray offered a pessimistic outlook for bringing back checking forwards Todd Marchant and Rob Niedermayer, and defenseman Francois Beauchemin.

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